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07-William Ambrose Thompson
Birth: 3 Aug 1873, Shelby Co, IN
Death: 26 Jun 1952
Father: Moses Benton Thompson

Marriage: 5 Sep 1897, Wash Co, IN: Bk L/211
1st Spouse: Merta Alice Garriott
Birth: 12 May 1878, IN
Death: 5 Dec 1900- age 22
Burial: Mount Carmel Cemetery
Father: Augustus Simeon Garriott (1846-1921)
Mother: Martha E Densford (1849-1923)

2nd Spouse: Carrie Emeline GARRIOTT
Birth: 5 May 1875, IN
Death: 5 Mar 1906, Webster, Day Co, SD- of consumption- age 30
Burial: Mount Carmel Cemetery
Father: Augustus Simeon Garriott (1846-1921)
Mother: Martha E Densford (1849-1923)
     Carrie shares this monument with William Ambrose Thompson's first wife, her sister Merta. She was married first to Robert Alvin Franklin and was widowed by 1900. She lived with Merta and Wm A Thompson after becoming widowed. She and Merta are on opposite sides of the same monument.

     HER 1ST MARRIAGE: Carrie first married Robert Alvin FRANKLIN [b. 15 Jan 1873; d. 28 Dec 1899- age 26, bur. Wash Co, IN] on 18 Dec 1899, Wash Co, IN: Bk F/2 (or Bk L/421).

    2ND MARRIAGE: Carrie second married William THOMPSON, had 2 children:
08----WILLIAM HARDING THOMPSON [b. 3 Aug 1903, Bloomington, Monroe Co, IN: Bk CH25/7; d. 24 Oct 1971, Bisbee, Cochise Co, AZ- age 68, bur. Mount Carmel Cemetery], SSN: 303-14-8335/IN, m. Leo Frances TAYLOR [b. 2 Oct 1904, SD; d. 24 Oct 1971, Bisbee, Cochise Co, AZ- age 67, bur. Mount Carmel Cemetery], SSN: 311-14-3116/IN on 31 Aug 1925, SD, she the daughter of Albert M Taylor (1880-1924) and Ida E Francis (1881-); and
08----CARMEN REBECCA THOMPSON [c. 6 Jul 1905; d. 27 Jan 1907, Day Co, SD- age 1].

     1971 OBITUARY: William Harding Thompson and his wife, Leo, were killed in an automobile accident west of Bisbee, Cochise Co, Arizona on Sunday, 24 Oct 1971, both in their 60's. Their car, "Traveling westbound on US [probably] 90 six miles west of Bisbee Sunday night ran off the road into a canyon and burst into flames. The two occupants were thrown clear of the car, but Highway Patrolmen said Mrs Leo F Thompson, of 3360 E. Bronco Lane, Catalina [some 25 miles north of Tucson], was dead at the scene and her husband, William H Thompson, was in critical condition at Copper Queen Hospital in Bisbee."

[Associated Press]

     CENSUS:
     1930 Aberdeen City 5th Ward, Brown Co, SD census: has Ida E Taylor 48, b. WI, Seamstress-At Home w/ $5,300 RE; Leo F Taylor 25, b. SD, Stenographer-College; and Enid I Taylor 20, b. SD.