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Descendants of JOHN THEOPHILUS THOMPSON

Generation No. 1

JOHN THEOPHILUS THOMPSON was born about 1710 in Ireland. He married ALSEY BUTT.

Child of JOHN THOMPSON and ALSEY BUTT is:

  1. HENRY BUTT THOMPSON, b. 1750, Nash County, North Carolina; d. December 09, 1826, Greene County, Alabama.

Generation No. 2

HENRY BUTT THOMPSON (JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born 1759 in Nash County, North Carolina, and died December 09, 1826 in Greene County, Alabama. He married (1) FRANCIS NICHOLAS May 29, 1780 in Nash County, NC. He married (2) MARGARET MCCOY about 1787 in Robeson County, NC. He married (3) FLORA MCLEAN about 1799 in Robeson County, NC.

Children of HENRY THOMPSON and FRANCIS NICHOLAS are:

  1. ALEXANDER THOMPSON, b. about 1781, Robeson County, NC.
  2. JOHN NICHOLAS THOMPSON, b. December 14, 1786, Moore County, NC.

Children of HENRY THOMPSON and MARGARET MCCOY are:

  1. HENRY BUTT THOMPSON, b. November 15, 1788, Robeson County, NC.
  2. ARCHIBALD THOMPSON, b. 1791, Robeson County, NC.; d. 1857, Smith County, TX. Buried: Asbury Cemetery, Overton, TX.
  3. WILLIAM THOMPSON, b. 1796.
Children of HENRY THOMPSON and FLORA MCLEAN are:
  1. MARY THOMPSON, b. about 1799, Robeson County, NC.
  2. SUSAN HART THOMPSON, b. about 1800, Robeson County, NC.
  3. DANIEL MONAGHAN THOMPSON, b. about 1801, Robeson County, NC.
  4. REBECCA THOMPSON, b. about 1807, Robeson County, NC.
  5. ISAAC THOMPSON, b. about 1809, Twiggs County, GA.
  6. JOHN ALEXANDER THOMPSON, b. about 1811, Greene County, AL.
  7. ELIZA JANE THOMPSON, b. about 1812, Greene County, AL.
  8. MARTHA THOMPSON, b. about 1814, Greene County, AL.

Generation No. 3

ARCHIBALD THOMPSON (HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born 1791 in Robeson County, NC, and died 1857 in Smith County, Texas. He married (1) ELIZABETH JACKSON about 1816 in Greene County, Alabama. He married (2) ANNA STRONG THOMPSON February 20, 1828 in Marengo County, Alabama.

Children of ARCHIBALD THOMPSON and ELIZABETH JACKSON are:

  1. FRANCES M. THOMPSON, b. 1818, Georgia.
  2. ELIZABETH "LETTIE" THOMPSON, b. January 07, 1821, Georgia.
  3. JAMES WILLIAM THOMPSON, b. about 1822, Georgia; m. ELIZABETH COATS, December 13, 1839, Lauderdale County, MS.
  4. SALETA THOMPSON, b. about 1824, Marengo County, MS.
  5. ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD THOMPSON, b. about 1825, Marengo County, MS; d. 1864.

Children of ARCHIBALD THOMPSON and ANNA THOMPSON are:

  1. JOHN THURSTON THOMPSON, b. MARCH 23, 1829.
  2. HUGH MCCOY THOMPSON, b. 1831.
  3. NICHOLAS BUTT THOMPSON, b. 1832.
  4. ALSEY ANN THOMPSON, b. about 1835.
  5. MARTHA STRONG THOMPSON, b. March 13, 1836.
  6. SARAH MELISSA THOMPSON, b. October 01, 1839.

Generation No. 4

ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD THOMPSON (ARCHIBALD, HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born about 1825 in Marengo County, MS and died in 1864. He married SUSAN COATS May 03, 1845, in Lauderdale County, MS. ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD enrolled in the 14th Infanty, Co. D, CSA in Rusk, TX on March 15, 1862.

Children of ABSOLEM THOMPSON and SUSAN COATS are:

  1. ANNA THOMPSON, b. 1846, Lauderdale County, MS.
  2. JAMES THOMPSON, b. 1848, Lauderdale County, MS.
  3. WILLIAM JACKSON THOMPSON, b. 1850, Lauderdale County, MS; d. 1893, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, OK/TX.
  4. FRANCES THOMPSON, b. 1852, Smith County, TX.
  5. LUCIAN THOMPSON, b. 1855, Smith County, TX.
  6. HENRY THOMPSON, b. 1857, Smith County, TX.
  7. NEILL BUTT THOMPSON, b. 1859, Smith County, TX.

