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Descendants of John Perry Thompson

VERY LITTLE KNOWN ABOUT JOHN PERRY THOMPSON, SR. AT THIS TIME, IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION I WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK WITH YOU!

I'm going to start with a story by a daughter of Maudie Mae, at this time I am not 100% sure who Maudie Mae's parents are but know that John Perry Thompson Sr. was her grandfather:

Note: Lois Gertrude Garside was the oldest child of Alexander Garside and Maudie Mae Thompson. Alex and Maude were married in 1908. I don't know what year Lois was born. I also don't know what year she wrote this. Someone, with good intention I'm sure, has tried to edit this. They changed the original document, what they added can not be correct, they would have people moving about that where not yet born. Below is what the original says:
MAUDIE MAE THOMPSON WAS MY MOTHER MY NAME IS LOIS.
My Great Grandmother on my mother's side, Verlinda Cannon Bird.
My Ggrandmother came from Kentucky.
Verlonda Cannon Bird married Virgil Fuller, Virgil Fuller served three and a half years in the Civil War. He got killed in the Civil War. Then Verlinda married Jack Stark. Then Jack Stark passed away leaving Verlinda with seven orphan children. Their names were Lucy Stark, Johnny Stark, Minnie Stark, Ada Stark, Vickie Stark, Lennie Stark and Dora Stark. Grandmother Verlinda lived to be 90 years old.
My Great Grandmother on my Mother's side.
My mother's name was Maudie Mae Thompson Garside. John Perry Thompson was my great grandfather. John Perry Thompson served three years in the Civil WAr. John came from Alabama. John Perry and his father came from Alabama to Arkansas in a covered wagon driven by Oxen. Traveled on in the STringown Oklahoma from Summerfield, Oklahoma, and camped where the old Dutch Goad place was later built. They came from ARkansas to Summerfield, Okla. to Stringtown, Ok then travelled on across the Red River where they run into quicksand and almost lot thier lives. They completed thier jouney, and made thier home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. John Perry Thompson and Grandma Thompson had eleven children. Their names were Wesley Thompson, Mary Jane Thompson, John Thompson, Jack Thompson, Jenny Thompson, Parlee Thompson, Green Thompson, Saul Thompson, Annie Thompson, Marion Thompson, and Burt Thompson. They resided in Albuquerque, NM for a long, long time, then finally made the trip back to Oklahoma around Summerfield, Ok and Poteau Ok and Sallisaw Okla. Where all the children grew up and married.
My great grandfather and mother lived in a great big dugout built deep in the ground. I remember when I was a small child Papa took us to visit them in a wagon.

***Note this is the first time there has been a mention of New Mexico. I do know the family lived in Daisy and Stringtown in Atoka for the most of the children's lives. If all the children's names are correct for John Perry Thompson, some of them must have died young because their names do not show up in other records. There are also definate misspellings of names and nicknames used in the above set of children ie: Saul = Solomon, Parlee = Frances Pearlee

Generation No. 1

1. JOHN PERRY1 THOMPSON was born Abt. 1834 in alabama, and died Aft. 1910 in Daisy, Atoka co, OK. He married FRANCES DIANA SPENCER March 23, 1853 in Sevier, Ark. She was born 1840 in ark, and died in Leflore co, OK.

Notes for FRANCES DIANA SPENCER:
Nothing has been proven to show Frances Diana's last name was really Spencer. Speigle has also been speculated.

Children of JOHN THOMPSON and FRANCES SPENCER are:
i. ANNA2 THOMPSON, b. 1859.(may have passed young doesn't show up anywhere after she is shown on the Feb. 7, 1863 Civil War Roster for Sevier Ark. as a daughter age of 4, no where does she show up again.)
2. ii. JOHN PERRY JR. THOMPSON, b. 1861.
iii. JAMES TRAVIS THOMPSON, b. April 03, 1866.
3. iv. FRANCES PEARLEE THOMPSON, b. December 12, 1867, ark; d. April 28, 1903, Daisy, Atoka co, OK.
v. GREEN L. THOMPSON, b. 1870 d abt 1894.
vi. SOLOMON RILEY THOMPSON, b. 1873.
vii. MARION FRANCES THOMPSON, b. November 07, 1881.

