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Note: He was born in Indiana and married in Vermillion Co., Illinois, March 1852. His wife, Rachel Haworth, is a descendant of the original Haworths. It is said that Georgetown, Illinois is named after her father George Haworth. Thompson came from Illinois to Kansas in 1858, and homesteaded near Council Grove. In 1863 moved to Saline Co., learning their land in Council Grove was to be included in an Indian reservation.
He served in the Saline County Cavalry Co., Volunteers, in 1863. (No record at National Archives), however there are Muster Rolls with his name on them.
His grand-daughter, Myrtle, said that he raised thoroughbred horses. In his will, there were, listed by their names, several stallions, brood mares and colts. His obituary listed him as a stockman.
LDS IGI 1997 Addendum shows that he was born in Marion, IN. There is no way to contact submitter of this information.
1850 Illinois, Vermillion Co. census
TROSPER, Thompson 19 b IN
He was enumerated with Wiliam N. Trosper and his family. This Wm. is his half brother.
1850 Illinois, Iroquois Co. census
TROSPER, Thompson 19 b IN
He was enumerated with William N. Trosper and his family.
1860 Kansas Territory, Morris Co., Grove Twp. census
TROSPER, Thompson 30 b IN
Rachel 32 b IN
John 5 b IL
Bruce 3 b IA
Julia 1 b IA
Family was also enumerated in Breckenridge Co., Kansas, Cahola Twp. one
month later. Julia was listed as Jane.
1860 Kansas Breckenridge Co., Cahala Twp. census
TROSPER, Thompson 30 b IN
Rachel 32 b IN
John S. 5 b IL
Bruce 3 b IA
Jane 1 b IA
Free inhabitants in Elm Creek in the County of Saline of Kansas, enumerated by me, on the 10th day of May (last enumeration was 8 June) 1865. Robert Crawford, Assessor.
In 1865 there was only one township, Elm Creek, in the county. Persons in dwellings numbered 1-21 lived in the village of Salina. Those in dwellings numbered 1 through and including 82 had a Salina post office, and those from 93-108 list Solomon City.
This index contains names of heads of household and other persons living in the same dwelling whose surname is different than the head of the household.
1865 Kansas Saline Co. census
TROSPER, Thompson 32 farmer b IN
Rachel w 32 b IL
John 12 b IL
Bruce 7 b IA
Julia W. 5 b Lyon Co., KS
Charles 3 b Lyon Co. KS
Franklin 1 b Saline Co. KS
1870 Kansas, Saline Co., Solomon Twp. census, page 40
TROSPER, Thompson 39 b IN
Rachel 39 b IL
John S. 17 b IL
Bruce 12 b O:
Juliette 11 b KS
Charles 8 b KS
Franklin 6 b KS
Emma 4 b KS
Anna 4 b KS
Edmund 1 b KS
1880 Kansas, Saline Co. census June 01, 1880, page 2; line
TROSPER, Thompson 49 Father born in NC, mother born in IN, crippled; injured from a fall
Rachel H. wife, 49 b IL Father born in TN b/place of mother not listed
John S., son, 27, b IL
Bruce, son, 23, b Iowa
Charles, son, 18, b KS
Franklin, son,
Emma & Anna twins, 14, b KS
Edmund, son, 11, b KS
His son's, Bruce, obituary stated that he (Bruce) was one of 9 children; 6 boys, and 3 girls. However, only 8 have ever shown up on a census.
MILITARY RECORD.
It was but three months from the time that Kansas was admitted as a State, when she was called upon to furnish her quota toward suppressing the rebellion. During the years 1859-60, the military organizations, formed for the protection of the people during the turbulent years preceding, had fallen into disuse or been entirely broken up. The citizens of Kansas, tired of strife, had gladly turned their thoughts and energies toward forwarding the arts of peace and swords had
been cheerfully exchanged for plowshares. At the breaking out of the civil war, the State government had no well-organized militia, no arms, accoutrements or supplies, nothing with which to meet the new
demand to be made upon her, except the united will of officials and citizens to be equal to the emergency.
The first call of the President for 75,000 militia was made April 15, 1861. Kansas furnished 650 men, and the Legislature immediately took measures to amend the military condition of the State. April 22, 1861, an act was passed providing "for the organization and discipline of the militia," under which, during Gov. Robinson's administration, that branch of service was very generally organized throughout the State: 180 companies being formed, and organized into two divisions, four brigades and eleven regiments. Many of these companies entered the volunteer service, entire, under the various calls thereafter made, and, of the remainder the number was very much diminished from the same cause. Under the second call of President Lincoln, May, 1861, for 400,000 volunteers, the First and Second Regiments were recruited, many whole companies marching to the place of rendezvous and offering their services, besides those accepted. At each succeeding demand of the Government, the response of Kansas was cordial and earnest; and this in the face of the stern fact that no extra pecuniary recompense could be offered by the young and by no means wealthy State, for their services, it being all she could do to meet the ordinary expenses of the situation. Kansas, neither as a State, nor by counties or cities was obliged to resort to the system of offering bounties, extra pay to families of soldiers, or any of the other expedients commonly employed to encourage recruiting. Her soldiers particularly after the first years of the war made terrible sacrifices in leaving their families whose sole support they were, and nothing but a most devoted patriotism could have induced them to do what they did. From the oft repeated testimony of their own lips, it is certain that no struggle was so cruel, no hardships so severe, as the pang of leaving home and family unprovided for. Nevertheless it was heroically done: the heroism being equally as great on the part of those who stayed to bear as those who went to do and dare.
Statistics show that the losses of Kansas regiments in killed in battle and from disease are greater per thousand than those of any other State. The peculiarly unhealthy localities in which a large part of
their service was performed, with the laborious nature of the service itself: long marches through a wild and unsettled country; outpost and scout duty; poor hospital accommodations when ill; all combined to
produce this result. It is noticeable that in the Northern regiments doing duty in like localities the
mortality was also very great. The first Kansas regiment was mustered in June 3, 1861, and the seventeenth, the last raised during the civil war, July 28, 1864.
The entire quota assigned to the State was 16,654, and the number raised was 20,097, leaving a surplus of 3,443 to the credit of Kansas.
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