Elizabeth Olive Park

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Housewife, Mother

Notes:

Elizabeth Olive graduated from Normal Teachers College in Union, MO. in 1902. She was a school teacher in a small country school in Gray Summit, MO. until she moved to Fort Worth, TX. David Franklin, her husband had been one of her students several years before. They moved by train to Fort Worth in the winter of 1917 when Elizabeth was 5 years old. The picture that we sent of Eli Baily Park, her grandfather, was taken at the train station when they said goodbye. My mother loved Eli. She remembers him making mud pies and playing with her in the grape arbor. She said he was a very loving man, She just adored him as can be seen in that photo of them at the train station. Her face still lights up when she talks about him.

Buried:
Mountain Park Cemetery

Elizabeth married Daniel Louie Boone on 18 Nov 1932 in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX. Daniel (son of Felix Larkin Boone and Leona Ball) was born on 5 Aug 1914 in Saint Joseph, Montague Co., TX; died on 30 Aug 1981 in Muenster, Cooke Co., TX; was buried in Saint Joseph, Montague Co., TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. David Ward Boone was born on 15 Jul 1934; died in Dec 2013.
2. Daniel Leigh Boone was born on 29 Nov 1938; died on 24 Oct 1994.
3. Cathleen Elizabeth Boone

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Barber
• Residence: ? to 1917, Gerald, Franklin Co., MO
• Residence: 1917, Fort Worth, TX

Notes:

Frank was a barber and once owned the largest barber shop in Fort Worth, TX. The shop was in downtown Fort Worth and most of his customers were business men from the downtown area. He was a joking, jolly, fun-loving man who never took life too seriouslly. He loved to sing, dance a jog, and play his harmonica.

David (Frank) and Bessie moved by train to Fort Worth in the winter of 1917 when Elizabeth was five years old. Elizabeth loved her grandfather Eli and the photo of the two together was taken at the train station when they said goodbye. Elizabeth remembers him making mud pies and playing with her in the grape arbor. She said he was a very loving man and her face still lights up when she talks about him. She adored him as can be seen in the photo of them at the train station.

Residence:
Probably moved to Gerald at the time of his marriage.

Residence:
from Franklin Co., MO

Died:
(St. Joe, TX?)

Buried:
Laurel Land Memorial Park

David married Bessie Henry Burton on 10 May 1910 in Franklin Co., MO. Bessie was born on 27 Sep 1877 in Gray Summit, Franklin Co., MO; died on 29 Jun 1966 in Decatur, TX; was buried in Fort Worth, Tarrant Co., TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: School teacher

Notes:

Bessie graduated from Normal Teachers College in Union, MO in 1902. She was a school teacher in a small country school in Gray Summit, MO until she moved to Fort Worth, TX. Her husband, David Franklin, had been one of her students several years before.

Place name: https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_franklin.html
Gray Summit
Description:
A small village and station on the Missouri Pacific Railroad, in the south central part of Boles Township. It has been the site of a post office for nearly 120 years without interruption of service, but during that time has been listed under four different names. The earliest name was Point Labaddie (or Labadie), established June 19, 1824, with Henry Groff as its first postmaster. It was named for its location on a high point and its nearness to Labaddie Creek (q.v.). Possibly it was named directly for Sylvestre Labaddie, Jr., who once owned all the land in this part of the county, and who died in 1849 (not, as stated by Eaton and Kiel, for Sylvestre Labaddie, Sr., who died in 1794). On January 23, 1838, the name was changed to Port William, for William T. North, its first postmaster. Mr. North (1808-1865), a native of Charlotte, County, Virginia, came to Franklin County in 1832. Port William was one mile west of the present Gray Summit, across from the present Shaw's Garden. On September 24, 1858, a new town was platted, the land being given by E.P. Gray and others. The name of the post office was changed on January 25, 1859 to Gray's Summit. The new name was chosen in honor of Daniel Gray, who settled here and began to keep a hotel in 1845; the term "summit" was added because this is the highest place on the Missouri Pacific Railroad between St. Louis and Jefferson City. James M. Ming was the first postmaster of Gray's Summit. Finally in 1892, the name was shortened to Gray Summit, under the postmastership of Henry F. Rees. The Missouri Pacific Railroad, however, has persistently retained the earlier form with the possessive. Gray's Summit was the site of Camp Franklin (q.v.) during the Civil War. One authority (McClure, p. 20) refers to the place as Gray's Gap, and says that it was so called in the St. Louis Daily MISSOURI DEMOCRAT of February 12, 1855. This was probably used tentatively before the name Gray's Summit was settled upon. (Postal Guide; Davis & Durrie, 365; COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 13- 14; HIST. FRANKLIN, 338; Eaton; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 202, 208-9; McClure, 6, 19, 20; PLAT BK. A, 12; Miss Johnson: J.W. Reynolds; Charles Becker; S.F. North; Miss Martha May Wood)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Buried:
Laurel Land Memorial Park

