George W. Thompson (1965)
THOMPSON, HARCOURT, HARTCOURT, EGGLESTON, PEED, SCOTT, HANSEN, VIOLET, MCDONALD
Posted By: Mary Welty Hart (email)
Date: 8/18/2006 at 09:36:47
Winterset Madisonian, Winterset, Iowa
March 1965GEORGE THOMPSON Dies at 92 Years
George W. Thompson of Winterset died Saturday, March 27, 1965, at Memorial hospital in Winterset, at the age of 92 years. He had been a resident of Madison county since 1877.
Mr. Thompson was a native of Appanoose county, where he was born near Centerville, on Oct. 3, 1872. He was a son of Joseph and Harriett Hartcourt Thompson. When he was 5 years old, they moved to Madison county and the remainder of his life was spent here. During his active years, he engaged in farming and worked as a mechanic.
He was married Dec. 20, 1905 at Winterset to Christiana Eggleston, who survives him. He also leaves a step-son, Daniel Peed of Lakeland, Fla.; a brother, David H. Thompson of Van Meter; a sister, Mrs. Harriett Scott of Cherry Valley, Ill.; a half sister, Mrs. Verda Hansen of Minneapolis, Minn.; a stepbrother, Dewey Violet of Arizona; and a step-sister, Mrs. Carrie McDonald of Winterset.
Funeral services were held Monday from the Collins Funeral home here, conducted by the Rev. Melvin Mattox. Burial was made in the Winterset cemetery.
_________________________________Note: Transcribed as published, his mother's maiden name should be "Harcourt" per family descendant.
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