EARLY THOMPSON HISTORY The Pollie Porter Thompson family came from Kentucky to West Virginia between 1900 and 1910. She was the widow of Henry Thompson. Their children: Lincoln, born 1879, Jennie, born 1881/2, Frank, born March 21, 1883, Ben, born November 2, 1886, Lizzie, born 1890, Ned, born August 23, 1891, Lovie, born 1895, Ivory, born 1900, and two children who died probably during infancy. When Pollie and her family came to Kanawha County, they settled in Cabin Creek where she ran a boarding house to support her family. Frank and Med were also coal miners for Carbon Fuel Co. The teens and the 20�s of the 20th century was a time of mischief in the Thompson family. To pass time, the Thompson boys started or just got into fights with local Cabin Creek men. Some men, one time, got Frank Thompson drunk and tied him to train tracks. Luckily, for his sake, his brothers untied him before a train came. The Thompson brothers, and even a few of the sisters, were known to be heavy drinkers and possibly even drug abusers. The ones who were that way stayed that way all of their life. THE THOMPSON CHILDREN�S HISTORY The oldest of Henry and Pollie Porter Thompson was Lincoln, who was born in 1879. After moving to West Virginia, Lincoln married Martha Burton and had many children. Like his brother Frank, when work could not be found, Lincoln moved his family from Kanawha County over to Ameagle on Coal River. Unfortunately, Lincoln died in a mining accident (possibly a slate fall) in 1933. Lincoln is buried at the Ameagle Cemetery--Ameagle, WV. ***Frank and Millie Thompson are also buried there*** Jennie, the second child, was the first of the children to get married. She married William or Frank Bowman around 1900 in Kentucky. After they settled in West Virginia, one night, William said he was going out for a pack of cigarettes. He left, and was never heard from again. Jennie now had the burden of raising her children by herself. She luckily managed and did support her family. Jennie was also one of the two people to be with her brother Frank when he died in 1952. Ben and Med Thompson were two fighters in their youth like Frank. As they got older, they did mellow down, though. Med married a woman by the name of Mary and settled down up Cabin Creek. He was also probably the Thompson that lived the longest. Little is known about Ben. He was married about seven times, the only woman known was named Gernie. Ben lived until the 70�s and died at Colcord. Ivory and Lovie Thompson were basically two of a kind. In their old age, if one of them happened to get cancer in a certain spot, the other got it in the same place too. These two women were both alcohol drinkers and pipe smokers. Lovie, also, might have been a drug abuser. One could see Lovie walking on a local dirt road, coming to her house, high on drugs and liquor. Lizzie, on the other hand, was more stable and settled down. She interacted with her sisters, but did not take part in what they did. Jennie, Med, and Lizzie were probably the most calm (in their old age) of all the Thompson children. In the present date, all of the Henry and Pollie Porter Thompson children are deceased. The ones that lived to be adults died between 1950 and 1980 in various locations. In the end, almost none of them stayed in touch with each other. ***Also see the Frank Thompson 1883-1952 and Millie Sloan Thompson 1890-1931 biography.