Generation No. 5

WILLIAM JACKSON THOMPSON (ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD, ARCHIBALD, HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born 1850 in Lauderdale County, MS, and died 1893 in Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, OK/TX. He married MARTHA MATILDA REBECCA COX , an herbal healer and midwife, July 03, 1872 in Sevier, Polk County, AR. She was the daughter of GREEN COX and SARAH EPHRIAM. MARTHA COX died June 22, 1919 in Hollis, Harmon County, OK.

Children of WILLIAM THOMPSON and MARTHA COX are:

  1. MATILDA AMZELLA THOMPSON, b. November 1875, Indian Territory, Polk County, AR; d. March 22, 1922, Duncan, OK.
  2. WILLIAM GREENLEE THOMPSON, b. March 14, 1880; d. March 19, 1956, Duncan, OK.
  3. ELIJAH BASCOM THOMPSON, b. September 16, 1881, Cove, Polk County, AR; d. January 22, 1941, Norman, OK.
  4. MOSES EDWARD THOMPSON, b. March 15, 1883, Polk County, AR; d. January 04, 1968, Hollis, Harmon County, OK.
  5. SADIE THOMPSON, b. May 20, 1887; d. June 23, 1933, Briscoe, Wheeler County, TX.
  6. DESSIE (SARAH ?) THOMPSON, b. October 1889, Polk County, AR; d. abt. 1909, possibly in Hollis, Harmon County, OK.
  7. ELVIE THOMPSON, b. March 11, 1891, Little River Indian Territory, OK; d. April 03, 1977, Altus, OK.

Generation No. 6

MATILDA AMZELLA THOMPSON (WILLIAM JACKSON, ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD, ARCHIBALD, HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born November 1875 in Indian Territory, Polk County, AR, and died March 22, 1922 in Duncan, OK. She married WILLIAM HENRY WRIGHT in 1893, son of WILLIAM WRIGHT and Unknown. MATILDA is buried in Duncan City Cemetery, Duncan, OK beside her brother, WILLIAM GREENLEE THOMPSON. Her grave was unmarked until July 2000.

Children of MATILDA THOMPSON and WILLIAM WRIGHT are:

  1. INFANT WRIGHT, b. between 1894-1896.
  2. EMMA ANN WRIGHT, b. August 20, 1898, Texas; d. April 14, 1976, Hayward, Alameda County, CA.
  3. BARRETT WRIGHT, b. January 08, 1901, Montague County, TX; d. November 21, 1948, Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, NM.
  4. E. BASCUM WRIGHT, b. December 17, 1903, Montague County, TX; d. January 19, 1935, Perry, Noble County, OK.
  5. DESSA LEE WRIGHT, b. February 12, 1905, Caddo Parish, Louisiana; d. June 16, 1975, Monahans, TX.
  6. ARTHUR OTTO WRIGHT, b. October 06, 1909, Bowie, TX; d. September 02, 1967, Oklahoma City, OK.
  7. JEWEL MARIE WRIGHT, b. May 06, 1912, Texas; d. March 15, 1973, Oklahoma City, OK.

WILLIAM ("BUCK") GREENLEE THOMPSON (WILLIAM JACKSON, ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD, ARCHIBALD, HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born March 14, 1880 and died March 19, 1956 in Duncan, OK. He married LILLIE MORGAN.

Children of WILLIAM THOMPSON and LILLIE MORGAN are:

  1. INFANT THOMPSON, d. from whooping cough in infancy.
  2. OPAL MAE THOMPSON, b. October 11, 1911, Montague County, TX; d. October 03, 1998, Lawton, Comanche County, OK.
  3. DOROTHY LEE THOMPSON, b. 1913; d. 1917, Hollis, OK.

ELIJAH BASCOM THOMPSON (WILLIAM JACKSON, ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD, ARCHIBALD, HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born September 16, 1881 in Cove, Polk County, AR, and died January 22, 1941 in Norman, OK; buried Ardmore, OK. He married (1) PEARL GILMORE about 1911; they divorced about 1936. In June 1937 he married (2) ODESSA YOUNG, born December 04, 1907, died June 29, 1971; they divorced June 1940.

