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THE THOMPSON FAMILY
Miss Vesta Cordelia French came from Amity, N. Y., and
lived with her brother, Dr. Amos French, while she attended the
academy in 1843-44. She married Chauncey V. Dvke and had Monta, who died young, and Eva, born March 3, 1853. After a
divorce from her husband, she worked as compositor in the Potter Journal printing office.
In 1867 she and William W. Thompson bought the business
and worked in partnership until Jan. 1871, when Mr. Thompson
went to Kansas after which she continued the business alone for a few years. She was a very industrious woman and most successful in business. She died on June 21, 1878.
Mr. Thompson returned to Coudersport in 1874 and in May
of that vear became one of the publishers and the first editor
of the Potter Enterprise. On Oct. 4, 1882, he was married to
Miss Eva Dyke. Their only child, Vesta Ella, was born on Oct.
10, 1886, On Sept. 16, 1914, she married DeGrover VanDeBoe,
born Aug. 23, 1&85, son of Carmi D. and Ida (Grover) VanDeBoe. He is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point. He was a Boy Scout executive from 1919 until his retirement in 1948, due to ill health. Children: Mrs. Gretchen Fesus, Mrs. Evelyn Dyke Mann, and Mrs. Wilhelmina Irvine.
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ZENAS J. THOMPSON died at the home of his son, W. W. Thompson Thursday morning, January 8, 1902. Had been a resident of Coudersport since 1857 and was 82 years old. Is survived by one son, two brothers, M. S. Thompson of this Boro, Monroe Thompson of Madison County, NY, and one sister, Miss Elmira Thompson of Chenango County, NY. His daughter, Ella, died some years ago in early womanhood, leaving her parents grief stricken, her mother mourning her life away till three years ago when she joined the daughter.
Mr. Thompson was born in Plymouth, Chenango County, January 3, 1820. In 1848 he married Miss Julia A. Stuart (Shuart?) of New York State, who died three years ago. Came to Coudersport in 1855 and engaged in business as a wagonmaker. His establishment was burned in the fire of 1880 and he afterward engaged in the grocery business in which he continued for some years. Funeral services conducted Friday by Rev. Frances Yarnell of the Episcopal Church. Burial in Eulalia Cemetery.
Early Obituaries of Potter County, PA
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WILLIAM W. THOMPSON passed away July 9, 1928 at his home in Coudersport. He was the son of Z. J. and Julia A. (Shuart) Thompson. Born at Mansfield, PA, Oct. 7, 1849. When a small child he with his parents and his sister, Ella, moved to Coudersport. Here he was educated in public and private schools and in 1865, at the age of 16 began his apprenticeship to the printing trade. In 1867 he purchased the Potter County Journal and was associated with Mrs. Vesta Dyke. Four years later he sold out to his partner, Mrs. Dyke, and went to Kansas. Three years later he was called home by the sickness and death of his younger sister, and in spite of a great desire to return to the west, he remained with his bereaved parents.
Again he went into the newspaper business. A stock company was organized of which he was the principal stockholder, and became the editor and publisher of the Potter Enterprise. He was a heavy loser in the fore of 1880, his office and all of his equipment being destroyed. Two hours after the fire was under control, he was at work in the Journal office, and in the morning an extra edition was ready for distribution. In 1886 he sold out his business and opened a jewelry store. Later he retired from that and took up optical work and in that he continued until his death.
In 1882 he married Eva D., the daughter of Mrs. Vesta C. Dyke, his former partner, and to them one child, Vesta Ellen was born. His wife, the daughter, Mrs. D. G. VanDeBoe, of Camp Hill, PA and three grandchildren, Gretchen, Evelyn Dyke, and Wilhelmina, survive him.
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