Generation No. 2

2. JOHN PERRY JR.2 THOMPSON (JOHN PERRY1) was born 1861. He married SARAH J. BUNCH August 19, 1907 in atoka, atoka co, OK IT. She was born October 1867 in Mo, and died Abt. November 11, 1917 in atoka, atoka co, OK.

Notes for SARAH J. BUNCH:
Sarah was also known as Sammie and Sally
Sarah passed away after lightening struck a tree and it fell over on her.

From the 1880 Colver Bend, Lawrence, Ark census I have determined the following family members for Sarah: father was James 62, mother was Mary J. 62, siblings are: John W. 18, Patsy J. 13, Sarah was 12, Nancy E. 10, and David R. 2 the only one born in Ark, all other siblings were born in MO. Father was born in MO his mother in NC and father in KY, mother was born in MO her father ? her mother in NJ.

Children of JOHN THOMPSON and SARAH BUNCH are:
i. MANERA3 THOMPSON, b. May 1888.
ii. JOHN MARTIN THOMPSON, b. June 1892.***SEE STORY BELOW
iii. WILLIAM R. THOMPSON, b. November 1894.
iv. ALICE THOMPSON, b. April 1898. married Archie Rivers (more info is available on this family)
v. JAY THOMPSON.
vi. JACK THOMPSON.
vii. CLAUDE THOMPSON. speculated that he died as infant

STORY WRITTEN BY JOHN MARTIN THOMPSON:

Note: This document came from Charles Thompson. John Martin was his father and was the son of John Perry Jr. I don't know the exact year that he dictated these memories to his daughter who wrote them down for him.

RECOLLECTIONS OF JOHN MARTIN THOMPSON
I moved to Daisy, then called Etna, Indian Territory with my family in the year of 1894 or 95 when I was 2 years old. Etna was on the old stagecoach line, which ran from Stringtown to Tuskahoma. It was also called "Fishers old Stand" or "Many Springs". I think George Rollen ran the store at that time, and Billy McArthur was the store clerk.

My parents John and Sarah (Aunt Sally) Thompson lived one half mile south of Etna on the old Ward Cobb Place, now known as the Williamson Place. My father hauled freight for the store. He sold the frieght to Dr. Woods, who boarded at our house much of the time. His wife stayed in McAlester. Later Dr. Woods married Bertha Whitehead, our school teacher. She was my second school teacher, the first being Miss Alice Deshaso. Miss or Mrs. Gum was the first teacher I can remember. My sister and I were the only white children in the school. The next closest white family to us was the Wassen family, which lived north across the mountain on the Lowman Place.

My father was stricken with cancer and died in the hospital at Little Rock Ark, where he is also buried. My mother was left with the children.

In 1907, the year of statehood, the name of the post office was changed to Daisy and E.S. Oliver was the first postmaster. My mother was the second. George Henderson had the contract to carry the mail from Stringtown to Daisy, and John Benson was the first mail carrier for the Daisy route.

Following are the names of otehr families settled in the Daisy area in the early days.
Indian familes were:
Isac Billey
Cub Impson
Isreael P. Rennys (or Perrys)
Aaron Peters
Arlington Morris
Jessie Bonds
Ellis Carns (or Cairnes)

White families, by the time of statehood or shortly there after, were, in addition to my father, John Thompson, Jim Thompson, George Hewett (Huet), George Pond, Dave Pollock, and Guy Bailey.

The house my family first lived in was located at the site where the Daisy school was later built. If Mrs. Maudie Thompson Garside of Stringtown is alive, she is the oldest white settler, if not, I am the oldest.

About the turn of the century, the Miner MIller Ranch was built by Dock Miller, then Joseph RAmey settled east of Daisy, now called the Miller Ranch, and Buster Springs settled on the old Dave Bond Place. Ross Bell and Ira settled one mile east, and a family by the name of Manor or Gardner settled in "Happy Hollow". The man was bitten by a mad dog and died two weeks later of hydrophobia.

My mother later married N.B. Smith, and my Uncle, N.B. Smith settled on the Lowman or Lamar Place. Another Uncle, W.S. Cole, settled on the old Wassen place. Mrs. Cole was Aunt Sally Thompson's sister.

East of Daisy, the families were: Henderson, Rice, Flowers, Renfrow, McDonnal, and Sutton.

