Stephen Thompson

As printed in 1881

STEPHEN THOMPSON, deceased: was born in Groshen, Conn.; he married Abigail Hutchinson. They, with three children, William, Hiram and Elijah, emigrated to this township in the fall of 1801. They reared a family of eleven children in all — William. Hiram, Elijah, Serena, Lucretia, Alonzo, ITriah, Premila, Amos, Alonzo 2d, and Abigail. The old folks (Stephen and his wife), died many years since, in the east of Hudson Village. Hiram was born in Goshen, Conn., Aug. 30, 1797. When he was about 17 years of age, he began to work for himself, and paid for 50 acres of land where he now lives. He married Sabrina Danforth, Jan. 23, 1823. She was the eldest daughter of Enoch Danfoi'th; she was born in New Hampshire, Jan. 26, 1806. They reared nine children, viz.: Lorenzo, now in Kent Co., Mich.; Amelia, wife of Dr. E. Meers, of Uniontown; Harriet, deceased, wife of Henry Sandford; Jeremiah, now in Le Mai's, Iowa; Laura L. is wife of William Bell; Mary, deceased, wife of Charles Case; Louisa, wife of Orrin Reynolds, of Chicago, Ill.; William was killed by the cars when thrown from the track, near Hudson, in 1864; Emma, wife of E. Cartwright. Mr. Hiram Thompson added to his first purchase until he owned 161 acres of good land. He never worked a team of horses on farm work, but used oxen instead all his time. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have retired from the active duties of the farm, and left the same to the care of their daughter and son-in-law, WMlliam C. Bell. He was born in Pennsylvania in March, 1841, and came here in 1859; he enlisted in the late rebellion, in August, 1861, Co. A, 0. V. C. lie got his discharge Dec. 31, 1863, and re-enlisted as veteran in same company and regiment, and served until the close of the war, and got his final discharge Sept. 11, 1865. He had two horses shot from under him, one of which fell on him and disabled him, in September, 1864, near Charlestown. On

1 his return, he married Laura L. Thompson. They have three children, viz., Willie L., Emma A. and Frederick W. At the time Stephen Thompson and his family came, they brought several cows and about eighteen sheep, which they drove all the way from Connecticut. They had hard work in protecting their sheep from the ravages of wolves in those daN's, as lambs and pigs were frequently carried off Wild turkeys were plentiful, and Hiram has shot several at their barn, substituting corn for shot when the latter could not be procured.

As printed in History of Summit County, with an outline sketch of Ohio (1881). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.