Robert Knox Thompson
1882 - 1939 (56 years)
Generation: 1
1. Robert Knox Thompson was born on 13 Nov 1882 in Oakdale, Washington County, Illinois; died on 21 Oct 1939 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1920, Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa
- Census: 1925, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa
- Census: 1930, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa
Notes:
Knox Thompson, 57, Morning Sun Taken By Death
Special to The Democrat
Morning Sun, Ia., Oct. 23. – Knox Thompson, 57, who had farmed in the Sharon community 35 years prior to his removal here three years ago, died in his home after a brief illness Saturday afternoon. He was born Nov. 13, 1882, near Oakdale, Ill., the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Thompson. He began farming in the Sharon vicinity in 1904 and Dec. 13, 1910, married Miss Blanche Baird. They continued in that community until 1936, when the home was established here. His widow; two sons, Wilmer and Kenneth, at home; and two brothers: Waldo, Newcomerstown, Ohio, and Willard, Oakdale, Ill, survive.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the local Reformed Presbyterian church of which he was a lifelong member. Burial will be in the Sharon cemetery.
Quad-City Times, Davenport, Iowa. Monday, 23 October 1939.
Name:
son of James Thompson and Flora
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19859379/r_-knox-thompsonRobert married Blanche Verona Baird on 13 Dec 1910 in Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa. Blanche (daughter of James Wallace Baird and Mary Ann Walkinshaw) was born on 15 Aug 1890 in Des Moines County, Iowa; died on 25 Feb 1983; was buried in Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- James Wilmer Thompson was born on 13 Sep 1913 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 5 Jan 1995 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried in Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa.
- Robert Kenneth Thompson was born on 22 Sep 1917 in Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa; died on 30 Sep 2003 in Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa; was buried in Kossuth Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa.