Life History

Notes

• 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory, 13 June, Township 4, North Range 2E, District 134, page 22B, Hse #13, Fam #14
  Thompson, Jno W  Head W M June 1846 33 Married 10 years  Mosouri [sic] Mosouri Mosouri Farmer
  Thompson, Minnie G Wife In F (3/4 Choctaw) Jan 1874 26 Married 10 years  5 children/5 living Indian Territory Indian Territory Unknown
  Thompson, Robert Lee  Son In (7/8 Choctaw) M  June 1892  7 Indian Territory  Mosouri  Indian Territory
  
  Note Robert Lee's birth date is reported here as June 1892.  several other records report the date as 27 June 1894.  On his military records, beginning with WWI registration, the date is 27 June 1894.  On the application for his military headstone, the date first typed in was June 27 1893, then this was corrected in the confirmation review to 27 June 1894, which is also the date on his grave.
  
  U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914, www.ancestry.com
  Tribal Affiliation Chickasaw By Blood for All
  25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4320, Census Card #1616
  Robert Lee Thompson, Age 9, Birth Abt 1893, 1/8 Chickasaw
  
  Chickasaw Roll, Citizens By Blood 1903
  Roll #4315  East, Frances 71 F  1/2  Census Card #1615
  Roll #4316  Green, Daniel 26 M  1/4  Census Card #1615
  Roll #4317  Adams, Charles 22 M  1/4  Census Card #1615
  
  Roll #4318 Thompson, Minnie Lee 28 F  1/4  Census Card #1616
  Roll #4319 Thompson, Mamie Frances 11 F  1/8  Census Card #1616
  Roll #4320 Thompson, Robert Lee 9 M  1/8  Census Card #1616
  Roll #4321 Thompson, Emma Augusta 5 F  1/8  Census Card #1616
  Roll #4322 Thompson, Jessie May 3 F  1/8  Census Card #1616
  
  Roll #4323 Chochran, William Hunter 34 M  1/4  Census Card #1617
  Roll #4324 Chochran, Willie 7 M  1/8  Census Card #1617
  Roll #4325 Chochran, Vertis 7 M  1/8  Census Card #1617
  Roll #4326 Chochran, Samuel T 2 M  1/8  Census Card #1617
  
  1910 Federal Census, McClain County, Oklahoma, 2 May, Hopping Township, District 185, page 2A, Hse/Fam #7
  Thompson, Minnie Head F Ind (1/8 Chickasaw)  35 Widow 5 children/5 living OK US OK Own Income Owns Farm
  Thompson, Robert Lee Son M Ind (1/16 Chickasaw)  16 Single OK TX OK Farm Laborer Can Read and Write
  
  World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
  Robert Lee Thompson
  Residence Rosedale, McClain County, Oklahoma
  Birth 27 Jun 1894 Marietta (Love County), Oklahoma
  Race: Indian
  Occupation Barber, Cleaning and Pressing, Self-Employed, Rosedale (McClain County)
  Wife and 2 children
  Short, Stout, Brown Eyes, Red Hair
  Registered Hopping, McClain, Oklahoma 5 June 1917
  
  The birth date of 27 June 1894 given here conflicts with other sources.  Note that the 1900 census reports his birth date as June 1892.  The Dawes records say Robert was 9 years old in September 1902, meaning he was born in 1892 or 1893 as the Dawes card estimates.  If he was born in 1894, he would have been not yet 8 years old at the Dawes registration.  The age in the 1910 census matches more closely with birth in 1894.  1930 fits a 1893 date.  Some genealogies split the difference reporting the year as 1893.
  
  Several genealogies reports a child who was born and died between the censuses.  No source information is given, but several of these have such careful detail, it shows they are reporting form firm family sources.
  
  William Woodrow Thompson
  Birth 12 Mar 1913 in Rosedale, McClain, Oklahoma
  Death 26 Aug 1916
  Parents Robert L Thompson 1894 - 1954, Norah Bessie Lee 1895 - 1954
  --  Brevard/Harris, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/6687227/person/587741200
  
  The 1920 and later censuses report all Robert's hosuehold as White, even though Robert was a Chickasaw by blood (and earlier registerd as a Choctaw by blood).,  His mother Minnie was 1/8 Choctaw and 1/8 Chickasaw.  All previous Indian tribal registratoins report Robert as Indian, and the 19100 and 1910 censuses do also.
  
  1920 Federal Census, McClain County, Oklahoma, 5 January, Hopping Township, District 78, page 2B, Hse/Fam #37
  Thompson, Robert L Head  Rents M W 25 OK US US Farmer
  Thompson, Bessie Wife F W 25 OK TX KY
  Thompson, Lee Son M W 6 OK OK OK
  Thompson, Claudie Son M W 3yrs8mos OK OK OK [b Apr 1916]
  Thompson, Charley Son M W 3 OK OK OK
  
  After the 1920 census, Robert moved to Guthrie in Logan County, Oklahoma.    Another child is reported by some genealogies, who was born in Guthrie but lived only a short time between these censuses.  It is interesting that they named this child Charles also, although Charles, reported as 3 years old in the 1920 census and 11 in 1930, lived to adulthood.
  
