U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thompson, Hezekiah (1844-1917) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Page 486 Hezekiah Thompson, born 1845, son Henry and Mercy (Parrill) Thompson, was married December 20, 1883, to Augusta, daughter of John R. and Susan (Sinsel) Williamson. He is a Baptist, a Democrat and a farmer, living three miles east of Philippi, where he owns 200 acres of land, devoted to farming and grazing; it is underlaid with coal. Mr. Thompson was a deputy sheriff twelve years, and two years township treasurer, and is an energetic and progressive citizen. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #5534 FULL-NAME: Hesekia Thompson DEATH-DATE: April 1917 (at age 72y-11m) DEATH-PLACE: Philippi, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: married OCCUPATION: Farmer, retired BURIAL: Silent Grove (wife of Hezekiah Thompson) From Death Certificate, Barbour County, WV #14 FULL-NAME: Augusta Ann Thompson BIRTH-DATE: October 31, 1852 BIRTH-PLACE: West Virginia DEATH-DATE: January 11, 1934 DEATH-PLACE: Philippi, Philippi District, Barbour County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widow FATHER: John R. Williamson (born in Virginia) MOTHER: Susan Sinsel (born in Virginia) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Carcinoma of the stomach BURIAL: Silent Grove ------------------------------------------------------------------- There's a double tompstone in the Silent Grove Cemetery, Barbour County, WV Hezekiah J. Thompson May 23, 1844 - Apr 30, 1917 Augusta A., his wife Oct 31, 1851 - (no death date) ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------