Poor Thompson! He migrated to Harrison County, Missouri, and became its first representative in the General Assembly of the State in 1846 and was re-elected in 1848. He was also a member of the first grand jury of the county. Politically he was called an anti-Benton Democrat. Positive in all his convictions, he was called eccentric toward the end of his life, but all who knew him testify that he was able, upright and a good neighbor and citizen.
In 1875 he died in indigence at the age of 65 and his body lies in Oakland cemetery six miles north of Bethany.
Singularly enough, we are told that to the same point migrated one Peter Rutledge who claimed to be brother to Ann Rutledge.
In the early history of Illinois, the Moores were known as the “fighting Moores,” by reason of their daring in the Indian war of 1812–14 and the border troubles which were constantly menacing our frontier.
Jonathan Moore who was born in Georgia, Nov. 20, 1799, was one of the number. He moved to Illinois in 1812, served in the Black Hawk War and enlisted in the Mexican War, but his company was rejected because troops enough had already been sent to the front.
At the breaking out of the Civil War, he enlisted and was made captain of company “G” Thirty-second Illinois Infantry and served at Shiloh and other hard fought engagements.
Chicago. Frank E. Stevens.
P. S.—I wish to express my indebtedness to Gen. Henry Cadle, of Bethany, Mo., for valuable favors connected with this story.
SIDE-LIGHTS ON CAROLINA HISTORY
My object in the following paper is not to present a summary of South Carolina history, enumerating well-known dates and facts already recorded by much better writers, but rather to furnish sundry varied items of information which, while not themselves entitled to rank as history, may yet serve a useful purpose as side-lights upon history proper.