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| AGNES THOMPSON WILSON ( 1859-1935 ) |
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| Olathe Mirror and Newsletter March 29, 1877 |
| TEACHERS INTITUTE |
| List of teachers attending Instuitue, at Olathe, Johnson County, Kansas, |
| March 20, 21and 22: |
| Agnes Thompson |
| Lizzie Sterrett |
| Lovinia Jewett |
| S P Hendrix (long list of names) |
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| Olathe Mirror March 14, 1901 |
| Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilson and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brooks went to |
| Zarah last Saturday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Wilson's mother. |
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| Olathe Mirror Thursday, May 9, 1935 OBITUARY AGNES THOMPSON WILSON |
| Agnes Thompson Wilson was born in Coulterville, Illinois, September 26, 1859, and passed away at the home of her daughter Mrs. Ben Rawie, Bladwin, Kansas, May 6, 1935. |
| Mrs. Wilson was the oldest daughter of a family of twelve |
| children born to James and Margaret Thompson. In 1865 the family came to Kansas and settled in the Eureka neighborhood. She was converted and united with the Covenanter church at the age of sixteen. She was one of the early Johnson county Teachers. On February 5, 1879, she was united in marriage to Joseph I. Wilson, Morse. To this union were born five children; Arthur, who passed away in infancy, Ray who passed away at the age of twenty, Mrs. Mable Rawie, Baldwin, Ralph J., Bucyrus, and Claude, 5545 Brooklyn, Kansas City, Missouri. |
| In 1901 her husband passed away leaving her and the four |
| children. After her youngest son, Claude, was called to France for services in the World War, she removed to 420 West Cedar, Olathe, where she resided until her last sickness. When she came to Olathe, she transferred her church membership to the United Presbyterian church. |
| At the death of her husband, Mrs. Wilson kept her family |
| together on the farm home now occupied by her son, Ralph. She devoted her life to the welfare and happiness of her children .Her path in life was marked by her love for God, her cheerful disposition, and her willingness to serve others. She was a devoted wife and mother and a kind and dependable neighbor. Although she has been in ill health for several years, she remained cheerful and uncomplaining. |
| Besides her children she is survived by two brothers, Mr. |
| Robert Thompson, Olathe and Mr. Andrew Thompson, Osawatomie, five sisters Mrs. Wm. Jewett, DeSoto, Mrs. Dick Jefferson, Olathe, Mrs. Ed Morgan, Lawrence, Mrs. Adaline Cleek, Osawatomie, and Mrs. Margaret Stansberry, Bristow, Oklahoma, two granddaughters, Miss Marie Doherty and Miss Helen Dorhety, Baldwin, and six grandsons, Richard Wilson and Ronald Wilson, Kansas City, Missouri. Mr. Lawrence Wilson and Mr. Bruce Wilson, Bucyrus, Mr. Edward Doherty, Baldwin and Mr. Loren Doherty, Chicago, Illinois. |
| Funeral services were held at the Julien Funeral Home, Olathe, |
| Wednesday, May 8, 1935, conducted by Rev. A. W. Wolfe. She was laid to rest beside her husband in the Olathe cemetery. |
| Pall bearers were; Hal Robinson, Clarence Donhan, Homer |
| Limbird, sr., Ralph Kink, Sam Clinkscale and Martin Flahery. |
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| Olathe Register Friday, November 15, 1901 |
| The body of J. I Wilson of Aubry township, was buried in the |
| Olathe cemetery Thursday, Nov. 7. He died on Wednesday, of |
| typhoid fever, aged 45 years. |
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| Olathe Mirror October 22, 1903 |
| John M Wilson died Sunday, at the home, of his daughter-in-law, Mrs Agnes Wilson, 10 miles SE of Olathe, of paralysis. The funeral was held Monday, at the home. He was buried, in the Olathe Cemetery. |
| Mr. Wilson was tried, for insanity, in probate court, in August, |
| and the appeal was taken to the district court. The case was continued, at the September term, owing to the condition, of health. Before the trial, for insanity, Mr Wilson deeded 30 acres, of land, to his daughter-in-law, provided she take care of him, for the remainder, of his life. Other relatives complained, to Judge Long, that he was not being taken proper care. Judge Long drove out, to investigate, the complaint, Sunday morning. He was there when, Mr. Wilson died, at age 79. |
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| A Thompson researcher interviewed Mrs Agnes Wilson: |
| 'At residence of Mrs. Agnes Wilson, No 429 W. Cedar St., |
| Olather, Johnson Co., Kan. Nov. 9, 1922 at 9PM. Entering, I found two young ladies on the floor cutting out patterns and another sitting in a rocker in her bare arms and a sweater, sound asleep and one of the girls calling Mrs. Wilson, she came in. She said she was a daughter of James Thompson by his second wife and said he had two by his first wife, one dying young and twelve by his second wife. The four young girls I saw were, she said, her nieces, children of her sister Mrs. Jefferson. Her husband was Joseph Wilson, who she said was Pennsylvania Dutch from the Susquehanna River where the horse shoe bend is. He died 21 years ago and she has been alone since. One of her sons died just as he bacame 21 years old and the other was a Doctor abroad in the World War, but got home safely. She has two daughters. They are U.P.'s and good religious people. She is a large built woman with large head and face and square forehead and was very kind. As I was wanting to take a train from Paola, I didn't have time to get record of her father's family. She said Mrs. Taggart was daughter of Andrew M. Thompson and her husband now lives with their son Frank out by Morse. She said Mrs. Taggart was getting up a family tree, but she don't know what became of it if finished. She said she didn't get the Joseph Thompson Sr. bible. |
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