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Ken,
Henry C Thompson was born 9 Aug 1879 and died 22 May 1933. His family moved to Monon, in
1883, and after he was discharged from the Indiana Volunteers, in April 1899, he went to
work for the Monon RR. The 1900 Census says he was a "RR extra". I think he
worked in the yards ... I am sure it was at Monon. The only other thing I know is that
"a job related accident cost him the loss of his right arm" .He then began
reading for the law and became White County Justice of the Peace, in November 1906. So,
the time period for his accident would have been May 1899 to early in the 1900s.
My father Fred E Thompson worked for the Monon, from July 1923 until 1937 (part-time),
then full-time from August 1937 until he retired in 1984. None of the other names you
list are familiar to me.
I surely do appreciate your assistance. I have often wondered where I might find out what
happened but had no idea where to ask.
Susan