Person:Heber Thompson (2)

1870 census-PA-Schuylkill-Pottsville-pg 26-22 Aug 1870-lines 20-27-dwelling 184-family 192-EC Thompson; 65; male; white; keeping house; real estate value $10,000; personal estate value $2,800; Wm; 36; male; white; no occupation; real estate value $23,000; personal estate value $2,000; Heber; 30; civil engineer; real estate value $25,000; personal estate value $16,000; Sarah; 34; no occupation; Emily; 4; Samuel; 1; Maria Gannon; 20 [29?]; domestic servant; Julia McNally; 19 [69?]; domestic servant; everyone is born PA

1880 census-PA-Schuylkill-Pottsville-Heber Thompson is 39, a civil engineer. His wife is Sallie, age 40. Children: Emily B, 13; Samuel C, 11; Margie, 9. Margaretta Beck, age 70, is his mother-in-law and she is a widow. Theresa Smith is 18 and a servant. All are born in PA

1890 veterans schedule-June 1890-pg 2-SD 4-ED 223-Pottsville-line 24-House 115-family 117-Heber S Thompson-Regiment-PA Cav

1900 - http://persi.heritagequestonline.com: Pennsylvania at Chickamauga and Chattanooga:..... page 298: PA 7th Regiment Cavalry, Captain Heber S. Thompson, attended dedication of monument, near Reed's Bridge, Chickamauga Park, GA, Nov. 15, 1897 and gave an address

1900 census-PA-Schuylkill-Pottsville-8 Jun 1900-ED 186-sheet 11A-lines 17-20-1501 Mahantogo St-dwelling/family 251-Heber S Thompson; born Aug 1840; 59; married 33 yrs; all born PA; mining engineer; owns home with mortgage; Sarah; born Jan 184; married 33 yrs; mother of 4 children, 4 living; all born PA; Frances M Keim; servant; born Aug 1878; 21; born PA; parents born Germany; Andia A Nerz; servant; born Nov 1880; 19; born PA; parents born Germany

1910 census-PA-Schuylkill-Pottsville-19 Apr 1910-ED 66-sheet 6B-lines 79-83- 1501 Mahantongo St-dwelling 132-family 136; Heber S thompson; 69; married 44 yrs; engineer; mining; owns house free; Sarah; 70; married 44 yrs; mother of 6 children, 4 living; Heber H; 29; engineer; electrica; Frances Keim; 30 servant; born PA; parents born Germany; Mary Cleary; servant; 24; all born PA except as noted

1910 - The First Defenders by Heber S Thompson: private Washington Artillerists 18 Apr 1861; 1st lieutenant Co F 7th PA Veteran Volunteer Cavalry 22 Oct 1861; captain Co I 7th PA Veteran Volunteer Cavalry (80th Regiment in line PA Volunteers) 1 Jul 1863; prisoner of war Atlanta GA 20 Apr 1864; released on parole at Charleston SC 20 Dec 1864 (not to take up arms against the Southern Confederacy until regularly exchanged) never exchanged; mentioned in orders for distinguished service at battles of: Sparta TN, Shelbyville TN, Chickamauga GA, Lovejoy Station GA; History of the 7th PA Veteran Volunteer Cavalry by Colonel William B Sipes; president First Defenders' Association 1909-1911

1917 - http://persi.heritagequestonline.com: The Descendants of John Thomson, pioneer Scotch convenanter..... page 151: "#394 Heber Samuel Thompson, born Aug 14, 1840, at Pottsville, PA; died Mar. 9, 1911. AB Yale 1861, AM Yale 1871. He enlisted as private in the "First Defenders" on Apr. 16, 19=861, the first troop in the Civil War to enter Washington. Later he served as captain of the Seventh PA Cavalry. He was President of the Board of Trustees of the State Hospital for Injured at Ashland, PA, and president of the Edison Electric Illuminating Co. He was a member of the PA State "Coal Waste Commission". See "Who's Who in American," Vol. I, 1910-1911. It was he who co-operated with his first cousin Theodore Samuel Thompson (#338) in the preparation of the "Thompson Family" booklet upon which the present family records have been based. He married on Jan. 23, 1866, at Pottsville, PA, Sara Eliza Beck (born Jan. 16, 1840, at Pottsville, PA), daughter of Isaac and Margaretta (Pitman) Beck, and granddaughter of Joseph and Eleanor (Copeland) Beck, and of Ephraim and Mary (Patterson) Pitman. Address, Pottsville, PA. Issue (1) Emily Baird, (2) Samuel Clifton, (3) Margaretta, (4) Eleanor, (5) Heber Harris."

2007-I visited the US Army Heritage and Education Center in Carlisle, PA and found several references for Heber Samuel Thompson: The First Defenders which he wrote in 1910. This book contained pictures of Heber and Charles E Beck. There was also a typescript of his diary from 30 Apr 1864 - 29 Jun 1864; and a letter to his mother written from Charleston, SC, prisoners' hospital.The typescript was given to James F Haas by Margaret Toussaint. I don't know if this small time span is all that Heber wrote or if there is more diary somewhere.

1. ↑ 1870 United States Federal Census (1)
   Database online. Pottsville Middle Ward, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, post office Pottsville, roll 1447, page 220, image 442.

   Record for Heber Thompson _FOOT: Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2003), Database online. Pottsville Middle Ward, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, post office Pottsville, roll 1447, page 220, image 442.

2. ↑ 1910 United States Federal Census
   Database online. Pottsville Ward 3, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, ED , roll T624_1418, part , page .

   Record for Heber S Thompson _FOOT: Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006), Database online. Pottsville Ward 3, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, ED , roll T624_1418, part , page .

3. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1890 Veterans Schedules. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
   Database online. Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, ED 223, roll 83, page 2.

   Record for Heber S Thompson _FOOT: Ancestry.com, 1890 Veterans Schedules (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Database online. Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, ED 223, roll 83, page 2.

4. ↑ Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 1880 United States Federal Census. (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2005;)
   Database online. Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, ED 227, roll T9_1193, page 492.4000, image 0477.

   Record for Margaretta (Pitman) Beck [head of house-Heber S Thompson] _FOOT: Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005), Database online. Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, ED 227, roll T9_1193, page 492.4000, image 0477.

5. ↑ Ancestry.com. 1900 United States Federal Census (1). (Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2004;)
   Database online. Pottsville, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, ED , roll , page .

   Record for Heber S Thompson