Thompson, Martin VanBueren

1841 - 1926  (85 years)

• Name	Thompson, Martin VanBueren
  Birth	23 Apr 1841	, , Pennsylvania, USA
  Gender	Male
  1850 Census	1850	Middlebury, Tioga, Pennsylvania, USA
  Stephen A Thompson44 Elizabeth Thompson43 Sally A Thompson18 Henry W Thompson15 Mary A Thompson14 Luretta Thompson12 Van Buren Thompson9 Porter Thompson5 Amasa Thompson3
  1860 Census	1860	Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  S A Thompson56 Clara Thompson59 Van Buren Thompson19 Porter Thompson16 Amasa Thompson13
  Military Service	Between 3 Oct 1861 and 9 Mar 1863
  Civil War - Co. D. 1st Wisconsin Infantry
  Military Service	Between 2 Feb 1864 and 22 Oct 1865
  Civil War, Pvt, Company G, 3rd Wisconsin Calvary
  See notes in US. National Homes for Disabled Veterans; Name:Martin V B Thompson Birth Year:abt 1842 Keyed Birth Location:Pa Birth State:Pennsylvania Admitted Year:1914 Age at Admission:72 State:Wisconsin County:Milwaukee [Washington] City:Milwaukee [Wood] Branch:Northwestern Branch
  1870 Census	1870	Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Martin Thompson29
  1880 Census	1880	Maine, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Martin V. Thompson38 Esther Thompson25 Ella Thompson5 Mead Thompson3 Ira Thompson1
  1900 Census	1900	Maine, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Martin Thompson57 Ester Thompson35 Ira Thompson21 Stephen Thompson16
  1905 State Census	1905	Maine, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Martin W Thompson64 Ester A Thompson48 Thomas Thompson24 Stephen A Thompson21
  Biography	1911
  History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin Page 0935
  MARTIN THOMPSON, one of the prominent and successful farmers of Maine township, who owns and operates a good farming property of forty acres located on section 5, was born April 23, 1841, in Pennsylvania, and is a son of Stephen and Betsy (Carpenter) Thompson, natives of New York and Pennsylvania, respectively. They came to Wisconsin in 1852, settling in Winnebago county, from whence they later moved to Outagamie county, where both died, the father March 19, 1901, and the mother November 24, 1855, Martin Thompson was the fifth of a family of seven children, and he remained on the home farm until his enlistment in the Union army, in 1861, when he became a member of Company D, First Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, with which he served two years, being discharged on account of disability. He remained at home three months, and then, having recovered his health, he re-enlisted in the Third Wisconsin Cavalry, Company G, with which he was connected until the close of the war, the company being engaged in frontier duty when the close of hostilities came. He received his discharge October 27, 1865, and was mustered out of the service at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Mr. Thompson saw service in some of the most fiercely contested and bloodiest battles of the entire war, and always displayed such bravery under fire and faithfulness to duty as to win the regard of his fellow soldiers and the respect of his officers. Among his engagements may be mentioned: Perrysville, Stone River, Chattanooga, while he was in the infantry, and his services in the cavalry on the frontier included battles with the Indians at Cottonwood, Sand Boot, Plum Creek and Walnut Creek. After his return from the war he remained at home until he was thirty-three years of age, and on October 3, 1874, he was married to Miss Esther Ann Watson, born September 22, 1855, daughter of Thomas and Roxey (Chambers) Watson, natives of England and Wisconsin, respectively, who were married in Milwaukee. Her mother died at the age of twenty-three years, in May, 1857, and her father passed away May 19, 1883, at the age of sixty-three years. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have had five children: Ella, who married George Diemel, living in Outagamie county and has four children; Meade, who is married and living in this county, having three children; Ira, who is living in Clintonville, Wisconsin, is married and has two children; Thomas, who is married and has two children, residing in Outagamie county; and Stephen, also residing in this county, has one child. After Mr. Thompson's marriage he purchased eighty acres of wild land near Hortonville, where he lived for four years, and he then sold and moved to Hortonville. In September, 1881, he bought the land on which he now lives, then a tract of eighty acres, which he put under cultivation with the exception of ten acres, but later deeded forty acres to his son, for whom he had also built a modern frame residence in 1909. Thompson's own house was built in 1901, at which time he also erected a large barn, and he has brought his land into an excellent state of cultivation, being engaged in stock raising and general farming. Mr. Thompson is a stanch Republican in his political views, and he has served for ten or twelve years as a member of the board of supervisors.
  	Thompson, Martin Biography from History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin; 1911.
  Residence	1914	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
  U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 Name:Martin V B Thompson Birth Year:abt 1842 Keyed Birth Location:Pa Birth State:Pennsylvania Admitted Year:1914 Age at Admission:72 State:Wisconsin County:Milwaukee [Washington] City:Milwaukee [Wood] Branch:Northwestern Branch
  1920 Census	1920	Maine, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Steve A Thompson36 Christena Thompson36 Hazel Thompson12 Lillian Thompson4 [4 0/12] Martin V Thompson79
  Death	27 Apr 1926	Maine, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I166580	1FamilyTree | TimLosik161456
  Last Modified	12 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Thompson, Stephen Amasa,   b. Abt 1806, , , New York, USA d. 19 Mar 1901, Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age ~ 95 years)
  Mother	Carpenter, Elizabeth,   b. 16 Apr 1806, , , Pennsylvania, USA d. 24 Nov 1853, Hortonia, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F32938	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Watson, Esther Ann,   b. 22 Sep 1855   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	3 Oct 1874
  Children	1. Thompson, Ella,   b. Abt 1875   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Thompson, Meade,   b. Abt 1877   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Thompson, Ira,   b. 12 May 1879, Maine, Outagamie, Wisconsin, USA d. 25 Mar 1965 (Age 85 years)   4. Thompson, Thomas,   b. Aft 1880   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Thompson, Stephen,   b. Abt 1884   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F58981	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Jun 2014