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Margaret Enloe Thompson |
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Margaret Enloe was born on March 22, 1849 in Moniteau County, Missouri, the seventh child born to Enoch Enloe and Jane Compton Murray. Not much is known about Margaret until her marriage to Andrew Jackson Thompson. To them three children were born while living in California, Missouri: Anna (1873-1967), Laura Mabel (1875-1966), and Emma (1877-1960).
Sometime around 1900, the Thompson’s and their children left Missouri, heading west, settling in the town of Entiat, Washington. There A.J. and Margaret engaged in farming and stock raising. They also owned and operated an apple orchard named Two Pines Ranch, Valley of the Moon.
A.J. Thompson enlisted in Company I, 45th Missouri Volunteer Infantry on September 22, 1864. He was assigned to guarding the Gasconde River bridge, near Jefferson City, where on October 7, 1864, they fought one of the most desperate battles in Missouri. In this battle, A.J. was wounded twice, one bullet going through his left thigh and a minnie ball lodging in his right hip. A.J. was near death from his wounds and was left on the field to die. He managed to crawl to a fence so the Confederates wouldn’t trample on him and after about three hours, one of the Confederate soldiers put him on a horse, after taking from him his coat, cap and money, and took him to a field hospital. It was so full he was laid on a bunch of straw in the yard. The next day the field hospital was captured by Federal troops and the wounded were taken to Jefferson City, where A.J. stayed until his discharge on March 18, 1865.
A.J. Thomson died January 27, 1932 at the home of his daughter Laura Mabel Sanders in Cashmere, Washington. His death was due to old age. Margaret (Enloe) Thompson died on September 11, 1921 at her home in Entiat, Washington, after an illness extending over a period of nine months. Both A.J. and Margaret are buried in the Wenatchee City Cemetery.
Submitted by: Kelly Hagen
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