Thompson Sr., George 1827-1894

THOMPSON, CURTIS

Posted By: Viv Reeves, volunteer (email)
Date: 10/24/2007 at 15:00:57

LeMars Sentinel, LeMars, (Plymouth), Iowa, Thursday, October 18, 1894, Page 4, Column 3:

Obituary.

The funeral of George Thompson, of Lincoln township was held at the school house near the cemetery on Tuesday. An immense gathering of friends and neighbors was present and the funeral procession was nearly a mile long. The services were conducted by Rev. J. A. Smith, of LeMars.

George Thompson was a native of Ireland and was born in 1827--was therefore 67 years old at the time of his decease, which occurred the 15th inst.

He came to this country at the age of 20 years and settled in Dubuque, where he was united in marriage with Elizabeth J. Curtis, August 20, 1852. To this union there were born eleven children, seven sons and four daughters. One son and two daughters preceded the father to the better land. The deceased leaves a wife, six sons and two daughters to mourn his loss. These sons and daughters, fortunately for the comfort of each other and the bereaved mother live near each other, the most of whom reside in Plymouth township, Plymouth county.

Years ago, Father Thompson settled the all-important question and united with the Methodist church, of which he was a faithful member until death. The great comfort to Father Thompson's heart was he lived to see all his family accept the Savior and become members of the church he so much loved. Peacefully he passed away from the toils of earth to the triumphs of heaven.