Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Rev. Joseph Russell Thompson and Annie E. Wylie




Husband Rev. Joseph Russell Thompson 1 2 3

           Born: 15 Sep 1823 or 1828 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Dec 1861 - Mt. Pleasant, Washington Co, PA 1 2
         Buried: 


         Father: Joseph Thompson (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 1859 2



Wife Annie E. Wylie 3 4

           Born: 18 Jan 1837 - Washington, Washington Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1893
         Buried: 


         Father: William Wylie (1800-1877) 4 5 6
         Mother: Mary Clark (1811-Aft 1893) 6 7




Children
1 M William Wylie Thompson 2 3

           Born: 16 Apr 1860 - Hickory, Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Nov 1864 3
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - Rev. Joseph Russell Thompson


He was a minister of the United Presbyterian Church. He graduated at Jefferson College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1848, was licensed to preach in 1851, and was called to a mission church in West Twenty-fifth Street, New York City, and the same year received a call from a church in Baltimore, Maryland, and from the congregation of Mount Pleasant, his native township. The last call he accepted, and was ordained and installed April 25, 1853, and remained pastor of the church till his death.

He was one of three brothers, all of whom were ministers in the U. P. Church.
He graduated from Canonsburg Theological Seminary, became the pastor of the U. P. Church at Hickory, Pennsylvania, and was filling the incumbency at the time of his death.

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Sources


1 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 854.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 99.

3 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 80.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 99, 447.

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 578.

6 Addams S. McAllister, The Descendants of John Thomson, Pioneer Scotch Covenanter (Easton, PA: The Chemical Publishing Company, 1917), Pg 78.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 98.


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