Children of ELIJAH THOMPSON and PEARL GILMORE are:

  1. IVA MAY THOMPSON, b. July 18, 1914, OK; d. January 14, 1956, Alameda County, CA; m. (1) CLIFFORD DOWD, (2) MELTON MONROE BLACKWELL, SR.
  2. WILLIAM THOMPSON, b. 1916.
  3. ALBERT LEE THOMPSON, b. March 30, 1920 TX; d. November 18, 1981, Alameda County, CA.
Child of ELIJAH THOMPSON and ODESSA YOUNG is:
  1. RUTH YVONNE THOMPSON, b. January 14, 1938, Ardmore, OK; d. September 21, 2006, Frederick, MD. Burial in Provence Cemetery, Ardmore, OK. Married Dan PLANK, date unknown.

MOSES EDWARD THOMPSON (WILLIAM JACKSON, ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD, ARCHIBALD, HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born March 15, 1883 in Polk County, AR and died January 04, 1968 in Harmon County, OK. On January 31, 1910, in Bowie, TX, he married BULA FRANKLIN SLOAN, b. December 20, 1893; d. March 1984, Hollis, Harmon Co., OK.

Children of MOSES THOMPSON and BULA SLOAN are:

  1. INFANT THOMPSON (girl?), b. abt. 1911/1912, d. at birth.
  2. ZELIA "ZEE" MAE THOMPSON, b. July 1915, Hollis, OK; d. August 18, 2011, Roseburg, OR; m. (unk. date) WILLIAM MCCURTAIN, b. 1910; d. 1970, Muskogee, OK.
  3. MYRTLE LEE THOMPSON, b. October 18, 1918, Hollis, OK; d. June 21, 1975, Hollis, OK.
  4. Living THOMPSON
  5. DALLAS AUBREY THOMPSON, January 15, 1925, Gould, OK; d. October 23, 2008, Oklahoma City, OK; interment: Gould Cemetery, Gould, OK. Married April 1, 1944, Hollis, OK, WILMA O. MOFFEIT, b. August 13, 1924; d. July 8, 2012, Gould, OK.
  6. ALTUS ALVIN THOMPSON, b. February 18, 1927, Gould, OK; d. August 07, 1973.
  7. Living THOMPSON
  8. Living THOMPSON

SADIE THOMPSON (WILLIAM JACKSON, ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD, ARCHIBALD, HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born May 20, 1887, and died June 23, 1933 in Briscoe, Wheeler County, TX. She married THOMAS H. SEWELL, abt. 1902.

Children of SADIE THOMPSON and THOMAS SEWELL are:

  1. LESTER SEWELL, b. abt. 1903.
  2. MARLINE SEWELL, m. DWIGHT WILHITE.
  3. LEONARD SEWELL, b. abt. 1907.
  4. EFFIE SEWELL.
  5. MAUD SEWELL.
  6. FRANK A. SEWELL, b. November 19, 1919, OK; d. October 03, 1965, Sacramento, CA.
  7. BONNIE SEWELL.
  8. INA MAE SEWELL.

ELVIE THOMPSON (WILLIAM JACKSON, ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD, ARCHIBALD, HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born March 11, 1891 in Little River Indian Territory, OK and died April 03, 1977 in Altus, OK. She married D. SLOAN, September 17, 1911.

Children of ELVIE THOMPSON and D. SLOAN are:

  1. CLYDE CALVIN SLOAN, b. July 06, 1912; d. April 10, 1988, Oklahoma City, OK.
  2. CLAUDE J. SLOAN, b. June 28, 1915, Hollis, OK; d. May 04, 1970, Spearman, TX.
  3. ALICE LORENE SLOAN, b. August 07, 1920; d. October 22, 1992, Altus, OK.
  4. Living SLOAN (?)

Generation No. 7

EMMA ANN WRIGHT (MATILDA AMZELLA THOMPSON, WILLIAM JACKSON, ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD, ARCHIBALD, HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born August 20, 1898 in Texas and died April 14, 1976 in Hayward, Alameda County, California. She married WILLIAM LESTER WILLIAMS (WILLIAM's younger sister JANEY was the wife of BARRETT WRIGHT).