In 1907, when statehood occured, there was a boom and lots of newcomers arrived. The Gulf pipeline came through and brought lots of new families with it. The first white preacher was named Weaver. He was a "brusharbor" preacher. The next preacher was named Smith, and he preached at the schoolhouse where the Daisy cemetary is now located. Then preacher Goss came and established a church at the Goss community. They were all missionary Baptist preachers. The Indian preachers said Jesus Crist in english wehre they had no indiean words for him. The white man also taught the indians to curse, where they had no swear words in their language.

The first person buried in the Daisy Cemetary was the wife of George Phillips. I have a Grandfather, mother, brother, aunt and mother in law buried there.

One time the Governor of the Choctaw Nation, and Billy Fletcher, a well known lawyer, were staying at our house during the time that the court was in session. When they came in for dinner, the governor told my mother about a fight my father and teh lawyer had in teh courthouse earlier that morning. My father was a witness in a case regarding a debt that someone owed the store, and the lawyer tried to make him appear to be lieing, which was a mistake. A fist fight followed, and the Governor said that they fought all the way out of the courthouse, and out into the yard. He said that my father had the lawyer down, and the lawyer's brother pulled up a fence post and started to hit Dad with it, but old Dave Pollock hit the brother and knocked him loose from the post. I can remember howt he Governor's belly shook when he laughed as he told about the fight, for he was a big Indian weighing about 300 pounds.

I can remember when they whipped Simon Billy and Horson Bonds. I remember that they shot Charley Homes, and I think it was for killing someone. I can remember that Charley and another Indian came to our house and talked to my father while Charley was waiting to be shot. The Indian court had sentenced him to be shot and had given him 30 days to hunt and fish and take care of his personal business. There wasn't any jail, and a man's word was his bond. When his 30 days were up, he was expected to come in for execution, which he did.

3. FRANCES PEARLEE2 THOMPSON (JOHN PERRY1) was born December 12, 1867 in ark, and died April 28, 1903 in Daisy, Atoka co, OK. She married NATHANIEL BROWN SMITH Bet. 1883 - 1886 in Mena Ark. He was born January 10, 1852 in Knoxville, Knox co, TN, and died September 10, 1932 in Bristow, Creek co, OK.

Notes for NATHANIEL BROWN SMITH:
Also known as Nathan Brown Smith, N.B. Smith, and Neiless Smith on the 1900 census. We believe he married an Emily Bachelor on Oct. 19, 1879 in Sebastan co, ARK. Found the index to the marriage, we are waiting on the original to try to verify as the name used was N.S.B. Smith. We can find no history on Emily Bachelor, all we have heard is she either died in childbirth or shortly after. Story is he killed a man in Tennessee and changed his name. His story was it was a fight over gambling, he would say "Ask the Knoxville Sherriff if you want to know who I am, he can tell you." After Frances Pearlee passed, Sarah and John Perry Thompson jr, helped with Lee as he was the child born when Pearlee passed. *note Lee's birthdate and Pealee's death date*. Sarah was the midwife. After John Perry Thompson jr passed, N.B. and Sarah married. They did not have any more children together.

Children of FRANCES THOMPSON and NATHANIEL SMITH are:
4. i. WILLIAM MARTIN3 SMITH, b. July 19, 1887, Clayton; d. September 05, 1967, Sapulpa, Creek co, OK.
5. ii. LILLIE ANN SMITH, b. October 01, 1890, atoka; d. February 23, 1952, Bixby.
6. iii. CLAUDE MARION SMITH, b. July 16, 1892, Leflore co, OK; d. February 04, 1974, Bristow, Creek co, OK.
iv. MINNIE MAE SMITH, b. November 11, 1894, Leflore co, OK; d. Keifer; m. TOM J. BUCHANAN.
7. v. EMMA A. SMITH, b. September 1896.
vi. LEE BROWN SMITH, b. April 28, 1903; d. August 07, 1991; m. NANCY DALE POTTS.

Generation No. 3

4. WILLIAM MARTIN3 SMITH (FRANCES PEARLEE2 THOMPSON, JOHN PERRY1) was born July 19, 1887 in Clayton, and died September 05, 1967 in Sapulpa, Creek co, OK. He married MARY GANEY BUCHANAN October 25, 1905 in Redden, Atoka Indian Territory, daughter of COLUMBUS BUCHANAN and LOUISA BAKER. She was born 1888, and died November 01, 1943 in Bixby, Tulsa co, OK.

