Edward Ridgley THOMPSON Jr.

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EDWARD R. THOMPSON, farmer and stock-dealer; P. O. Delaware; was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, Sept. 4, 1843, and is a son of Edward R. and Eliza (Donalson) Thompson.; the former was a native of Maryland, and the mother of Richland Co., Ohio ; they were the parents of six children ; the father came to Richland Co in a very early day, where he loss his wife; it was in this county that he met our subject's mother, to whom he was married ; in 1838. he came to Delaware Co , Ohio, where he remained until his death in 1879; he was by trade a blacksmith-a business he followed until a middle-aged man, when he engaged in the livery business in the city of Delaware; he was a man of much ability, and secured to himself and family a goodly share of this worlds goods. Edward's youth and early manhood were passed in assisting his father; he received a good common-school education. and, when 20 years of age, came to Radnor township, and engaged in raising and buying stock, and in farming; in his youthful days, he acquired a fondness for horses, and since he has reached his majority, he has owned some of the best horses in the county. He was united in marriage with Adella Loofbourrow Sept. 10, 1868 ; she was born in Delaware Co., Ohio, in 1845 , from this marriage there are two children-Bertha O. and Benjamin F.; Mrs. Thompson departed this life March 18, 1873 ; on the 5th of April,1877, Mr. Thompson was united in marriage with Sue J. Seely; she was born in Monroe Co., N. Y., May 5, 1849 ; by this union there is one childEdward. Mr. Thompson owns 205 acres of as nicely improved land as there is in Radnor Township; he is a Republican.

Source Citation: Year: 1870; Census Place: Radnor, Delaware, Ohio; Roll: M593_1196; Page: 462; Image: 522.

Edward married Annis Adelle LOOFBOURROW, daughter of Benjamin Franklin LOOFBOURROW and Martha E. LONGWELL, on 10 Sep 1868 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States. (Annis Adelle LOOFBOURROW was born in 1846 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States, died on 19 Mar 1873 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States and was buried in Oak Grove Cem., Delaware, Ohio.)

Edward next married Susan Jane SEELEY on 5 Apr 1877 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States. (Susan Jane SEELEY was born on 5 May 1849 in Bergen, Genesee, New York, USA, died on 4 Jul 1915 in Delaware Co., Ohio, United States and was buried on 6 Jul 1915 in Oak Grove Cem., Delaware, Ohio.)

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Marriage Date: 05 Apr 1877
Marriage Place: Delaware County, Ohio
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Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M01063-4
System Origin: Ohio-EASy
Source Film Number: 391397
Reference Number: p 151/
Collection: Ohio Marriages, 1800-1958