The Penn's Grove record., 1897-04-23
SAMUEL S. THOMPSON

uieu on FRIDAY, 10th, at the residence
OF ms son'ln law, Elmer Cowperthwart
IN New Egypt, aged 50 years. He was
brought TO Penn's Grove and services
were held Tuesday afternoon in St.
Pauls Church aud buried In Emmanuel
Church yard.
Mi. Thompson was u descendant
from one of the first settlers Of the
tenWick colony. About the middle OF
The 18th century John Fenwick, pur-
chased Of VIM. Penn a large tract Of
land in West Jersey, embracing what
is now Salem County. Being aQuaker
he induced u large colony Of Friends to
settle upon and improve his purchase,
and among the number were the ances-
tors of Mr.. Thompson.
Thomas Thompson, Yorkshire, En-
gland, was born in 1898; Andrew
Thompson, son Of Thomas, was born In
Yorkshire in 1889, In 1868 Thomas
and his son Andrew moved to Dublin,
ireland. William, eldest son of An
drew, was born in Dublin in 1869. On
September 10th 1877, Andrew Thomp
son and his family set sail from Dublin
in the ship Mary, and landed at Elsin.
bore Point, December %, 1877, and be-
came members of the Fenwick colony.
Benz. Thompson, ST., son of the older
Benjamin, was born near Salem in 1745.
James son of Benjamin Jr., was born
near Salem in 1776 and raised most of
his family near Penn's Grove on the
Springer farm. Samuel S. son of James
was born in l.. p. Neck in 1916.
When Samuel 5. was a young man
his father moved onto the Carney Point
farm. In 1889 he married Mary III.
Flanagan, by whom he had several chill
dren, all of whom have left PenDs Neck
where their parents spent their lives.
For over fifty years Mr.. Thompson
was one of the prominent and infiuen.
tial farmers Of Upper Penn's Neck
Township, his especial delight being to
raise different and the best varieties of
garden truck and orchard fruits.
He embraced the Methodist religion
when a young man, and became active
in Church work. For many years he
was a Steward and class leader In En-
manuel M. E. Church until st. Paul's
M. E. Church was built when he be-
came a member of that official board
and remained until he died In the faith.
He had a very quiet, genial and social
disposition that made him friends of
those with whom he came in contact.
He retired from farming six years
ago and has been living with his chill
dren. In the past two years he became
quite feeble and a burden Of care.
EDWARD SHOEMAKER,
another of Upper Penns Neck's prom
inent farmers years ago and old time
Methodists, died OIL Tuesday afternoon,
aged 81 years. He was a native of
Gloucester county. In 1919 he moved
onto the r. g. johnson farm, which
was at one time probably one of the
best productive farms IN the Township.
He emained there about twenty.thIee
years, and was about the first to intiO-
duce the use of the moving and reap
ing machine in Salem county, because
of the large crOps-n If hay andgrain rails
ed there. For the past five years he
has been living in penn's Glove, and
for about ten years previous he con-
% tCotuuiohU puohiCoo lh wa
miDgt0n.
lie was converted to the Methodist
Episcopal faith in 1882 at y camp meet
ing in Th0mpson's swamp, above
Courses Landing on the Warrington
side, and for many years in his younger
days lie was active in Church work as
class leader, exhOrter and local preach
Ell. He held his membership at Perkin.
town until that M. E. Church ceased
to exist as an organization, and was a
member of Bethel M. p. Church at his
death.
He was an extraordinary large man
and his weight was burdensome Ia his
latter days as to unfit him for active
business. lie had been in fairly good
health until stricken with paralysis two
weeks ago.
The funeral services were held this
FIJI day and burial was in Emmanuel
cemetery.