When Jeptha Matthew Thompson was born on 30 October 1815, in Elk Township, Jackson, Illinois, United States, his father, James A Thompson, was 40 and his mother, Margaret Norton, was 31. He married Mary Ann Gray on 1 May 1838, in Perry, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Perry, Pike, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Perry, Illinois, United States in 1860. He died on 12 October 1863, in Du Quoin, Perry, Illinois, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Nine Mile Cemetery, Sunfield, Perry, Illinois, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1816: Jackson, Illinois Territory, United States 1818: Jackson, Illinois, United States
With the Aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars the global market for trade was down. During this time, America had its first financial crisis and it lasted for only two years.
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
English: patronymic from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) (see Thom ) + -son ‘son of Tom’. Thomson is usually the Scottish form, that with the intrusive -p- being English. Both forms are common in Ireland. The surname Thompson is also very common among African Americans.
Americanized form of Danish, Norwegian, and North German Thomsen and of its Swedish cognate Thomsson. Compare Thomson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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