Robert Knox Thompson
1882 - 1939 (56 years)-
Name Robert Knox Thompson Born 13 Nov 1882 Oakdale, Washington County, Illinois 
[1, 2] Gender Male Census 1920 Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa Census 1925 Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa Census 1930 Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa Occupation farmer [1, 3] Died 21 Oct 1939 Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa [1, 2] Buried Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa [1, 2] Person ID I400 McKeown Last Modified 15 Aug 2023
Family Blanche Verona Baird, b. 15 Aug 1890, Des Moines County, Iowa , d. 25 Feb 1983 (Age 92 years) Married 13 Dec 1910 Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa [1, 4] Children 1. James Wilmer Thompson, b. 13 Sep 1913, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa , d. 5 Jan 1995, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa (Age 81 years)2. Robert Kenneth Thompson, b. 22 Sep 1917, Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa , d. 30 Sep 2003, Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa (Age 86 years)Last Modified 15 Aug 2023 Family ID F144 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 13 Nov 1882 - Oakdale, Washington County, Illinois 
Married - 13 Dec 1910 - Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa Census - 1920 - Yellow Springs, Des Moines County, Iowa 
Census - 1925 - Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa Census - 1930 - Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa Died - 21 Oct 1939 - Morning Sun, Louisa County, Iowa 
Buried - - Sharon Cemetery, Mediapolis, Des Moines County, Iowa = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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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.
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- Knox Thompson, 57, Morning Sun Taken By Death
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