William Lafayette ThompsonAge: 73 years1848–1921
- Name
- William Lafayette Thompson
- Given names
- William Lafayette
- Surname
- Thompson
 Birth | February 1848 35 25 |
 Historical Event | Mexican-American War from 1846 to 1848Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War |
 Birth of a sister | Martha Cordelia Thompson March 29, 1850 (Age 2 years) Note: Paralel is listed in the 1850 Census - Must have been a name change? - b |
 Census | October 15, 1850 (Age 2 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Malinda Jane Thompson September 9, 1852 (Age 4 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Sarah Paralel Thompson February 18, 1854 (Age 6 years) Note: Paralel is listed in the 1850 Census - Must have been a name change? - b |
| Death of a maternal grandmother | Nancy Shemwell December 3, 1855 (Age 7 years) |
| Birth of a brother | Henry Clay Thompson June 23, 1856 (Age 8 years) |
| Birth of a sister | Victoria Adeline Thompson September 3, 1857 (Age 9 years) |
| Birth of a brother | John Alexander Thompson February 3, 1859 (Age 11 years) |
| Historical Event | Influenza Epidemic between 1857 and 1859 (Age 8 years)Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884 |
| Census | June 9, 1860 (Age 12 years) |
| Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 years)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Death of a brother | Nathaniel S Thompson October 5, 1866 (Age 18 years) |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 18 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 18 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Birth of a sister | Clara Chrissie “Ella” Thompson March 4, 1868 (Age 20 years) |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 20 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
| Census | July 30, 1870 (Age 22 years) |
 Marriage | Sarah A Adams — View this family October 1, 1871 (Age 23 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #1 | Ida Luella Thompson August 3, 1874 (Age 26 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Nathaniel Alexander Thompson August 7, 1875 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Martha Emma Thompson October 1877 (Age 29 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 29 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
| Death of a maternal grandfather | Thomas Holland January 26, 1879 (Age 30 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Hattie May Thompson October 1879 (Age 31 years) |
| Census | June 2, 1880 (Age 32 years) |
| Death of a sister | Martha Cordelia Thompson July 3, 1883 (Age 35 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #5 | Clara Etta Thompson February 28, 1884 (Age 36 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #6 | Orva I Thompson May 28, 1886 (Age 38 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #7 | Corda Ruth Thompson June 29, 1888 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Henry Wesley Manning Jr. — Martha Emma Thompson — View this family April 7, 1895 (Age 47 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Nathaniel Alexander Thompson — Laura Maud Vermillion — View this family May 22, 1896 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Ruby Marie Thompson February 21, 1897 (Age 49 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #2 | Dorothy A “Dora” Manning about 1897 (Age 48 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #8 | Mabel Lafe Thompson July 1898 (Age 50 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Census | June 1, 1900 (Age 52 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Arthur Gerald Eisenman — Hattie May Thompson — View this family about 1902 (Age 53 years) |
| Death of a father | Alexander Thompson April 10, 1903 (Age 55 years) |
| Death of a brother | Henry Clay Thompson April 4, 1904 (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage of a child | William Joseph Overocker — Ida Luella Thompson — View this family December 1, 1905 (Age 57 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Henry Saft — Clara Etta Thompson — View this family July 11, 1906 (Age 58 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Arthur J Eisenman May 9, 1907 (Age 59 years) |
| Death of a granddaughter | Ruby Marie Thompson October 3, 1908 (Age 60 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Dorothy Mabel Overocker January 17, 1909 (Age 60 years) |
| Death of a mother | Orva Adaline Holland March 29, 1909 (Age 61 years) |
| Census | April 29, 1910 (Age 62 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #5 | Natalie Bernadine Thompson April 21, 1912 (Age 64 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Henry Kenneth Saft October 12, 1914 (Age 66 years) |
| Death of a brother | Thomas Leonard Thompson May 11, 1915 (Age 67 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 67 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a grandson #7 | Wayne Thompson Saft December 29, 1917 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 68 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Marriage of a child | Luster Gideon Main — Corda Ruth Thompson — View this family about 1918 (Age 69 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 69 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Census | January 2, 1920 (Age 71 years) |
| Death of a sister | Nancy Keziah Thompson January 29, 1920 (Age 71 years) |
 Death | July 10, 1921 (Age 73 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Quindaro Cemetery |
| Family with parents |
| father |
Alexander Thompson Birth: February 29, 1812 — Pulaski, Kentucky, United States Death: April 10, 1903 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
| mother |
Orva Adaline Holland Birth: January 14, 1823 25 22 — Todd, Kentucky, United States Death: March 29, 1909 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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Marriage: June 10, 1841 — Hickory, Missouri, United States |
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18 months elder sister |
Nancy Keziah Thompson Birth: November 26, 1842 30 19 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: January 29, 1920 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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19 months elder brother |
Thomas Leonard Thompson Birth: June 14, 1844 32 21 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: May 11, 1915 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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2 years elder brother |
Nathaniel S Thompson Birth: August 26, 1846 34 23 — Missouri, United States Death: October 5, 1866 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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18 months himself |
William Lafayette Thompson Birth: February 1848 35 25 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: July 10, 1921 — Kansas City, Kansas, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Martha Cordelia Thompson Birth: March 29, 1850 38 27 — Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: July 3, 1883 — Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger sister |
Malinda Jane Thompson Birth: September 9, 1852 40 29 — Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: August 29, 1933 — Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States |
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17 months younger sister |
Sarah Paralel Thompson Birth: February 18, 1854 41 31 — Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: January 16, 1928 — Webb City, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
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2 years younger brother |
Henry Clay Thompson Birth: June 23, 1856 44 33 — Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: April 4, 1904 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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14 months younger sister |
Victoria Adeline Thompson Birth: September 3, 1857 45 34 — Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: January 8, 1945 — Siloam Springs, Benton, Arkansas, United States |
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17 months younger brother |
John Alexander Thompson Birth: February 3, 1859 46 36 — Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: January 27, 1942 |
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9 years younger sister |
Clara Chrissie “Ella” Thompson Birth: March 4, 1868 56 45 — Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: May 23, 1951 — Joplin, Jasper, Missouri, United States |
| Family with Sarah A Adams |
| himself |
William Lafayette Thompson Birth: February 1848 35 25 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: July 10, 1921 — Kansas City, Kansas, United States |
| wife |
Sarah A Adams Birth: April 1856 — Ohio, United States Death: 1928 — Kansas, United States |
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Marriage: October 1, 1871 — Newton, Missouri, United States |
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3 years daughter |
Ida Luella Thompson Birth: August 3, 1874 26 18 — Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: March 12, 1939 — Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
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1 year son |
Nathaniel Alexander Thompson Birth: August 7, 1875 27 19 — Missouri, United States Death: December 14, 1924 — Pittsburg, Crawford, Kansas, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Martha Emma Thompson Birth: October 1877 29 21 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: |
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2 years daughter |
Hattie May Thompson Birth: October 1879 31 23 — Buffalo, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: 1951 — Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
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4 years daughter |
Clara Etta Thompson Birth: February 28, 1884 36 27 — Missouri, United States Death: July 7, 1961 — Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Orva I Thompson Birth: May 28, 1886 38 30 — Newton, Missouri, United States Death: June 29, 1976 — Blythe, Riverside, California, United States |
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2 years daughter |
Corda Ruth Thompson Birth: June 29, 1888 40 32 — Seneca, Newton, Missouri, United States Death: July 21, 1950 — Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas, United States |
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10 years daughter |
Mabel Lafe Thompson Birth: July 1898 50 42 — Missouri, United States Death: 1984 |
William Lafayette Thompson has 17 first cousins recorded
Father's family (0)
Mother's family (17)
Parents Henry Ward Holland + Elizabeth Haseltine Parker
Parents John Siddle Williams + Carolina Isabelle Holland
Parents Shandy Walker Holland + Clara Dent
Parents Thomas James Holland + Mary E Williams
| Census | 1850 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Thompson - Household
Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri
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| Census | 1860 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Thompson - Household
Lost Creek, Newton, Missouri
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| Census | 1870 United States - Census transcript - Alexander Thompson - Household
Buffalo, Newton, Missouri
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| Census | 1880 United States - Census transcript - William Lafayette Thompson - Household
Buffalo, Newton, Missouri
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| Census | 1900 United States - Census transcript - William Lafayette Thompson - Household
Buffalo, Newton, Missouri
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| Census | 1910 United States - Census transcript - William Lafayette Thompson - Household
Buffalo, Newton, Missouri
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| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - William Lafayette Thompson - Household
3045 Hiawathia Avenue Kansas City, Wyandotte, Kansas
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