Thompson

Isaac Thompson was born in North Carolina and ran a boat from Tennessee to New Orleans. His son, William P. Thompson (1824-1920), was born in Tennessee and came to Arkansas and located in Marion County in 1857. Before leaving Tennessee he organized a company in the Tennessee Militia, of which he was Captain. During the Civil War, after coming to Arkansas, he was a first lieutenant. He saw action for the most part in southern Arkansas. After the war he came back to Marion County and homesteaded land and soon had it under cultivation. He built a comfortable log home and outbuildings of logs. He resided on his farm until his death in 1920 at the age of 96.

William P. Thompson was married twice. His first wife was Perlina Susannah Hollis (1829-1855). They were the parents of five children. The first and second child died in infancy. The third child was Emily Frances (1850); then Perilda Jane (1852) and Martha Elizabeth (1855). After his wife's death, William P. married Sarah Selina Cathey (1832). Their children were: Sarah Alice (1857), who married Jonathan Doshier; James Isaac, whose first wife was Octavia Morrow and his second wife was Ada Bodenhamer Rippetoe; Nueva Sylvesta (1860), who married Joe Snipes; William Tillow (1863) and Ammon Davis (1866), both of whom died in infancy; Barbara Ette (1865); Benjamin Franklin (1868); Alva Alexander (1869); and Albina Carolina (1871).

Emily Frances Thompson married James W. C. Wood. Their home was at Clinton, Arkansas, and their children are not known. Perilda Jane married William Bridges and their children were: Lee; Lydia; Plyna, who died young and two who died un-named; Maggie, who married Shelby Bryant; Harbin, who married Alice Williams; Walter, whose wife was Minnie King; Myrtle who married Wesley Keeter; and Marvin, who was killed during WW I. Martha married Peter E. Doshier and their children were: Nora, who married Alexander Cowan; Anthony, whose wife was Liza Bradshaw; and Tennie, who married Will Carson. Children of William and Sarah Selina Thompson are: Sarah Alice (1857-1956), who married Jonathan Thomas Doshier. They were the parents of twelve children, four of whom died in infancy.

Dr. James Isaac (1858-1945) married Octavia Morrow and they were the parents of three sons: Arthur Grady, whose first wife was Alena Thetford and whose second wife was Mrs. Gladys Wray, by whom he was the father of two sons and a daughter; Theodore Claybourne, who married Effie Roberts; and Clyde Jenner, who married Millicent Morrissey and later Edith Langley Flake.

Nueva Sylvesta (1860-1946), who married J. W. Snipes. William Pillow (1861-1862). Ammon Davis (1863-1863). Barbara Ette (Bob) (1865-1957) remained single. Benjamin Franklin (1868-1934) married Hannah E. Gray. This family moved to Oregon many years ago. There was one daughter, Esther. Other children are unknown.

Alva Alexander (1869-?) married Dollie Mae Noe (1879-1976). They were the parents of two daughters, LaRue and Anna Sue, and a son, William Alex. LaRue married Leslie Gosnell; Anna Sue married Kelley Young; and Bill married Jo Franks. Albina Carolina (1871-1918) married J. H. Doshier (Bud) and their children were: Nellie; Vede; Roy; Lou; Paul; Alma; Florence; Ruth; and Maude.

William P. Thompson lived to be an old man and the children, with the exception of two, lived to be quite old. They lived active lives on the farm south of Yellville. This outdoor exercise, together with wholesome food which the farm afforded, contributed to their health and long life.

Another son of Isaac Thompson was Ammon Thompson, who married Perilda Hollis. They were the parents of Mary Tennessee, Jane, Sarah Caroline (Sadie), and Robert. Mary Tennessee married James Levi McCarty in 1888. He died in 1946 and she died in 1955. They reared thirteen children. Jane Thompson married John Cantrell. Sadie, born in 1874, married William Henry (Will) Bryant, born in 1874. They were married in 1895 and were the parents of Ruth Ann, (1898) and died in infancy; Edith Myrtle Bryant, and William Robert Bryant.

The McCarty and Bryant families moved from the Bruno community in 1910 and 1912. Their children, with the exception of the older McCarty children, attended the old Yellville High School. Robert Thompson lived in Conway. More information about both Bryant and McCarty families will be found as part of the Duren family.