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1. Daniel THOMPSON was born about 1810 in New York.1,2,3 He appeared in the census in 1850 in Lafayette Township, Walworth County, WI.3 His occupation was "Farmer." He died about 1854 at the age of 44.2

Daniel THOMPSON and Rumina ATKINS were married before 1839.2 Rumina ATKINS was born on 2 April 1813 in New York.1,2,3,4,5 (Her name is listed as "Lavina" in the 1860 Census.) She appeared in the census in 1850 in Lafayette Township, Walworth County, WI.3 She appeared in the census in 1860 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.4 Rumina appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.6 She was the Head of Household and her occupation was "Keeping House." Living with her were her sons Lucien and Loren. She died on 6 April 1878 at the age of 65 in Monroe County, WI.5,7 She was buried in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.5,7 in the Oak Grove Cemetery.

Daniel THOMPSON and Rumina ATKINS had the following children:

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Dwight THOMPSON.

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Auguste S. THOMPSON.

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Sabrina Augusta THOMPSON was born in 1842 in New York.3 She appeared in the census in 1850 in Lafayette Township, Walworth County, WI.3

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Lucien G. THOMPSON.

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Loren B. THOMPSON was born on 1 September 1847 in Walworth County, WI.1,4,8,9,10 (His given name may have been Lyle or Louis.) He appeared in the census in 1850 in Lafayette Township, Walworth County, WI.3 He appeared in the census in 1860 in Greenfield Township, Monroe County, WI.4 He was living in the household of Horace and Lavina Weaver. Lavina was his birth mother and Horace was his step-father.

. Loren appeared in the census in 1870 in Lincoln Township, Monroe County, WI.11 He was living with his mother and his occupation was "Farmer." He appeared in the census in 1880 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.1 His household consisted of himself; his wife, Jenny; his son, Floyd; his brother, Dwight; his half-brother, John Weaver; and his aunt, Kate Gilmore. Kate later married Lucius S. Griggs, who lived next door at the time of the Census. He appeared in the census in 1900 in La Grange Township, Monroe County, WI.8 His household consisted of his two children and three boarders, one of which was Kate Chambers Gilmore Griggs, the widow of Lucius S. Griggs. Loren appeared in the census in 1910 in Tomah, Tomah Township, Monroe County, WI.9 He was a widower and his name was listed as "Lucien." He lived at his home in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac Township, Fond du Lac County, WI in August 1912.12 (His name may have been Louis B. Thompson.)