Notes:

Married:
Both of Villa Ridge

Other Events and Attributes:

• HIST: Place name: Stanton Description: A small mining community in the east central part of Meramec Township. It is the successor to a vanished town on a site a short distance to the south, originally called Reedville. Reedville was named for its founder, Dr. Silas Reed, a physician who was born in Ohio in 1810. He came out to Franklin County and became surveyor for Missouri. When the post office was established at Reedville on July 25, 1856, he was its only postmaster. A few months later in the same year, Dr. Reed discovered a very rich copper deposit nearby in the southern part of Meramec Township. These were given the name of the Stanton Copper Mines, for John Stanton, an Eastern man who had come out to Missouri and was proprietor of a powder mill in the vicinity. John Stanton had died a few years earlier, about 1850. On November 11, 1856, the name and location of the post office was changed to Stanton Copper Mines. August Wengler was the first postmaster, and was succeeded by Dr. Silas Reed. The first mine was opened in 1860 and the yield proved abundant. From 1865 to 1867 the town was one of the most flourishing in Franklin County. By 1868, however, deterioration set in, and the population steadily dwindled. In 1920 there was only one person, a renter, living at the former site of Reedville. Meanwhile another community began to grow up a short distance to the north. Charles Gallaher was the first white person to settle there. Bennett Thurmond built the first house in 1866. In 1868 a new town was platted by Theophile Papin, H.W. Leffingwell, R.S. Elliott, Sylvester Papin, and Henry T. Mudd, and given the name of Stanton, shortened from the name of the copper mines. A post office by the name of Stanton was finally established here on August 19, 1880, and has since remained. Also spelled Staunton. (Postal Guide; Davis & Durrie, 364; COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 13, 16; HIST. FRANKLIN, 338-9; Eaton; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 209; 211; Miss Johnson: Charles Ripley) Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Place name: Stanton Copper Mines Description: See Stanton. Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Stanton Description: A small mining community in the east central part of Meramec Township. It is the successor to a vanished town on a site a short distance to the south, originally called Reedville. Reedville was named for its founder, Dr. Silas Reed, a physician who was born in Ohio in 1810. He came out to Franklin County and became surveyor for Missouri. When the post office was established at Reedville on July 25, 1856, he was its only postmaster. A few months later in the same year, Dr. Reed discovered a very rich copper deposit nearby in the southern part of Meramec Township. These were given the name of the Stanton Copper Mines, for John Stanton, an Eastern man who had come out to Missouri and was proprietor of a powder mill in the vicinity. John Stanton had died a few years earlier, about 1850. On November 11, 1856, the name and location of the post office was changed to Stanton Copper Mines. August Wengler was the first postmaster, and was succeeded by Dr. Silas Reed. The first mine was opened in 1860 and the yield proved abundant. From 1865 to 1867 the town was one of the most flourishing in Franklin County. By 1868, however, deterioration set in, and the population steadily dwindled. In 1920 there was only one person, a renter, living at the former site of Reedville. Meanwhile another community began to grow up a short distance to the north. Charles Gallaher was the first white person to settle there. Bennett Thurmond built the first house in 1866. In 1868 a new town was platted by Theophile Papin, H.W. Leffingwell, R.S. Elliott, Sylvester Papin, and Henry T. Mudd, and given the name of Stanton, shortened from the name of the copper mines. A post office by the name of Stanton was finally established here on August 19, 1880, and has since remained. Also spelled Staunton. (Postal Guide; Davis & Durrie, 364; COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 13, 16; HIST. FRANKLIN, 338-9; Eaton; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 209; 211; Miss Johnson: Charles Ripley) Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Place name: Stanton Copper Mines Description: See Stanton. Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Description: A small mining community in the east central part of Meramec Township. It is the successor to a vanished town on a site a short distance to the south, originally called Reedville. Reedville was named for its founder, Dr. Silas Reed, a physician who was born in Ohio in 1810. He came out to Franklin County and became surveyor for Missouri. When the post office was established at Reedville on July 25, 1856, he was its only postmaster. A few months later in the same year, Dr. Reed discovered a very rich copper deposit nearby in the southern part of Meramec Township. These were given the name of the Stanton Copper Mines, for John Stanton, an Eastern man who had come out to Missouri and was proprietor of a powder mill in the vicinity. John Stanton had died a few years earlier, about 1850. On November 11, 1856, the name and location of the post office was changed to Stanton Copper Mines. August Wengler was the first postmaster, and was succeeded by Dr. Silas Reed. The first mine was opened in 1860 and the yield proved abundant. From 1865 to 1867 the town was one of the most flourishing in Franklin County. By 1868, however, deterioration set in, and the population steadily dwindled. In 1920 there was only one person, a renter, living at the former site of Reedville. Meanwhile another community began to grow up a short distance to the north. Charles Gallaher was the first white person to settle there. Bennett Thurmond built the first house in 1866. In 1868 a new town was platted by Theophile Papin, H.W. Leffingwell, R.S. Elliott, Sylvester Papin, and Henry T. Mudd, and given the name of Stanton, shortened from the name of the copper mines. A post office by the name of Stanton was finally established here on August 19, 1880, and has since remained. Also spelled Staunton. (Postal Guide; Davis & Durrie, 364; COUNTY ATLAS 1878, 13, 16; HIST. FRANKLIN, 338-9; Eaton; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 209; 211; Miss Johnson: Charles Ripley) Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943. Place name: Stanton Copper Mines Description: See Stanton. Source: Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.
• MILF: Y
• Occupation: Farmer
• USR1: Bronchial Pneumonia
• Census: 1880, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO
• Residence: Apr 1921, Gerald, Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Elizabeth Boone, daughter of Frank Park, tells the story her grandfather, Eli B. Park, told her as a child how he lost one of his fingers: In a letter dated July 8, 1993, Elizabeth relates:

