Phillip Whitfield Thompson

Phillip Whitfield Thompson

• Father: (?) Thompson b. say 1800
• Mother: Margaret (?) b. circa 1802

• Phillip Whitfield Thompson was born circa 1825 in Alabama.
• He married Sarah Ridley Wood, daughter of John Wood and Elizabeth Atkinson, say 1849. And Sarah's sister Martha married Phillip's brother Francis Thompson..
• Margaret (?) appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Talladega County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Phillip Whitfield Thompson, Isaac W Thompson, Sarah Thompson, Jefferson E. Thompson, Margaret E. Thompson and Francis Baker Thompson.
• Phillip Whitfield Thompson and Sarah Ridley Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Fayetteville, Talladega County, Alabama, living next door to Phillip's mother.. Other members of the household included George B. Thompson, Nicholas Thompson and Infant Thompson.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
• Phillip Whitfield Thompson and Sarah Ridley Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1870 in Etna, Smith County, Texas, enumerated near Sarah's uncle Mathew Wood.. Other members of the household included George B. Thompson, Nicholas Thompson and Marcus D. Lafayette Thompson.
• He was a farm laborer, according to the 1870 census.
• His wife Sarah Ridley Wood became a widow at his death.
• Phillip Whitfield Thompson and Sarah Ridley Wood appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Talladega County, Alabama. Other members of the household included George B. Thompson and Marcus D. Lafayette Thompson.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
• Phillip Whitfield Thompson died between 1880 and 1900.

• Last Edited: 27 Mar 2013

• Charts: Descendants of WOOD William & Lydia Ballentine