John A. Thompson

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c1832

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1897-01-06

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"John A. Thompson" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00013205, (accessed April 24, 2024).

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Kenton County, Kentucky, tobacconist and soldier. Kentucky native. Son of James W. Thompson and Susannah Thompson. Married to Lucinda Pitcher Thompson in Hamilton County, Ohio, on March 10, 1858. Father of James W. Thompson, Victoria Alice Thompson, and Lucinda Thompson. Tobacconist and cigar maker in Kenton County in 1863. Served in the 53rd Kentucky Volunteer Mounted Infantry (U.S.A.) as captain from September 22, 1864, to September 15, 1865.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington Ward 2, p. 232A.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Ohio, Miami County, Clermont, p. 172A.
Tenth Manuscript Census of the United States (1880), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Kenton County, Covington, Enumeration District 125, p. 527A.
Ohio, County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, Hamilton County courthouse, p. 339, p. 452 of 541 of microfilm (accessed on ancestry.com on September 10, 2020).
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 521.
Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registration Records (Provost Marshal General's Bureau; Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865), NARA RG 110, Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau (Civil War), Consolidated Enrollment Lists, 1863-1865 (Civil War Union Draft Records), Kenton County, KY, July 1863, p. 436 (Accessed via ancestry.com).
Birth and Death Records: Covington, Lexington, Louisville, and Newport – Microfilm (before 1911), KDLA, Film 7012984: Covington, Certificates 1-723 (1897), p. 64, p. 77 of 810 of microfilm.
Vital Statistics Original Death Certificates – Microfilm (1911-1965), KDLA, Film 7016163: All Counties (1914), File #7774, p. 1168 of 32988 of microfilm.
Find A Grave, “John Alexander Thompson (18312-1896)," Memorial 86350990, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86350990/john-alexander-thompson (accessed September 10, 2020).

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