Notes for: Horace THOMPSON
Notes for: Horace THOMPSON
"On 2 Feb 1813 started with my father's family for Holland Purchase, arrived Laona 15th and on 17th came to Benjamin Miller's on Bear Creek, one mile from home, used oxen to break a road through the woods, felled a cucumber tree to make a plank door for our abode. Winter 1817 I taught school to 23 scholars, in 1818 increased to 40; bought land of father in 1816, in 1823 built house on it."
The 1855 Census for Stockton, NY:
Horace Thompson 60 b Oneida, Co., NY
Nancy " 57 b VT
Julia N 28 b Chautauqua Co., NY
Mahlon A 22 b "
Phebe E 18 b "
Horace M 14 b "
It is believed that the Julia N listed in this census is their son Julius born about 1826 and that Phebe E, aged 18 is possibly the wife of Mahlon. Mary was said to be the only daughter of this family when she died in 1851.