Notes for WILLIAM MARTIN SMITH:
buried in bixby

Children of WILLIAM SMITH and MARY BUCHANAN are:
8. i. LEE4 SMITH, b. 1907, IT; d. Whiteface, TX.
9. ii. WILLIE LAWENCE SMITH, b. March 21, 1908, adair, Adair co, OK; d. March 16, 1961, Hominy, Osage co, OK.
10. iii. HOLLIS W. SMITH, b. 1915; d. October 17, 1964, Sand Springs, Tulsa co, OK.
11. iv. VIOLA SMITH.

5. LILLIE ANN3 SMITH (FRANCES PEARLEE2 THOMPSON, JOHN PERRY1) was born October 01, 1890 in atoka, and died February 23, 1952 in Bixby. She married JAMES BUCHANAN.

Notes for LILLIE ANN SMITH:
Lillie and James are buried in Mounds next to N.B. Smith

Children of LILLIE SMITH and JAMES BUCHANAN are:
i. GUSSY4 BUCHANAN.
ii. DOUGLAS BUCHANAN.

6. CLAUDE MARION3 SMITH (FRANCES PEARLEE2 THOMPSON, JOHN PERRY1) was born July 16, 1892 in Leflore co, OK, and died February 04, 1974 in Bristow, Creek co, OK. He married NELLIE EDITH RAMSEY September 18, 1912 in daisy, OK, daughter of ORSEN RAMSEY and DORA BANES. She was born April 20, 1898 in Waketa, OK, and died March 18, 1979 in Bristow, Creek co, OK.

Nellie also had a brother named Charlie Ramsey, there were other siblings born after Orsen passed and Dora Dililah married Frank Edgar, they had a son named Merle and there was also a daughter named Minnie. Orsen and Dora ran a sawmill, location unknown at this time. Dora was known to most as Grandma Edgar as most knew her after marrying Frank Edgar.

Children of CLAUDE SMITH and NELLIE RAMSEY are:
i. EDGAR CLAUDE4 SMITH, b. September 27, 1914; d. April 01, 1945; m. ROOFFENER
ii. Female SMITH
iii. Male SMITH
iv. Male EDWARD SMITH
12. v. Male SMITH
13. vi. Female SMITH
vii. THEO EWERN SMITH, b. March 19, 1926; d. June 17, 1995 *was a twin to 13

Edgar was a motorcycle policeman in Salinas, Monterey co, CA. He was killed when a woman ran a stop sign and hit him. The town shut down for the funeral, it was a devastating loss to the community.

7. EMMA A.3 SMITH (FRANCES PEARLEE2 THOMPSON, JOHN PERRY1) was born September 1896. She married FRED BUFF.

Children of EMMA SMITH and FRED BUFF are:
i. CECILF4 BUFF.
ii. OLIVER BUFF.
iii. UNKNOWN BUFF.
iv. MAXINE BUFF.
v. FRED JR, BUFF.

Generation No. 4

8. LEE4 SMITH (WILLIAM MARTIN3, FRANCES PEARLEE2 THOMPSON, JOHN PERRY1) was born 1907 in IT, and died in Whiteface, TX. He married IONA.

Children of LEE SMITH and IONA are:
i. BEATRICE5 SMITH.
ii. FLOYD SMITH.
iii. EDITH SMITH.

9. WILLIE LAWENCE4 SMITH (WILLIAM MARTIN3, FRANCES PEARLEE2 THOMPSON, JOHN PERRY1) was born March 21, 1908 in adair, Adair co, OK, and died March 16, 1961 in Hominy, Osage co, OK. He married ROSA LEE SUMMERS April 19, 1927 in Bixby, tulsa co, Ok, daughter of GEORGE SUMMERS and MARY DAVIS. She was born May 25, 1908 in Cartersville, and died October 22, 2000 in Cleveland.

Notes for WILLIE LAWENCE SMITH:
buried in Bixby

was known to family members as Uncle Dutch

Child of WILLIE SMITH and ROSA SUMMERS is:
i. Male SMITH

10. HOLLIS W.4 SMITH (WILLIAM MARTIN3, FRANCES PEARLEE2 THOMPSON, JOHN PERRY1) was born 1915, and died October 17, 1964 in Sand Springs, Tulsa co, OK. He married BEATRICE.

