Mathew Thompson
Birth: 14 Jan 1796 Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, USA
Death: 8 Jun 1884 (aged 88) Jasper County, Indiana, USA
Burial: Remington Cemetery, Remington, Jasper County, Indiana, USA
Memorial #: 59047360
Bio: son of Samuel Thompson (drowned in the Mad River, Dayton, OH) & Catherine Benham Van CleveHistory of City of Dayton and Montgomery Co., OHSAMUEL THOMPSON came from Pennsylvania to Cincinnati where he married Catherine, widow of John Van Cleve. He was the leader of the party coming by water. With him were his wife, Catherine, their little daughter, Sarah, two years old, and Matthew, two months old, and Mrs. Thompson's daughter, Mary Van Cleve, nine years old, and her son, Benjamin Van Cleve. Mr. Thompson held a number of offices in the new community. He was drowned in February, 1815, in Mad river just below the Staunton road ford. His wife died August 6th, 1837.History of Montgomery Co., OH 1882W.H. Beers & Co.-Chicagopg. 548Dayton Pioneers Samuel Thompson, his wife Catherine and their two children Sarah and Matthew; Benjamin and William Van Cleve, and their sister Mary; George Newcom, his wife Mary, and his brother William; Widow McClure, her sons James and John, and daughters, Kate and Ann; and Abraham Glassmire; were those of the colony who on April 1, 1796, located on the two plat, and were therefore the pioneer settlers of Daton. William Van Cleve moved on his land south of the settlement within two or three years. Abraham Grassmire had gone away before 1799. Three cabins then were the beginning of the settlement on the Dayton plat; George Newcom's at the southwest corner of Main and Water streets; Samuel Thompson's on Water street, half way between Jefferson and St. Clair; and the cabin of Widow McClure and her boys, at the southwest corner ot Water and Mill streets. pg. 737 At the burning of an unoccupied frame house at the upper end of Main street on the night of September 10, 1833, Charles R. Greene, one of the Fire Wardens ordered Matthew Thompson, a bystander, into the line passing water to the engine, and on his refusal, Greene struck him on the head with a piece of board. At the Squire's office next day, Thompson struck Greene with a club, from the effects of which he shortly afterward died. He married Margaret Gillespie 28 Jan 1828 Oglethorpe, GeorgiaJasper Co., IN death recordsMathew Thompson d. 8 June 1884 Carpenter Twp., Jasper Co., IN, age 88yrs1850 Scott Twp., Montgomery Co., INMathew Thompson, 51yrs b. OHMargaret 44yrs b. OHWilliam H. 18yrs b. OHIsabel 15yrs b. OHCatherine M. 13yrs b. OHJames W. 9yrs b. OHMary E. 7yrs b. INRebecca S. 5yrs b. IN1860 Scott Twp, Montgomery Co., INMathew Thompson 64yrs, b. OHMargaret 55yrs, b. OHMary E. 17yrs, b. INJames W., 20yrs b. OH1870 Clark Twp., Montgomery Co., INJohn Linclnager 60yrs, b. VAElizabeth Linclnager 53yrs, b. VAMathew Thompson, 74yrs, b. OHMargaret Thompson, 64yrs b. OH1880 Carpenter Twp., Jasper Co., INGeorge G. Thompson, 56yrs, b. OH, farmerElizabeth D., wife, b. OHJames B. son, b. IN, farm laborerCatherine, daughter, 17yrs, INGrace, dau, 7yrs, b. INMathew, 84yrs, b. OH, widower, father
Family Members
Parents
Catharine Benham VanCleve Thompson 1756-1837
Spouse
Margaret Gillespie Thompson 1805-1879
Siblings
Benjamin VanCleve 1773-1821
Ann Van Cleve Holt 1775-1858
Margaret Benham Van Cleve Reeder 1778-1858
William Van Cleve 1781-1828
Mary VanCleve, McClain Swaynie 1787-1883
Amy Van Cleve Shields 1789-1830
Sarah Thompson Ensey 1794-1864
Children
George G. Thompson 1824-1910
James W. Thompson 1840-1870
Created by: Alana Knochel Bauman (47076457)
Added: 22 Sep 2010
URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59047360/mathew-thompson
Citation: Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 17 September 2018), memorial page for Mathew Thompson (14 Jan 1796–8 Jun 1884), Find A Grave Memorial no. 59047360, citing Remington Cemetery, Remington, Jasper County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by Alana Knochel Bauman (contributor 47076457) .