"It was when he was in the war between the North and South. The war was over, but he had been taken prisoner by the South (and was still being held by them). It was late in the afternoon and he was with a bunch of other prisoners in the back of a wagon. They came to a big corn field which covered many acres. The captain of the North said, 'Some of you fellows get out and gather enough corn and we will stop and build a fire and roast it for supper.' Grandpa and the next guy to him jumped out and he picked up a hatchet out of the wagon to take along. They ran down the rows of corn and when they were out of sight they just kept going. When they got to the end of the field, there was another road. They went across into the woods and tried to hide. After dark they decided to roast some corn to eat.

"Grandpa took out his hatchet, started cutting wood for a fire, but hit his finger and cut it off. It was winter and had it not been so cold he probably would have bled to death, but as it was, his finger froze as it began to bleed and froze it over. About the time this was happening they heard a wagon coming, so they hid under a brush pile until the wagon went by. When it was far enough away they built a fire and roasted the corn and tried to wrap up Grandpa's finger. They walked back the other way until they thought they were over the northern line and then slept until the sun came up. They ran into some of their (northern) men and kept walking and getting a ride on wagons until they got home."

According to Dave Boone, Frank Park’s grandson, his grandfather told the following stories about Eli:

“Eli went to a neighbor’s farm to visit and found two brothers about to kill one of their cousins. He took a singletree and knocked them out and stopped the fight. Later they did kill the cousin and put the blame on Eli. Eli had to hide out in the woods because the sheriff had people watching the house. Eli’s mother would hang a colored towel in the window if it was not safe to come in and get food, and a white towel if it was safe. He hid several weeks until someone told who really killed the cousin.

“When Eli was plowing by the river, three men came and asked to borrow his mule to cross the river. He refused, but offered to take them across one at a time. He took the first one over and when he went back the other two said they would take the mule away from him anyway. There was a fight and he whipped them both and they had to swim the river to get away.

“My grandfather said he (Eli) had a reputation as a fighter and a fiddler.”

12 Dec 1890 Tribune Champion City Items, reports, “Mr. Eli Park is erecting a new house, he says he knows it is set straight East and West because he set it by his corn rows and Otto Gahlough marked off the ground.”

In the year 1905 (Sept 29) the Tribune Champion City Chips reported, “Our famers have nearly completed corn cutting and are preparing to sow wheat. Most of the fodder cut before the rain is reported worthless and some corn is spoiling in the shock. But the ridge farmers should feel sorry for the bottom farmers this season. And in return the bottom farmers should be sorry for the ridge farmers five to one as it has been about five years since the ridge farmers harvested a crop equal to the one they are harvesting at present.”

