When Sarah Marinda Thompson was born on 25 September 1841, in Hancock, Illinois, United States, her father, Samuel Thompson, was 28 and her mother, Mary Anderson, was 19. She married George Spencer on 2 April 1858, in Washington, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She immigrated to Utah, United States in 1848 and lived in Moroni, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1860 and Washington, Washington, Utah, United States in 1870. She died on 9 July 1914, in Blanding, San Juan, Utah, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Blanding City Cemetery, Blanding, San Juan, Utah, United States.
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The Relief Society of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was organized on March 17, 1842. Emma Smith was the first Relief Society president. It was established as a way to help strengthen and serve other women.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Illinois contributed 250,000 soldiers to the Union Army, ranking it fourth in terms of the total men fighting for a single state. Troops mainly fought in the Western side of the Appalachian Mountains, but a few regiments played important roles in the East side. Several thousand Illinoisians died during the war. No major battles were fought in the state, although several towns became sites for important supply depots and navy yards. Not everyone in the state supported the war and there were calls for secession in Southern Illinois several residents. However, the movement for secession soon died after the proposal was blocked.
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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