Children of HOLLIS SMITH and BEATRICE are:
i. Female SMITH.
ii. Female SMITH.

11. VIOLA4 SMITH (WILLIAM MARTIN3, FRANCES PEARLEE2 THOMPSON, JOHN PERRY1) She married GUS H. RAMSEY.

Child of VIOLA SMITH and GUS RAMSEY is:
i. Male RAMSEY.

12. Living SMITH (CLAUDE MARION3, FRANCES PEARLEE2 THOMPSON, JOHN PERRY1)

 

13. Living SMITH (CLAUDE MARION3, FRANCES PEARLEE2 THOMPSON, JOHN PERRY1) She married FRANK HARVEY GILREATH, son of THOMAS GILREATH and CYNTHIA DICKERSON. He was born January 03, 1918 in Depew, Creek co, OK, and died January 27, 2004 in Bristow, Creek co, OK.

Children of Living SMITH and FRANK GILREATH are:
14. i. Male GILREATH
15. ii. Female GILREATH.
16. iii. Female GILREATH.

As you can see some names have been edited out in order to protect privacy.

MY GRANDMOTER LIVING SMITH m FRANK HARVY GILREATH

DAUGHTER OF:

CLAUDE MARION SMITH	NELLIE EDITH RAMSEY
6/16/1892 ARK 2/1974 BRISTOW, CREEK, OK	4/20/1898 3/20/1979 BRISTOW, CREEK, OK

CHILDREN OF:

N.B. SMITH AKA NATHAN/NATHANIEL BROWN (SMITH)	FRANCES PEARLEE THOMPSON	ORSEN RAMSEY	DORA DILIALAH BANES
1/10/1852 KNOXVILLE,TN	12-22-1867 ARK
10/10/1939 BRISTOW, CREEK CO, OK BURIED IN MOUNDS	4/28/1903 DAISY, ATOKA CO, OK

IT WAS ALWAYS TOLD THAT N.B. SMITH CHANGED HIS NAME AFTER FLEEING FROM THE KNOXVILLE TENNESEE SHERRIFF. WE THINK HIS BIRTHNAME MAY HAVE BEEN NATHAN OR NATHANIEL BROWN AS THE B. STOOD FOR BROWN. BUT HAVE NOT AS THIS POINT BEEN ABLE TO PROOVE IT. AFTER THE DEATH OF PEARLEE, N.B. MARRIED HIS SISTER IN LAW SARAH (AKA SALLY, SAMMIE,) BUNCH-THOMPSON WIDOW OF JOHN PERRY THOMPSON, JR.

chilren of:

JOHN PERRY THOMPSON, SR.	FRANCES DIANA (SPENCER?)	Lewis Banes	Margaret Wymore
ABT 1834 IN ALA ABT 1910 DAISY, ATOKA CO, OK	ABT 1840 ARK LEFLORE, OK	6/26/1848 St. Louis, MO	10/01/1853 Iowa 10/2/1938 Mounds, OK
POSSIBLE MARRIAGE DATE IS 3/23/1853 IN SEVIER ARK		m. 2/27/1873

Parents of Margaret are: George Wymore and Sarah Jane Hollingsworth. Will add more info soon on them. No more info on John Perry Thompson, Sr. known at this time.

 

IF ANY OF THESE NAMES HELP PLEASE LET ME KNOW:

**SIBLINGS OF FRANCES PEARLEE:

OTHER POSSIBLE CHILDREN ARE: WESLEY ANDEW, AND JENNY THESE NAMES HAVE NOT BEEN PROVEN, BUT HAVE SHOWN UP SEVERAL TIMES THROUGH OTHER PEOPLE'S RESEARCH. IT IS THOUGHT THAT THESE MIGHT HAVE BEEN CHILDREN THAT EITHER WERE STILLBORN OR DIED VERY EARLY) THERE WERE SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN 11 CHILDREN TOTAL, BUT MAY HAVE ONLY 7 THAT SURVIVED.

MOST OF MY RESEARCH IS OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS, CENSUS RECORDS, ETC. I HAVE DONE MY BEST TO VERIFY ANY INFORMATION PLACED HERE. IF IT IS NOT VERIFIED I WILL SAY SO.

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