THOMPSON, James

Date of birth:  About 1869
Date of death: 17 Jan 1890 – Edinburg, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, January 24, 1890,
Volume XXX Number 31, page 3 column 4

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

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James Thompson of Edinburg, a young man addicted to cigarette smok­ing, and who pursued the habit until his throat became ulcerated by the poison inhaled, died on Saturday.

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, January 24, 1890,
Volume XXX Number 31, page 6 column 2

FROM OVER THE COUNTY.

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LOCATION.

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James Thompson, of Edinburg, whom we noticed last week as being seriously ill, died at his home in that place last Friday about noon. His death is attri­buted to excessive cigarette smoking, which brought on ulceration of the membranes of the mouth and throat. He was a bright and promising young man and was just recently married to a daughter of Adam Mutz of the same place. Deceased was a member of the K. of P. and a good [number] of the boys from this city attended the funeral on Sunday.

Link to James Thompson’s grave

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 205, referencing Book H-25, page 20, records that James S. Thompson, a twenty-one-year-old white male, died 17 Jan 1890 in Edinburg.

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry