Worthy Thompson

1855 - 1931  (76 years)

• Name	Worthy Thompson  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Birth	8 Jan 1855	Clymer, Chatauqua, New York, USA   [1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	4 Jun 1855	Clymer, Chautauqua, New York, USA   [1]
  Residence	7 Jun 1860	North East Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  Residence	18 Aug 1870	Webster Township, Wood, Ohio, USA   [3]
  Residence	2 Jun 1880	Webster Township, Wood, Ohio, USA   [4]
  Residence	2 Jun 1900	Middleton Township, Wood, Ohio, USA   [7]
  Residence	25 Apr 1910	Center Township, Wood, Ohio, USA   [8]
  Residence	15 Jan 1920	Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio, USA   [9]
  Residence	9 Apr 1930	Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio, USA   [10]
  Death	25 Mar 1931	Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio, USA   [11, 12, 13]
  Burial	28 Mar 1931	Dowling, Wood, Ohio, USA   [11, 12, 13]
  	New Belleville Ridge Cemetery
  Person ID	I265	McKelleb
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

  Father	Lorin Thompson,   b. 30 Mar 1821, Chenango County, New York, USA d. 22 Apr 1904, Dunbridge, Wood, Ohio, USA (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Alvira Wright,   b. 1 May 1830, Chatauqua County, New York, USA d. 3 Jun 1925, Perrysburg, Wood, Ohio, USA (Age 95 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1848	Erie County, Pennsylvania, USA   [14, 15]
  Family ID	F7419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Alice Griner,   b. 4 Jan 1859, Luckey, Wood, Ohio, USA d. 22 Jan 1943, Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage License	28 Oct 1879	Wood County, Ohio, USA   [5]
  Marriage	29 Oct 1879	Wood County, Ohio, USA   [5, 6, 16, 17, 18]
  Children	1. Morris Thompson,   b. Oct 1882, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Nellie Thompson,   b. Oct 1884, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Ortha A. Thompson,   b. Jan 1887, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Myron C. Thompson,   b. Jul 1895, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Ida Thompson,   b. 24 Nov 1880, Dunbridge, Wood, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Clarence W. Thompson,   b. Jul 1893, Ohio, USA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F96	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Residence - 4 Jun 1855 - Clymer, Chautauqua, New York, USA Residence - 7 Jun 1860 - North East Township, Erie, Pennsylvania, USA Residence - 18 Aug 1870 - Webster Township, Wood, Ohio, USA Marriage License - 28 Oct 1879 - Wood County, Ohio, USA Marriage - 29 Oct 1879 - Wood County, Ohio, USA Residence - 2 Jun 1880 - Webster Township, Wood, Ohio, USA Residence - 2 Jun 1900 - Middleton Township, Wood, Ohio, USA Residence - 25 Apr 1910 - Center Township, Wood, Ohio, USA Residence - 15 Jan 1920 - Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio, USA Residence - 9 Apr 1930 - Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio, USA Death - 25 Mar 1931 - Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Name Variation: Worthy is listed as Worthey in the 1860 Census; Merriitt in the 1880 Census. Age Variation: Worthy is listed as being born in 1854 in the 1870 Census; 1856 in the 1920 Census Occupation: Worth is listed as a Farmer in the 1880, 1900, 1910 Census; A Laborer in the 1920 Census; A Stone Repairer in the 1930 Census.

  
  

• Sources

  [S29] 1855 New York State Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2013;), New York State Archives; Albany, NY, USA; Census of the state of New York, 1855; Sheet #1, Line #34 (Reliability: 3). [S3] 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Residence Home in 1860: North East, Erie, Pennsylvania; Roll: M653_1108; Page: 37; Family History Library Film: 805108; Dwelling #269, Family #282, Line #34 (Reliability: 3). [S5] 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2009;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Webster, Wood, Ohio; Roll: M593_1283; Page: 9; Dwelling #65, Family #65, Line #32 (Reliability: 3). [S7] 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Webster, Wood, Ohio; Roll: T9_1078; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 101; Dwelling #17, Family #18; Line #20 (Reliability: 3). [S18] Ohio County Marriages, 1789-2016, (Name: Family Search; Location: Salt Lake City, Utah; Date: 2024;), "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z834-NS2M : Sun Mar 10 04:58:31 UTC 2024), Entry for Worthy Thompson and Mary A. Griner, 29 10 1879.; Record #1576; Page #48 (Reliability: 4). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Z834-NS2M?lang=en [S21] Ancestry.com, Ohio, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1774-1993, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2016;) (Reliability: 4). [S8] 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Middleton, Wood, Ohio; Roll: T623_1333; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0147; Dwelling #39, Family #41, Line #62 (Reliability: 3). [S9] 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Center, Wood, Ohio; Roll: T624_1240; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 0180; FHL microfilm: 1375253; Dwelling #69, Family #69; Line #12 (Reliability: 3). [S26] 1920 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), Year: 1920; Census Place: Bowling Green Ward 1, Wood, Ohio; Roll: T625_1448; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 146; Dwelling #279, Family #279; Line #95 (Reliability: 3). [S31] 1930 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2002;), Year: 1930; Census Place: Bowling Green, Wood, Ohio; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0006; FHL microfilm: 2341622; Dwelling #160, Family #163; Line #25 (Reliability: 3). [S60] Ohio Deaths, 1908 - 1953, (Name: Family Search; Location: Salt Lake City, Utah; Date: 1909;), "Ohio, Deaths, 1908-1953", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD1D-1XJ : Sat Jul 13 10:50:16 UTC 2024), Entry for Worthy Thompson and Lorin Thompson, 25 Mar 1931.; Certificate #21087 (Reliability: 4). https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD1D-1XJ?lang=en [S15] Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/60518008/worthy-thompson [S178] Newspapers.com - The Daily Sentinel-Tribune - 26 Mar 1931 - 1, (Name: The Daily Sentinel-Tribune; Location: Bowling Green, Ohio; Date: 26 Mar 1931;), 26 Mar 1931. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-sentinel-tribune/166125813/?xid=637 [S8] 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Middleton, Wood, Ohio; Roll: 1333; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 0147; Dwelling #119, Family #127; Line #39 (Reliability: 3). [S175] Professor M. A. Leeson, Commemorative Historical and Biographical Record of Wood County, Ohio; Its Past and Present, (Name: J.H. Beers & Co.; Location: Chicago, Illinois; Date: 1897;), Commemorative History and Biographical Record; Page #928 (Reliability: 4). [S8] 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2004;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Middleton, Wood, Ohio; Roll: T623_1333; Page: 2B; Enumeration District: 0147; Dwelling #39, Family #41, Line #63 (Reliability: 3). [S178] Newspapers.com - The Daily Sentinel-Tribune - 26 Mar 1931 - 1, (Name: The Daily Sentinel-Tribune; Location: Bowling Green, Ohio; Date: 26 Mar 1931;), 26 Mar 1931 (Reliability: 3). https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-sentinel-tribune/166125813/?xid=637 [S179] Newspapers.com - The Daily Sentinel-Tribune - 23 Jan 1943 - 1, (Name: The Daily Sentinel-Tribune; Location: Bowling Green, Ohio; Date: 23 Jan 1943;), Mary Alice Griner Thompson's Obituary 23 Jan 1943 (Reliability: 3). https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-daily-sentinel-tribune-mary-alice-gr/166128591/?xid=637