BIOGRAPHY: Moses R. THOMPSON, Mifflin County, PA

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The Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley, Comprising 
the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata, and Perry, Pennsylvania.
Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897, Volume I, pages 426-427.

  DR. MOSES R. THOMPSON, Lewistown, Mifflin county, Pa., was born at Milroy, 
Mifflin county, December 24, 1827.  He is a son of Robert M. and Sarah 
(McManigal) Thompson.  The family is of the good Scotch-Irish stock, which makes 
up so large and so valuable a part of this Commonwealth.  The Doctor's grandson 
was Moses Thompson, who married Miss Adams, of Juniata county.  They had the 
following children:  William, married Miss McFarlane, who died, after which he 
was again married;  James, married Jane Reed;  Robert M.;  Samuel, married Nancy 
Cooper, of Hollidaysburg, Pa.; and Nancy (Mrs. John Mitchell), of Centre county, 
Pa.  The maternal grandparents of Dr. Thompson were William and Fanny (Kenny) 
McManigal.  Their children were:  Robert, married Elizabeth Bell, was elected 
sheriff of Mifflin county, and served one term;  Thompson, married Rachel 
Martin;  Elizabeth, married James M. Brown, her sister-in-law's brother;  and 
Sarah (Mrs. Robert M. Thompson).  The children of Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. 
Thompson are:  Isabella, died very young;  William, died from an accident in 
early childhood;  Dr. Sidney, married to Louisa K. Isett, resided in Huntingdon 
county, died, leaving his wife and five children;  William John, killed by an 
accident on the Pennsylvania railroad, left a widow, a daughter of Rev. Samuel 
Lawrence, from Plainfield, N. J., with two children;  Dr. Moses R.;  Ira, 
married Sarah M. Brown, has five children;  Ner, married Elizabeth Highland, has 
one child;  and Sarah E., wife of John Culbertson, of Logan, O., has three 
children.
  Moses R. Thompson was educated in the common schools of Milroy.  When he was 
eighteen years old, his father died.  For several years after, he cultivated his 
father's farm;  then he taught at the Laurel Run school-house for four winter 
terms, and at the Milroy Academy for two terms.  He then began the study of 
dentistry, which he pursued under Dr. Locke, at Lewistown, for one year before 
entering the White Dental College at Philadelphia.  He studied there for a year;  
then returned home, and in 1857 began practise in Milroy.  In 1865, Dr. Thompson 
removed to Lewistown, where he has ever since practised with great success, 
enjoying the confidence of a large circle of patients.  The Doctor is a member 
in good standing of Lodge No. 255, K. of  P., at Lewistown.  He is a Republican.
  Dr. Moses R. Thompson was married January 8, 1850, to Martha Cooper, born 
November 30, 1827, sister of Rev. Samuel Cooper.  Their children are:  Robert 
H., born May 5, 1851, died September 29, 1855;  Elizabeth W., born May 3, 1854, 
married Harry Van Zandt, has one child;  Millard, born July 25, 1856, died 
February 4, 1859;  Malvern Milroy, born March 3, 1863, married Christiana 
McAnsh,  has two children;  Edwin and Mary, twins, born October 3, 1865, the 
former died January 29, 1867.  Mrs. Martha Thompson died November 21, 1871, 
universally regretted as a woman affectionate and faithful in every relation of 
life, in the family, in the church, and in society.  Dr. Thompson was again 
married, August 3, 1876, to Willa Jane McClenahan, whose parents are both 
deceased;  her father died in 1866, and her mother died December 24, 1894.
  The children of Mr. and Mrs. McClenahan were five in number:  Emma Elizabeth 
(Mrs. James Dorman), has one child;  Mary Ellen (Mrs. Samuel Roland), has one 
child;  Willa Jane (Mrs. Thompson);   Sarah Margaret Bell (Mrs. William T. 
McCafferty);  and Andrew Clark, died aged seven.  The first marriage of Mr. 
McClenahan was with Sarah Harper, who died, leaving him four children:  John;  
Robert G.;  James L.;  and Elmira.  Mrs. Thompson's father, Mr. McClenahan, was 
one of four children.  Her maternal grandparents were Robert and Margaret (Bell) 
Dorman.  Their children are:  Elizabeth;  Mary;  James;  Catherine, who was the 
mother of Mrs. Thompson.  Dr. and Mrs. Thompson are members of the Presbyterian 
church.