FAG gives another child to the couple: Charles E. Park.




Eli Park, Pvt. in Company I under Captain Crowe in 26th Regiment of Infantry Volunteers; Enlisted Sept. 21, 1861 at Union, MO. and mustered in Dec. 26, 1861 at Pacific, MO.; Dis (discharged) Nov 21, 1862 at St. Louis, MO.}

Census:
#73, age 32, farmer, with wife and five children

Died:
Informant was Mrs. E.B. Parks of Stanton, Cert. signed by Walter R. Mattox of Sullivan

Buried:
Stanton Cemetery

Eli married Melinda Olive Thompson on 28 Mar 1867 in Franklin Co., MO. Melinda (daughter of John Anderson Thompson and Angeline Park) was born on 30 Mar 1847 in Franklin Co., MO; died on 6 Oct 1930 in Overland, St. Louis Co., MO; was buried on 9 Oct 1930 in Stanton, Franklin Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Bef 1923, St. Louis, St. Louis Co., MO
• Residence: 1923, Champion City, Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Her husband’s obit gives her middle name as Olivia. After Eli’s death Melinda lived with her son Alfred, near Champion City, according to the 29 Jun 1923 Journal.

Residence:
To live with son Alfred

Buried:
Stanton Cemetery

Notes:

Married:
Copy of certificate in file

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer
• PURC: 1848, Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1850, Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Served as administrator for Jesse Park’s estate, and for his son James’ estate.

“This deed made and entered into this twenty fifth day of August in the year of our Lord eighteen hundred and forty nine between William Park and Polly (Cromer) his wife, of the County of Franklin and State of Missouri, parties of the first part, and Ira Vallentine, James Parsons, and Peyton D. Sawyers, trustees of the Church of Christ upon the Burbois river, parties of the second part, Witnesseth that the said William Park and Polly his wife parties of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of five dollars to have in hand paid, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, does this day bargain grant sell convey and confirm unto the said parties of the second part and to their succession in said office forever, the following described parcel or tract of land, being and situated in the County of Franklin and State of Missouri on the west side of Little Creek, one acre of land to include the meeting house built by said Church and neighbors, it being an undivided part of the North east quarter of the North____qtr? of section No. fourteen, township No. 42 of range No. 3 west, together with all and singular the appertenances thereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining. To have and to hold the above described premises unto the said parties of the second part and their successors in said office forever and the said party o unto the said party of the second part and their successors in office against the claims or claim of all and any person or persons whomsoever do and will warrant and____forever defend by these presents. In witness whereof the said William Park and Polly his wife parties of the first part have herewith set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. “ Martin L. G. Crowe, J.P.