Children of EMMA WRIGHT and WILLIAM WILLIAMS are:

  1. HAZEL LEE WILLIAMS, b. April 6, 1921; d. July 4, 2008, Downey, CA.
  2. WILLIAM LESTER WILLIAMS, JR., b. August 29, 1922, Duncan, OK; d. 1991, Lubbock, TX.
  3. GRADY WILLIAMS, b. March 26, 1924; d. October 27, 2015, Downey, CA.

BARRETT ("BUD") WRIGHT (MATILDA AMZELLA THOMPSON, WILLIAM JACKSON, ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD, ARCHIBALD, HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born January 08, 1901 in Montague County, Texas and died November 21, 1948 in Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, New Mexico. He married JANEY/JANNIA LUCY WILLIAMS before 1920.

Child of BARRETT WRIGHT and JANEY/JANNIA WILLIAMS is:

  1. LEROY "ROY" WRIGHT, b. June 24, 1933, Vinson, OK; d. June 4, 2013, Toledo, OH; On August 21, 1954, Erie, MI, he married CHARLOTTE LEE KAISER, b. October 23, 1933, Erie, MI; d. January 12, 2013, Toledo, OH.

Children of ROY WRIGHT and CHARLOTTE KAISER are:

  1. STEVEN K. WRIGHT, b. September 19, 1956; d. October 3, 1994.
  2. Living WRIGHT
  3. Living WRIGHT

E. BASCUM WRIGHT (MATILDA AMZELLA THOMPSON, WILLIAM JACKSON, ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD, ARCHIBALD, HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born December 17, 1903 in Montague County, Texas and died January 19, 1935 in Perry, Noble County, Oklahoma. He married OLIVE ROE BROOKHART on June 23, 1923 in Blackwell, Kay County, Oklahoma, daughter of WILLIAM BROOKHART and MAUD SPEER.

It is unknown what the initial "E" stood for, but it is likely that his mother named him after her brother, ELIJAH BASCOM THOMPSON. His nickname was "Bay".

Children of BASCUM WRIGHT and OLIVE BROOKHART are:

  1. VERNA MAE WRIGHT, b. March 9, 1927, Tonkawa, Kay Co., OK; d. December 22, 2004, Vancouver, Clark Co., WA.
  2. Living WRIGHT

DESSA LEE WRIGHT (MATILDA AMZELLA THOMPSON, WILLIAM JACKSON, ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD, ARCHIBALD, HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born February 12, 1905 in Caddo Parish, Louisiana and died June 16, 1975 in Monahans, Texas. She married HARRY E. NELSON on April 03, 1926 in Wellington, Kansas.

Children of DESSA WRIGHT and HARRY NELSON are:

  1. VIRGINIA MAY NELSON, b. January 13, 1927, Oklahoma City, OK; d. December 20, 1986, Monahans, TX.
  2. JACK NELSON, B. May 19, 1928; d. July 23, 2005, Monahans, TX.
  3. ERIC NELSON, b. 1933; deceased.

ARTHUR OTTO WRIGHT (MATILDA AMZELLA THOMPSON, WILLIAM JACKSON, ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD, ARCHIBALD, HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born October 06, 1909 in Bowie, Texas and died September 02, 1967 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is buried in Sunny Lane Cemetery, Oklahoma, City, OK.

Child of ARTHUR WRIGHT and ? is:

  1. KENNETH WRIGHT.

JEWEL MARIE WRIGHT (MATILDA AMZELLA THOMPSON, WILLIAM JACKSON, ABSOLEM ARCHIBALD, ARCHIBALD, HENRY BUTT, JOHN THEOPHILUS) was born May 06, 1912 in Texas and died March 15, 1973 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She married CHARLES HASKELL HOPKINS about 1930 in Hollis, Oklahoma, son of C. HOPKINS and MILLIE. She and CHARLES are buried in Holdenville Cemetery, Holdenville, Oklahoma.

Children of JEWEL WRIGHT and HASKELL HOPKINS are:

  1. JIMMY WAYNE HOPKINS, b. November 22, 1931, OK; d. March 13, 2007, Tulsa, OK.
  2. RUTH JANE HOPKINS, b. June 21, 1939; d. September 1988, Ada, OK; m. ? NUNN.