Hedge THOMPSON

Notes:

1880 Vermilion Co, IL Census, Pilot, pg 564a
Hedge THOMPSON Self M M W 53 OH Farmer NJ NJ
Elizabeth Wife M F W 43 IL Keeping House VA OH
Charles Son S M W 21 IL Teaching School OH IL
Alley Son S M W 19 IL Farming OH IL
George Son S M W 13 IL OH IL
John CARR Other S M W 23 NY Farm Laborer IRE IRE
This Hedge died in Ohio

Notes:

I have material you will like in regard to Tipton Thompson. What I am writing now is all off the top of my head: In about 1979 when I was first gathering family material and asking living family members about family history, I found documents, among the documents that I know were my family's, having to do with the guardianship of the minor children of James Thompson -who died in Logansport about 1829. (I know you have Tipton's birth as 1832, but it had to have been before that). Their mother's name was Catherine. The children whose names I remember were Dunham, Hedge, Tipton, and Margaret. Possibly more than 4. I have never been able to understand just why these documents were with my family's documents.
I have an ancestor named Nancy Thompson whose father was Richard Thompson. I have never been able to find out if this James Thompson was a brother of Nancy. They were of the same generation. As you well know, Thompson research can be very difficult! And my main focus is on other ancestors. If Tipton had a more common given name, I would never have been able to make a connection. [Linda Pugh jlpugh@cqc.com]