Individual Details

Thomas was apparently married twice - he married Sarah Hough in 1871, but in the 1880 census he is shown with an 18-year-old son, Whitfield.

1880 Census. Huntsville, Twp, Schuyler Co, IL, HH 180
Andrew Thompson, age 38, b. VA, parents b. VA
Sarah E., 37, wife, b. NC, parents, b. NC
Whitfield, 18, son, b. IL
Joseph W. 7, son, b. IL
Wesley F., 1, son, b. IL
Ruth Helton, 70, boarder, b. NC
Christine C. Hough, age 25, boarder, b. NC
James B. Hough, age 21, boarder, b. NC

1900 Census. Augusta Twp, Hancock Co, IL, Hh 24
Wassengler B. Tompson, b. Aug 1872, age 27, married 5 years, b. IL,father b. VA, mother b. NC, Farm labor
Rilla E., wife, b. Mar 1872, age 28, no children
Frank W. Brother, b. Sep 1878, age 21
Hh 25
Thomas A. Tompson, b. Aug 1841, age 58, widowed, b. VA, parents, b. VA, junk dealer

1910 Census. Augusta Twp, Hancock Co, IL, Hh 130
Thomas A. Thompson, age 68, widow, b. VA, parents b. VA, Junk Dealer

Find A Grave Memorial# 51282874
According to the transcription of the Pulaski Cemetery records made in the 1940's and available in the Crain Collections at Western Illinois University Archives, Tom Thompson died "at the county farm."

Birth	Aug 1841	Virginia
Marriage	Ca 1860	Living
Marriage	13 Sep 1871	Hancock County, Illinois - Sarah A. Hough
Death	9 Mar 1916	Hancock County, Illinois

Spouse	Sarah A. Hough ( - 1885)
Child	Walter F. Thompson (1872 - 1875)
Child	Joseph Wassengler Thompson (1872 - )
Child	Wesley Frank Thompson (1878 - 1951)

Spouse	Living
Child	Whitfield Thompson (1862 - )

Father	Joseph C. Thompson (1818 - )
Mother	Amelia Mabry (1817 - )
Sibling	Albert A. Thompson (1844 - )
Sibling	Marcella J. Thompson (1845 - 1929)
Sibling	Campbell Franklin Thompson (1851 - 1923)
Sibling	Nancy F. Thompson (1853 - )
Sibling	Virginia Henrietta Thompson (1856 - )
Sibling	Loretta D. Thompson (1860 - 1926)