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Surnames: BINGHAM, CORRELL, KIDD, PHILLIPS, THOMPSON
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THE BLOOMFIELD NEWS, Bloomfield, Greene County, Indiana, April 20, 1944,Volume LXIX,
Number 27, Page 1, Column 2, “SERVICES HELD FOR THOMPSON—Well-Known Township Man Dies
Following Illness Of Six Weeks.” [Transcribed April 26, 2003 from the original newspaper
on file in the Office of The Recorder of Greene County, Indiana.]
Eli THOMPSON, 66 years of age, died Tuesday morning about 6 o’clock at his home near the
Allen Chapel. Mr. THOMPSON had been in ill health for the past month and a half.
He was born in 1878 the son of John Simpson and Lydia (PHILLIPS) THOMPSON. He is survived
by the wife, Mattie and the following children, Mrs. Ruth CORRELL, of Bloomfield; Luther
THOMPSON, of Worthington; Ralph THOMPSON, at home, and Mrs. Hazel BINGHAM, of Spencer.
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at the Mt. Zion Church with burial in
Grandview cemetery. Lester JENKINS and Sons were in charge of arrangements.
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DEATH RECORDS OF GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, Health Department, East Spring Street,
Bloomfield, Indiana, Book D-6, Page 49, Number 489: Eli THOMPSON, husband of Mattie E.
KIDD, born January 9, 1878 in Wayne County, Kentucky; died April 18, 1944 at the age of 66
years 3 months 8 days in Greene County, Indiana; Buried in Grandview Cemetery April 20,
1944; Father was John S. THOMPSON, born in Kentucky; Mother was Lydia PHILLIPS, born in
Kentucky.
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Link to the Obituary of his mother, Lydia J. (PHILLIPS) THOMPSON [1861KY—1930IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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Link to the Obituary of his brother, Hawk Brown THOMPSON [1893IN—1957IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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Link to the Obituary of his grandfather, Shadrach C. THOMPSON [1834KY—1922IN]:
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=message&r=rw&p=localities.n...
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NOTES—RLJ: (1) INDEX TO MARRIAGE RECORDS IN GREENE COUNTY, INDIANA, 1939, WPA, Index Page
170: KIDD, Mattie E. to Eli THOMPSON, 30 Dec 1900, Book P, Page 403. (2) Eli THOMPSON is
buried next to his grandfather, Shadrach C. THOMPSON in Grandview Cemetery.