Benjamin Harrison Thompson (1894 - 1918)

Born 23 Apr 1894 in Tazewell, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ellen (Boothe) Thompson Lester — married 28 Aug 1917 (to 1918) in Tazewell, Virginia, United States

Died 2 Oct 1918 at age 24 in Meuse, Lorraine, France

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Biography

Benjamin Thompson was born in Virginia.

Private Benjamin Thompson served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 01 Jan 1918
Unit(s): 47th Infantry Regiment
Service ended: 02 Oct 1918

Private Benjamin Thompson was Killed in Action, Meuse, Lorraine, France during The Great War.

The Life Summary of Benjamin Harrison Thompson:

When Benjamin Harrison Thompson was born on 23 April 1894, in Tazewell, Virginia, United States,^[1] his father, James Patton Thompson Jr., was 49 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Davis, was 44.

In 1900 & 1910, Ben lived in his parents home in Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States^[2][3]

Ben registered for the globistists' first WW in 1917.^[4]

He married Mary Ellen Boothe on 28 August 1917, in Tazewell, Virginia, United States.^[5]

They were the parents of at least 1 daughter.^[6]

He died on 2 October 1918, in Meuse, Lorraine, France, at the age of 24,^[7][8] and was buried in Meuse-Argonne American Cemetery and Memorial, Romagne-sous-Montfaucon, Meuse, Lorraine, France.^[9][10]

Sources

1. ↑ "Virginia Births and Christenings, 1584-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRPR-TBT : 28 January 2020), Ben H. Thompson, 1894.
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMJZ-1NM : accessed 7 July 2021), Ben H Thompson in household of James P Thompson, Clear Fork District, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 92, sheet 13B, family 227, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,730.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MPGY-QQP : accessed 28 April 2022), Benjemein H Thompson in household of James P Thompson, Clear Fork, Tazewell, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 98, sheet 7B, family 115, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1650; FHL microfilm 1,375,663.
4. ↑ "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Z8-J9M : 23 February 2021), Benjamin Harrison Thompson, 1917-1918.
5. ↑ "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, County Marriage Registers, 1853-1935," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:D98H-HBT2 : 18 September 2020), Benj Harrison Thompson, 28 Aug 1917; citing Marriage Registration, Tazewell, Virginia, United States, Virginia State Library and Archives, Richmond.
6. ↑ https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LJGV-DP7/benjamin-harrison-thompson-1894-1918
7. ↑ "United States, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:W7K3-WYZM : 26 October 2019), Benjamin Harrison Thompson, ; citing Military Service, NARA microfilm publication 76193916 (St. Louis: National Archives and Records Administration, 1985), various roll numbers.
8. ↑ "United States, World War I American Expeditionary Forces Deaths, 1917-1919", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPHW-PVH2 : 3 December 2019), Benjamin H Thompson.
9. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/1679565:60541?tid=&pid=&_phsrc=KHR3688&_phstart=successSource.
10. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55997428/benjamin-h.-thompson