Polly signed with her mark.
Filed 13 Aug 18__, Recorded 19 Jan 1851


Place name: https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_franklin.html
Meramec Cavern
Description:
A cave in the southern part of Meramec Township, near Meramec River. Earlier known as Saltpeter Cave. Gunpowder was made here during the Civil War from saltpetre found in this cave. In 1933 Mr. Dill adopted the name Meramec Cavern because the cave was near the Meramec River. (HIST. FRANKLIN, 212-13; Miss Johnson; Charles Ripley; Benton Dill; Stephen Sullivan)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec Hills
Description:
A resort and former post office in the northwest part of Calvey Township. It was established as a post office during 1887 under the name Mackie and discontinued in 1896. It was probably named for James Mackie, a Scotchman, who was its only postmaster. The place was also called Frisco Heights, as it was located on the Frisco Railroad between Robertsville and Moselle, south of the Meramec River. Morley was the earliest name of the switch on the Frisco Railroad at this place. Morley was named for a man in St. Louis who tried to build a town here. The name Shewell replaced Frisco Heights when Mrs. C.F. Shewell bought the land on the hill after the post office had been discontinued. The new name was given in her honor. The name Meramec Hills replaced the name Shewell when Charles Halsworth bought the land from Mrs. Shewell and made the resort. Cf. above. It no longer exists. However, in 1925, Kiel says the switch was still called Shewell. (Postal Guide; HIST. FRANKLIN, 342; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 194, 205 & map; Miss Johnson: Miss Martha May Wood; G.B. Zumwaldt)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec Mine
Description:
A mine north of Silver Lead Mine in Prairie Township. The earliest name was Buskett Mine, for John Buskett, who operated it. The later name Meramec Mine, or the Meramec Mines, was given for its location on the Meramec River. According to the Washington Library Records, a disastrous fire occurred at the mines on July 1, 1901, causing a loss of about $50,000. (Washington Library Records; Miss Johnson: E.H. Hoff)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec Mines
Description:
See Meramec Mine.
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec River
Description:
This "large, crooked, and beautiful stream," as it has been called, is the most important river in Franklin County, and is also one of the oldest names in the region. It rises in the northeast part of Crawford County, enters Franklin near the center of the southern border of Meramec Township, and flows in a generally northeast direction across the county, continuing as the boundary line between St. Louis and Jefferson Counties till it empties into the Mississippi River. The name is usually interpreted as an Indian word meaning "catfish," and this etymology is supported by Hodge and Gannett. Mr. Bert Lowenstein, however, writing in the St. Louis POST-DISPATCH for September 10, 1938, disagrees, and gives by far the best and most detailed history of the name Meramec. He writes that Joliet and Marquette were probably the first Europeans to pass the mouth of the Meramec; for although they make no mention of the river in their account of the voyage down the Mississippi River to the mouth of the Arkansas River, Father Marquette notes the location of the "Maroa" tribe in the country of the Illinois. The Recollect missionary, Father Membre, who accompanied the La Salle and De Tonty expedition, writes of "the village of the Tamaroas on the east bank, about six leagues below the River of the Osages." La Salle, De Tonty, Fathers Joutel, Marest, Pinet, and other missionaries mention the "Tamaroas" or "Maroas" and their villages, which they locate "ten leagues below the River of Illinois," or six miles below the mouth of the Pekitanoui," the river of the "Missouries." The first historical notice of the river is found in the account of a voyage by Father James Gravier in the year 1700. He wrote: "We discovered the river Mearamigoua where a rich lead mine is situated." Penicaut, a member of Le Seur's mineralogical expedition mentions it in 1700, "one finds a small stream called the Meramecsipy." In 1702 De Iberville applied to the French Government for the exclusive privilege to work the lead mines on the Riviere Maramecquisipi. The Sieur La Renaudiere explored the region in 1723 and wrote an "Account of the mines of M. de la Motte and M. de Maramet." In May, 1723, Dixon D' Artaguiette wrote, "About one o'clock M. Renault, director of the mines, arrived here from the Meramec Mines." On June 14, 1723, Pierre Duque de Boisbriant and Marc Antoine de La Laire des Ursin, Intendant, granted to Renault a league and a half of ground upon the "Little Merameig" and in the "river Mearmeig." The "Maroa," the Indian tribe whose villages were nearest to the river's mouth, seems to be the origin of the word according to Mr. Lowenstein. The second syllable "mec," "mac," "meg," or "meq" is a term common among the Algonquin tribes. It apparently signifies a branch river or small stream as opposed to "missi," "mitche" meaning great. The name also appears as Merramec River. The many spellings would naturally result from the difficulty of settlers with the original name. (Wetmore; Gannett, 205; Houck, HIST. MISSOURI I, 281; COM. ATLAS, 229; John E. Rothensteines, MHR XX, 200, EARLIEST HISTORY OF MINE LA MOTTE"; Bert Lowenstein, St. Louis POST DISPATCH, Sept. 10, 1938; Miss O'Brien's thesis; Miss Welty's thesis)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Place name:
Meramec State Park
Description:
A famous area of great natural beauty in the southern part of Meramec Township. In 1928 the state bought this 7,124-acre tract for the fish and game department, made it into a state park and named it for the Meramec River, which flows through the park. There are more than twenty caverns in this park. A CCC camp is now located here. (Schultz, 14; Miss Johnson: Benton Dill; Stephen Sullivan)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

PURC:
NE qtr of NW qtr of Twp.42, Sec 14, R3W (40 acres)

Census:
#206 Listed with wife Mary, three of Polly Stites’ children, and Eli, Nancy A. and Ebenezer

Buried:
Probably Little Creek Cemetery

William married Mary (Polly) Cromer on 21 Dec 1843 in Franklin Co., MO. Mary (daughter of Martin Cromer and Malvina Franziska Kellenbach) was born on 23 Nov 1821 in IN; died on 31 Dec 1864 in Franklin Co., MO; was buried in MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Birth:
Birthplace is according to the 1900 Census

Buried:
Little Creek Cemetery (probably)

Other Events and Attributes:

