Charity Thompson

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• Name	Charity Thompson  [1, 2, 3]
  Born	Abt 1820 Berryville, Clarke, Virginia, USA [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  Enslaved	​ Front Royal, Warren, Virginia, USA [4]
  Residence	1860 Front Royal, Warren, Virginia, USA
  Residence	1880 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1]  –  Living in the Higgins household. Marital Status: Widowed
  Residence	1885 436 South 11th, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3]
  Residence	1886 436 South 11th, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3]
  Residence	1887 608 South, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [3]
  Died	8 Mar 1894 Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [1, 2, 4, 5, 6]
  Buried	​ 201 South 30th, Penbrook, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA [2, 5]
  	Lincoln Cemetery
  Notes	"AUNT CHARITY" IS DEAD She Was an Old Ex-Slave and a Good Christian. With the death of "Aunt Charity" Thompson yesterday morning shortly before 3 o'clock, at the residence or her grandson, Charles King, No. 1400 Marion street, from disease attributable to old age, closes the life of an ex-slave. "Aunt Charity," with her husband, was owned by a Mr. Scroggins, of Front Royal, Virginia, and many were the trying and thrilling experiences she related in after years to those about her. She was born at Berryville, Va., but has resided in this city for some years. Her husband has been dead many years. Two grandchildren, Charles King and Annie Ball, survive. "Aunty Charily" was a good member of the State Street A. M. E. church in which the funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock. The interment will take place in Lincoln cemetery.
  Person ID	I7423 SOALsearch
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024

  
  
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  Family 1	Husband Unknown Thompson
  Children	1. Daughter Unknown Thompson b. Abt 1852, Virginia, USA  [natural]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F2478 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Slaveholder Scroggins
  Slaveholder	​ Warren County, Virginia, USA [4]
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F8027 Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S47] 1880 United States Federal Census, Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Lehi, UT, USA; Date: 2010;), 1880 United States Federal Census Record. [S3] U.S., Find a Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). [S45] U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995, Ancestry.com, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2011;). [S5728] Newspapers.com - Harrisburg Telegraph - 1894-03-09 - Aunt Charity Is Dead, (Name: Harrisburg Telegraph; Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Date: 1894-03-09;), Aunt Charity Is Dead 1894-03-09. https://www.newspapers.com/article/harrisburg-telegraph-aunt-charity-is-dea/99096605/?xid=637 [S4] Findagrave, (Location: Penbrook, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, USA; Date: 1885;), Charity Thompson 8 Mar 1894. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/238515060/charity-thompson [S5729] Newspapers.com - Harrisburg Daily Independent - 1894-03-10 - Funeral This Afternoon, (Name: Harrisburg Daily Independent; Location: Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Date: 1894-03-10;), Funeral This Afternoon 1894-03-10. https://www.newspapers.com/article/harrisburg-daily-independent-funeral-thi/152841880/?xid=637