  Charles Kenneth Thompson
  Birth 29 Dec 1922 in Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma
  Death 2 Dec 1923
  Parents Robert Lee Thompson 1894 - 1954, Nora Bessie Lee 1896 - 1986
  --  Chambers/Thompson, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/21991430/person/1165483088
  
  Robert's wife Bessie is enumerated in 1930 as Nora B.
  
  1930 Federal Census, Logan County, Oklahoma, 2 April, Guthrie, District 11, page 1A, 1213 West Dale St, Hse #9, Fam #10
  Thompson, Robert L Head Rents $12 No Radio M W 36 Married at 18 OK TX OK Machinist, Santa Fe Round House
  Thompson, Nora B Wife F W 34 Married at 16 OK TX TX
  Thompson, Lee Son M W 15 OK OK OK
  Thompson, Claud Son M W 13 OK OK OK
  Thompson, Charles Son M W 11 OK OK OK
  Thompson, Levita Dau F W 9 OK OK OK
  
  1940 Federal Census, Logan County, Oklahoma, 8 April, Guthrie, District 42-13, Page 7A, Hse #152, Rents $12
  Thompson, R L Head M W 45 Single Grade 7 b Okla same place in 1935 Railroad Machinist Helper [b abt 1895]
  Thompson, Bessie Wife F W 43 Married Grade 7 b Okla same place in 1935 Farm Laborer [b abt 1897]
  Thompson, Claudia [sic] Son M W 23 Divorced Grade H4 b Okla same place in 1935 Truck Driver, Cabinet Factory [b abt 1917]
  Thompson, La Veta Dau F W 19 Single Grade H2 b Okla same place in 1935 Hospital Kitchen Helper [b abt 1921]
  Thompson, June Dau F W 6 Single Grade 0 Okla same place in 1935 [b abt 1934]
  
  U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
  Robert Lee Thompson
  Residence 116 1/2 East Harrison, Guthrie, Oklahoma
  Mailing address Box #97 Guthrie, Logan, Oklahoma
  Age 48, Birth Marietta, Oklahoma
  Birth 27 Jun 1893
  Contact (Wife) Nora B Thompson, 116 1/2 East Harrison, Guthrie, Oklahoma
  5'5.5" 160 lbs, Brown Eyes & Hair, Ruddy Complexion
  Registered 25 April 1942 Guthrie, Logan County, Oklahoma
  
  U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
  Robert Lee Thompson
  Birth 27 June 1894 Oklahoma (Marietta, Pickens County, Chickasaw Nation, later Love County OK)
  Death 20 Nov 1954 (place of death not reported)
  Enlistment Date 22 May 1918 Oklahoma, Co E, 19th Infantry, 18th Division
  Discharge Date 1 February 1919
  Emblem Christian Latin Cross
  Service Number 1125088
  Summit View Cemetery, Guthrie, Oklahoma
  Aopplication 22 November 1954 by Mrs Nora B Thompson, 1724 E Springer, Guthrie, Oklahoma
  (Signed Nora B Thompson)
  Application received 29 Nov 1954, stone ordered 27 December 1954 from Columbus Marble Works, Columbus, Mississippi
  Ship to Lang B Davis, Box 505, Guthrie, Oklahoma

Sources

• 1. 1930 Federal Census, Logan County, Oklahoma
  • 2 April, Guthrie, District 11, page 1A, 1213 West Dale St, Hse #9, Fam #10
• 2. 1910 Federal Census, McClain County, Oklahoma
  • 2 May, Hopping Township, District 185, page 2A, Hse/Fam #7
• 3. U.S. Native American Enrollment Cards for the Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914
  • 25 Sep 1902, Dawes' Roll #4320, Census Card #1616
• 4. U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
• 5. 1900 Federal Census, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory
  • 13 June, Township 4, North Range 2E, District 134, page 22B, Hse #13, Fam #14
• 6. 1903 Chickasaw Roll, Citizens By Blood
• 7. U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1963
• 8. U.S., World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942
• 9. 1940 Federal Census, Logan County, Oklahoma
  • 8 April, Guthrie, District 42-13, Page 7A, Hse #152, Rents $12
• 10. Ancestry Trees
• 11. 1920 Federal Census, McClain County, Oklahoma
  • 5 January, Hopping Township, District 78, page 2B, Hse/Fam #37
• 12. Gravestone of Willard Lee Thompson
• 13. Find a Grave Memorial Registry
• 14. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
• 15. Obituary of Willard Lee Thompson
• 16. Gravestone of Claudie Paschel Thompson & Opal Adda Robinson Thompson