Grundy County, MO Cemetery

Thompson Family Cemetery, Grundy County, MO


(Lorenzo D. THOMPSON Family Cemetery)

This is a family cemetery located 4 miles east of Jamesport, Missouri on State Road F and 3/4 mile South on a gravel road. Jefferson Township (S33-T60N-R25W) Grundy County, Missouri. Lorenzo Dowe Thompson made his first exploratory trip into this area in 1830. He then returned home to Hopkinsville, Kentucky where on December 22, 1831 he married Miss Nancy C. Oates. In 1835 he returned with his wife and two small children to this area. In 1836 he removed his small family to Saint Louis for safety due to threats from Indians and Mormans. In the spring of 1837 the family, which now consisted of three small children, returned and homesteaded on this property which was to remain in the Thompson family for over 100 years. The following information was recorded by Mrs. B. F. Hoover and Mrs. O. L. Livingston in 1963:

POND Ruie A. (THOMPSON) 19 Jan 1882 09 Oct 1907 d/o James M. & Elizabeth THOMPSON. w/o Milton POND (unusual stone drapery over a creche-Rock of Ages)
THOMPSON Eliza E. 03  Sep  1848 10  Sep  1848 d/o Lorenzo Dowe & Nancy C. (OATES) THOMPSON
THOMPSON Elizabeth 28 Jan 1854 28 Jan 1854 d/o Lorenzo Dowe & Nancy C. (OATES) THOMPSON
THOMPSON Elizabeth 08 Sep 1853 04 Jan 1927 w/o James M. THOMPSON. "Mother".
THOMPSON James M. 1850 1917 s/o Lorenzo Dowe & Nancy C. (OATES) THOMPSON. h/o Elizabeth THOMPSON. "Father".
THOMPSON Lorenzo Dowe --- 08 Apr 1896 86y 5d. h/o Nancy C. (OATES) 22 Dec 1831 at Hopkinsville, KY.
THOMPSON Nancy C. (OATES) 29 Sep 1811 20 May 1860 w/o Lorenzo Dowe THOMPSON 22 Dec 1831 at Hopkinsville, KY. "O faithful wife, my only comfort is your hope in Christ".
THOMPSON Susan C. 11 Apr 1844 19 Feb 1870 w/o Presley THOMPSON (s/o Lorenzo Dowe & Nancy C. (OATES) THOMPSON) 09 Dec 1868. "Rest loved one, rest. Our footsteps wake thee not. Still is thy grave a consecrated spot shall be thy slumber in the narrow cell out of thy pillow, dear one."
THOMPSON William E
18 Apr 1877 1y 9m 28d
WHORTON Elizabeth Ermal (POND) 09 Jul 1901 02 Dec 1920 d/o Milton & Ruie A (THOMPSON) POND. 1st w/o C. Brook WHORTON

Across the road from this cemetery on a north sloping hillside, a slave graveyard was located, though no traces of it can be seen today (1997). These were slaves who came with Lorenzo and his family to this area and when they were freed asked to be allowed to stay with him, which they did as long as they wanted to.

This material graciously transcribed from the written records by Linda Strine.
Copyright © 1997-2016 Larry G. Flesher, Grundy County, MO Cemetery Records.

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