• EYES: Hazel
• HAIR: Black
• HEIG: 5’ 4”
• MILF: Y
• MILI: Records from the veterans archives regiment files say he was in the war from 6 Jun 1841 to 11 Sept 1843, in infantry Company I, 3rd Regiment. Bounty Land File is Warranty No. 11040, Act of 50-160 NF 11046 as private under Captain John B.Clark. I also have his discharge papers. They say he was discharged honorably on a surgeons certificate of ordinary disability at the age of 27. 28 Dec 2004 I found record of John Thompson, Sgt. in Company I under Captain Crowe in 26th Regiment of Infantry Volunteers; Enlisted Sept. 21, 1861 at Union, MO. and mustered in Dec. 26, 1861 at Pacific, MO.; Dis (discharged) for disability May 30, 1862. (I assume this is not our John Thompson.)
• Occupation: Carpenter, Farmer, School Teacher
• USR1: Measles
• Census: 1850, Franklin Co., MO
• PURC: 1851, Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1880, Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Comments by great great grandson, Jack Thompson:
"My great grandfather fought in the Seminole Indian War in Florida. Homesteaded 640 acres of land in Champion City which he received from the government for serving in the war. He is buried in a one-acre cemetery that is for family use only. I found most of the old land papers in the Union Court House, Union, MO. I also have his marriage license. Records from the veterans archives regiment files say he was in the war from 6 Jun 1841 to 11 Sept 1843, in infantry Company I, 3rd Regiment. Bounty Land File is Warranty No. 11040, Act of 50-160 NF 11046 as private under Captain John B.Clark. I also have his discharge papers. They say he was discharged honorably on a surgeons certificate of ordinary disability at the age of 27. He passed away at the age of 51 with measles and is buried in the Champion City Little Creek Cemetery. The early census says he was a farmer, and the later census says he was a school teacher. He did sell some land to the State for the Little Creek School where he taught. I have his picture in his uniform with his wife Angeline."

John’s gravestone has the following inscription:
In memory of
John Anderson Thompson
Born April 18, 1816
Died-----1869
A precious one from US is taken
A voice we loved is stilled.
A place is vacant in our home
Which never can be filled.


Place name: https://shsmo.org/manuscripts/ramsay/ramsay_franklin.html
Little Creek School
Description:
A rural elementary school in the northeast part of Boone Township. It is named for its location near Little Creek. (83RD REPORT; Supt's. Records; Miss Johnson: O.E. Burke)

Place name:
Little Creek
Description:
A northern tributary of the Bourbeuse River in Boone Township. It is so named because it is a very small stream. (HIST. FRANKLIN, 205; Kiel's BIOG. DIR., 192; Miss Johnson: G.F. Duerr)
Source:
Harrison, Eugenia L. "Place Names Of Four River Counties In Eastern Missouri." M.A. thesis., University of Missouri-Columbia, 1943.

Birth:
1880 and 1900 census of Eli and Malinda Thompson Park says he was born in England. 1850 census gives birthplace as Albany, NY.

Census:
Named with Angeline, Malinda and Mary E.

PURC:
160 acres granted for military service

Census:
Children give father’s birthplace as England

Died:
(Aug. 5?)

Buried:
Little Creek Cemetery - John was buried on his own property. Later, in 1876, the one-acre site was deeded as a cemetery by Henry and Matilda Grob.

John married Angeline Park on 11 Mar 1845 in Franklin Co., MO. Angeline (daughter of James Park and Olive (Olly) Dent) was born on 3 Apr 1823 in Champion City, Franklin Co., MO; died on 14 Mar 1907 in Windsor, Henry Co., MO; was buried on 17 Mar 1907 in Windsor, Henry Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1850, Franklin Co., MO
• Census: 1880, Boone Twp., Franklin Co., MO

Notes:

Kiel File, page 43839, uses the name Amelia as John Thompson’s widow in receiving her pension.

Census:
Named with John, Malinda and Mary E.

Census:
#95, widowed, age 56, farming, living with two children, Chas. and Emma

Buried:
Laurel Oak Cemetery

Notes:

In Church of Christ, by James K. Rule

Married:
By James K. Rule
Marriage license reads:
State of MO to wit
County of Franklin
I, James K. Rule, a Minister of the Gospel, _____
that on the 11th day of March, 1845 I joined in matrimony John Thompson and Miss Angeline Park both of the County of Franklin.

“James K. Rule was signed in 1845 as an elder in the Church of Christ. This is the first evidence of this denomination in Franklin Co.”--Franklin Co. Tribune, 1965 Centennial Edition