Mary Eugenia Thompson
b. 22 April 1844, d. 24 December 1935
- Father: Andrew Jackson Thompson b. 28 May 1816, d. 20 January 1897
- Mother: Mary Elizabeth Tabb b. 10 December 1817, d. 13 March 1860
- Mary Eugenia Thompson was born on 22 April 1844 in Dallas County, Alabama.
- Andrew Jackson Thompson and Mary Elizabeth Tabb appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Rascoes, Dallas County, Alabama, enumerated not far from Mary Elizabeth's parents.. Other members of the household included Mary Eugenia Thompson. Also in the household were daughters M. E. (age 6) and Eudora L. (6 months), and sons M. E. (4) and S. J. (2).
- The following appeared on 16 April 1862 in The Tri-Weekly Telegraph:
Ed. Telegraph--I beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following articles, contributed for the Hempstead Hospital, by the ladies of Danville and Waverly, through Mrs. Major Green Wood, of Danville, Montgomery county:
278 lbs. lard, 160 lbs. ham, 40 lbs. soap, 6 doz. candles, 88 lbs. butter, 93 doz. eggs, 2 calico spreads, 2 comforts, 12 mattrasses, 30 sheets, 27 pillows, 40 pillow cases, 40 towels, donated by the following persons:
Mrs. Mayfield, Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Spiller, Mrs. Sessum, Miss Sarah L. Davis, Mrs. Green M. Wood, Mrs. J. M. Leivi, Mrs. Geo. Redding, Mrs. Major Redding, Mrs. Maj. Green Wood, Mrs. McGarr, Mrs. Charles Abercrombie, Mrs. Tryler, Mrs. Dr. Carr, Mrs. W. B. Scott, Miss Thompson, Mrs. Tabb, Mrs. Richard Williams, Waverly; Mrs. Col. Campbell, do; Mrs. Dr. Campbell, do; Mrs. Dr. Scott, do; Mrs. Col. Jno. Hill, do; Mrs. John C. Abercrombie, do; Mrs. Laura A. Scott, do; Mrs. Wm. B. Wood, Danville; Mrs. Wynne, do; Master Solomon Wood; Major Green Wood's servant[s], 31 doz. eggs; Mrs. Green Wood, cash, $10; Miss Sarah L. Davis, $10; Mrs. Dr. Stewart, $5.
Mrs. C. A. Groce,
Principal Hempstead Hospital.
Hempstead, April 10th, 1862.
- She married William Pentecost Powell on 1 January 1863 in Walker County, Texas, with James E. Scott, MG, officiating.
- Mary Eugenia Thompson died on 24 December 1935 at age 91 in Willis, Montgomery County, Texas.
- Last Edited: 16 May 2013