When Mary Melissa Thompson was born on 5 August 1846, in Harrisville, Harrison, Ohio, United States, her father, Israel Thompson, was 28 and her mother, Hannah S Balderston, was 25. She married Lewis Letteral Tribby on 1 January 1863, in Harrisville, Harrison, Ohio, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 2 daughters. She lived in Edenville, Marshall, Iowa, United States in 1885 and Marshall, Iowa, United States in 1895. She died on 27 March 1921, in Eden Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Eden Cemetery, Eden Township, Marshall, Iowa, United States.
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The Great Seal of the State of Iowa was created in 1847 and depicts a soldier standing in a wheat field surrounded by symbols including farming, mining, and transportation with the Mississippi River in the background. An eagle overhead bears the state motto.
Historical Boundaries: 1860: Marshall, Iowa, United States
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
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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