William W and Mary Margaret Thompson
William W Thompson was born 10 May 1831 in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of Joseph Alexander Thompson and Rachel Ball. On 9 Oct 1862 he in enlisted in the 1st Washington Co Infantry for the Civil War. The 1st Regiment of Washington Territory Volunteer Infantry (or 1st Washington Territory Volunteers) was a unit of infantry raised by the Washington Territory for service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. William's Company E, uustered in at Alcatraz, they were ordered on 19 October 1862 to Camp Lapwai (would fall within the bounds of the Idaho Territory when created the following March), near the Nez Perce Agency. Here, they built their encampment in what became Fort Lapwai. By June 1864, they were stationed at Fort Vancouver. Co H would be consolidated with them in July 1865, and they would be the last of the Washington Territory volunteers to be mustered out, doing so on 11 Dec 1865. The companies, and/or detachments thereof, were stationed throughout the territories of Washington and Idaho, and in Oregon. They were used for the protection of miners and settlers, emigrant parties and other travelers along the roads from the east, and participated with the 1st Oregon Cavalry in expeditions against Shoshone, Snake, and other hostile Indian groups. They were also used to protect the Nez Perce, an ally of the United States, against those encroaching on their lands.
William mustered out as a Captain. He married Mary Margaret Huddleston 14 Jan 1878 in Sweetwater, Fremont Co. Wyoming. Mary was born 4 Feb 1858 in Long Creek, Boone, Arkansas, the daughter of Abraham Marshall Huddleston and Margaret Maulding.
Children of William W Thompson and Mary Margaret Huddleston
1. Joseph Alexander Thompson b-9 Apr 1879 in
Lander Wyoming; d-19 May 1894 in Lander
2. Mary Thompson b-5 Jan 1882 in Lander; d-1882 in Lander
3. John Simpson Thompson b-4 July 1883 in Lander; d-1884 in Lander
4. Martha Alice Thompson b-25 Feb 1885 in Lander; d-22 Apr 1885 in Lander
5. Albert Thompson b-26 Feb 1886 in Lander; d-3 Apr 1903 in La Barge Wyoming
6. Rosie Lee Thompson b-5 Nov 1889 in Lander; d-1889
7. Nora Frances Thompson b-22 Apr 1896 in Osage, Carroll Co Arizona; d-10 Mar
1937; br-Ovid Cemetery; m-Carl Frederick Sorg
8. Rachel Thompson b-10 Aug 1898 in Osage, Arizona
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Children of Nora Frances Thompson and Carl Frederick Sorg
Amy Louise Sorg b-31 May 1914; d-5 June 1996;
br-Cache Clawson Cemetery, Tetonia Idaho
Helen Mae Sorg b-19 Feb 1924 in Montpelier; d-12 Nov 1965 in Goldendale,
Washington; br-Mountain View Cemetery in Goldendale; m-Henry Evan Beard
Eunice Sorg b-9 Apr 1928 in La Barge Wyoming; d-4 Feb 2017 in Blackfoot Idaho;
m-Jamieson
Carl Ivan Sorg b-12 July 1933; d-26 Mar 2014; br-Cache Clawson Cemetery
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William W Thompson died 11 June 1927 in Montpelier and was buried in the Ovid Cemetery. Mary Margaret Thompson died 29 Oct 1951 in Plumas California, and was buried in the Ovid Cemetery.
William W Thompson 1927 Obituary