When Larkin Sandifer Thompson was born on 28 August 1848, in Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie, Iowa, United States, his father, John Crow Thompson, was 27 and his mother, Ann Broyhill Clark, was 26. He lived in Riverdale, Weber, Utah, United States for about 10 years and Mount Pleasant, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1880. He died on 4 February 1902, in Huntsville, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 53, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1850: Sanpete, Utah Territory, United States 1896: Sanpete, Utah, United States
The Capitol was located in Iowa City until the 1st General Assembly of Iowa recognized that the Capitol should be moved farther west than Iowa City. Land was found two miles from the Des Moines River to start construction of the new building. Today the Capitol building still stands on its original plot.
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
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.
Possible Related NamesFound Dead In Bed Ogden, Utah, Feb 4. -- Word has reached this city to the effect that Larkin Thompson, the well-known citizen of Huntsville, was found dead in his bed this morning. Mr. Thompson, it …
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