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William Henry "Will" Thompson
11 May 1846 – 10 Jun 1928
| Birth | 11 May 1846 |
| Death | 10 Jun 1928 |
| Cemetery | Pond Springs Cemetery Jollyville , Williamson County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | John Christeson on 05 Mar 2010 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13970784 |
Bio
William served in the Confederacy during the Civil War. The Thompsons lived in Arkansas and Oklahoma before settling in Texas in 1885-1890. "Will" was a schoolteacher by profession and farmed in later years. He was a school trustee for Jollyville School District for many years. The Thompson farm is out of the Henry Rhodes Survey that was patented in 1841. W. H. Thompson purchased the property from Henry Rhodes' granddaughter, Margaret Rhodes Crump in the 1890's. The original one story homeplace on the Austin - Lampasas Road, was a stagecoach stop. Around the turn of the century, the one story house was moved to a location just south and W. H. Thompson incorporated it into a two story structure that still stands today. The north fireplace of the Thompson house has a two story dressed limestone chimney. Inside post and beam supports are rough hewn juniper. Old barns and outbuildings include a double crib log barn of saddle notched juniper logs. (Thompson home now owned by Red Barn Nursery on Pond Springs Road) John Finis, the youngest son of W. H. moved to the Thompson farm shortly after his marriage to Emma Mae Pierce. It was there they raised their six children. All of their children attended Pond Springs School, where both of the parents had also attended. John Finis served as a Trustee of Pond Springs School, one of the oldest in Texas, dating back to 1854. John Finis was also a veteran of World War I. A Texas Historical Marker was erected at the Thompson farm, 12883 Pond Springs Road, in 1982. The marker identifies the Thompson house as being a former stagecoach stop and the location of the Jollyville School across the road. The Thompson home is still owned by the Thompson family, but in 1984 the farm acerage is being developed into the Los Indios housing development.
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Family
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Siblings
- Nancy J Thompson Ennis 1848–1903
- Mary Frances Thompson Walden 1850–1914
- John Nelson 1855–1932
- De Kalb Nelson 1857–1932
- Thomas J "Tom" Nelson Jr 1859–1936
- Margaret Savannah Nelson Walden 1861–1896
- Alfred Nelson 1864–1935
- Elizabeth Susan Nelson Cromeans 1870–1944
Children
- Mary Elizabeth Thompson Jenkins 1877–1956
- Nancy Thompson Hicks 1878–1962
- Wade Hampton Thompson Jr 1879–1915
- Annie May Thompson Hammack 1881–1935
- Martha Frances Thompson Petri 1888–1956
- John Finis "Johnie" Thompson Sr 1889–1966
- Geneva Knox Thompson Petri 1891–1973
- Jessie Irene Thompson Scott 1894–1972
- Smith H Thompson 1895–1967
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