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Chester Cloyd Thompson

Male 1890 - 1920


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  • Born  26 Feb 1890  [1
    Gender  Male 
    Died  10 Nov 1920  Chambersburg, Fulton Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Buried  Grandview Cem, Johnstown, Cambria Co,, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID  I13462  Johnson Hindin Tree
    Last Modified  4 Feb 2018 

    Family  Anna Miller,   b. Oct 1892, Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 May 1942, Cleveland, Cuyahoga Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. William A. Thompson,   b. Abt 1913, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID  F5610  Group Sheet

  • Notes 
    • According to a Johnstown City Directory (1918) available on Ancestry.com, Chester and Anna lived on Woodvale Ave. in Johnstown in 1918.

      According to the 1920 Census, Chester and Anna lived with Anna's father, Albert, and their son, William, age 7, on Woodvale Ave. in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

      The following news story appeared in the November 12, 1920 edition of the Harrisburg Telegraph:

      Bullet in Abdomen of Hunter Causes Death; Lingered Twelve Days

      Chambersburg, Pa., Nov. 12.--Cloyd Thompson, 30, of Johnstown, died at the Chambersburg Hospital after suffering twelve days from a bullet wound in the abdomen, inflicted when the revolver, he was carrying at a hunting camp, near McConnellsburg, fell on a stone and discharged. His widow and parents, Mr. and Mrs. William F. Thompson, were at the bedside when he died.

      According to a Veterans Burial Card available on Ancesty.com, Chester served on the USS Wisconsin as a coal passer in WW I. He is buried in Grandview Cemetery in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

  • Sources 
    1. [S663] WW I Draft Registration Card.

    2. [S506] Find a Grave (findagrave.com).

    3. [S1087] Pennsylvania Death Certificate (available on Ancestry.com).