Nathan Dixon Thompson (1937)

MORGAN, RAUSENBERGER, THOMPSON

Posted By: Treva Patterson
Date: 3/18/2007 at 15:39:21

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Tuesday, March 2, 1937

NATHAN DIXON THOMPSON

Nathan Dixon Thompson, son of Johnathan J. and Sarah D. Thompson, was born August 7, 1842 in Orange county, Indiana. He was the second in a family of nine children and the last survivor.

August 12, 1862, at the age of 20, he enlisted in the Union Army in Company D., 66th Regiment Indiana Infantry Volunteers and was honorably discharged June 3, 1865.

In the late 60's he came to Iowa where he met and was later married to Elizabeth Ann Morgan, on April 8, 1873 at Earlham, where they established their home.

He was a birthright member of the Friends church, but in early married life was converted and became a member of the Earlham church never removing his membership. The wife and mother passed away October 18, 1903.

The children, Minta E. Rausenberger, Hulbert and Charles L. Thompson, of Waurika, Oklahoma, and Silas Edwin of Earlham, survive. Two sons, John J. and Sylvanus B. preceded the father in death, the former in 1935 and the latter in 1886.

Mr. Thompson went to Waurika, Oklahoma in 1908 where he has since made his home having lived at times with each of his children. For the past several years he has been with his daughter and there he passed away February 23, 1937.

Brief funeral services were held in Waurika, at the Methodist church and the body brought to Earlham for final services conducted by Rev. Reece, pastor at the old home church and burial by the side of his wife. He was laid to rest Saturday the 27th with full military honors by the local American Legion Post. His was an exemplary life and he has left to his children a wonderful heritage in their memories of his Christian faith and conduct through the long years here allotted him.

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