The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1903-04-02
HARVEST OF DEATH.
Those Who Have Been Summoned
to the Other World.
REV. T. j. THOMPSON.


Theodore James Thompson died
at his residence in this place Sun
day afternoon last Mt 1.20 o'clock,
aged 62 years, 6 months and 26
days.
The subject of this sketch was
born near Shirleysburg, Hunting
don county, Pa, September 3,
1910. He was the son of James
n. and Isabella Thompson, his
mother maiden name being among
the most prominent of the old res
idents of the county-Bergstresser.
After he had grown to young man
hood he went to Bedford, where
for several years he was manager
of the Washington House. Here
he became personally acquainted
with many of the celebrities of the
state, as the hostelry was the stop
ping place of many of the men
prominent in the public life of this
commonwealth. One little per-
sonal effect of his collection, II
shaving set, was highly priced by
the deceased because of having
been presented to him by the late
Hon. Jeremiah Ii. Black, who fre-
quently was guest at the hotel
during Mr.. Thompson's connec-
ton Herewith.
Early in the sixties he embarked
in the mercantile business in this
place and continued in these pur-
suits until 1864, when, after con-
siderable annoyance occasioned by
the Rebel raids in this section, he
removed his stock to Waterfall
Mills, in the northern part of the
county.
In June of that year he was
united in marriage with Miss Mar
9aret Anna Holman, daughter of
Albert and Elizabeth Holman, OF
this place.
The close confinement incident
to the storekeeping business moi
agreeing with him, in 1865 he re
moved to Bedford to enter the EN-
ploy of the American Tract Socie.
ty of Philadelphia as colporteur,
in which capacity he served unit
1875, when he and his family be.
came residents of McConnellsburg
During several years of the seven
ties and eighties he was a member
of the Central Pennsylvania Con
ference, serving as supply preach
CT, in which work he earnestly en-
gagged, and with spirit did what he
could toward evangelizing the
world for Christ.
Some time later he became the
general agent for DR.. n. b. Shade,
remedies in this section, at the
same time handling other drugs
and extracts. In this business he
continued until about year ago
when he became afflicted with sci
attic rheumatism. From this attack
be never fully recovered, and the
cause of his death was stomach
and heart trouble superinduced by
the rheumatism.
His death was calm and peace
ful-a veritable falling asleep il
mortality to awaken in immortal
ity!-an unmooring from the shores
of time to anchor in the harbor o.
Heavens eternal shore. He was
rs he had often prayed he nigh
be, rational to the last. Like tn,
venerable patriarchs of old, wheI
the end was near, he said, "Rais,
me up" His last words were
Jesus, take me as ! am, "-anC
then repose.
He was faithful and consisten
member of the Methodist Episco
pal church. The fraternal socie
ties with which he had ASSOCIATED
himself were the Independent Or
der of Odd Fellows and the Ma
sonic fraternity. In his life h
cndeavored to exemplify friend
ship, love and truth, and to meas
ure up to the plumb-line of broth
erly compact. He was kind ant
loving husband and father, AM
, will be greatly missed in the home
His wife and the following chill
, dren survive: Harry A., editor @
the Tyrone Times, and Miss Mn
ma d., of Tyrone, Pa. Ira Dwigh,
of this place, and Roy Holmes, q
; home. One half-sister and on