Rosanna was the daughter of John and Rosanna (Cormack) Gordon. She first shows up in the church records of the Union Methodist Episcopal Church in 1824 when she was accepted as a member. She's listed there through 1829. (The available records stop in 1829)
She married Lewis Thompson on 3 Jun 1830 in Philadelphia at the Union Methodist Episcopl Church. They had eight children, five who reached maturity.
Both Rosanna and her husband, Lewis, were outspoken members of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society and even maintained a house on the underground railroad.
All their sons were in the Army during the Civil War. One son, Lewis Tappan Thompson, was in Libby Prison and later rejoined the military to fight in the Indian Wars. He was with Gen. Gibbon when they found General Custer and his command dead on the Little Big Horn. Lewis Tappan committed suicide a short distance away three weeks later. He was buried there on a hill. A year later his brother located his remains and Lewis was re-interred in the Thompson Memorial Cemetery.
Lewis & Rosanna's daughter, Matilda Gordon Thompson, married Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, Military Governor of South Carolina during the Civil War. They had no children. She met him in South Carolina where she had gone with her brother, James Gordon Thompson, to aid in the education of ex-slaves. As a young girl she wrote several stories about slaves for the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society.
James G. Thompson, was a newspaper editor and started the first newspaper in Beaufort, South Carolina after the Civil War. He remained there until 1880 when he removed to Washington DC where he worked in the post office.
Another son, Thomas Neeley Thompson, practiced medicine and edited a newspaper in Kansas.
Charles Burleigh Thompson also entered the military, fought Indians, died and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery near his brother-in-law Rufus Saxton.
Two children, William Wells and Mary Lowber died in infancy. A third, Marion Gordon died at eight years old.
Rosanna was involved in the Women's Suffrage Movement and was a member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association as early as June 1866. She was named Honorary Vice President from 1893-1900.
After her husband's death, Rosanna moved around, living with her daughter, Matilda, and Gen. Saxton in San Francisco and Oregon. It was at their home in Washington D.C. where she died.
She married Lewis Thompson on 3 Jun 1830 in Philadelphia at the Union Methodist Episcopl Church. They had eight children, five who reached maturity.
Both Rosanna and her husband, Lewis, were outspoken members of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society and even maintained a house on the underground railroad.
All their sons were in the Army during the Civil War. One son, Lewis Tappan Thompson, was in Libby Prison and later rejoined the military to fight in the Indian Wars. He was with Gen. Gibbon when they found General Custer and his command dead on the Little Big Horn. Lewis Tappan committed suicide a short distance away three weeks later. He was buried there on a hill. A year later his brother located his remains and Lewis was re-interred in the Thompson Memorial Cemetery.
Lewis & Rosanna's daughter, Matilda Gordon Thompson, married Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, Military Governor of South Carolina during the Civil War. They had no children. She met him in South Carolina where she had gone with her brother, James Gordon Thompson, to aid in the education of ex-slaves. As a young girl she wrote several stories about slaves for the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society.
James G. Thompson, was a newspaper editor and started the first newspaper in Beaufort, South Carolina after the Civil War. He remained there until 1880 when he removed to Washington DC where he worked in the post office.
Another son, Thomas Neeley Thompson, practiced medicine and edited a newspaper in Kansas.
Charles Burleigh Thompson also entered the military, fought Indians, died and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery near his brother-in-law Rufus Saxton.
Two children, William Wells and Mary Lowber died in infancy. A third, Marion Gordon died at eight years old.
Rosanna was involved in the Women's Suffrage Movement and was a member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association as early as June 1866. She was named Honorary Vice President from 1893-1900.
After her husband's death, Rosanna moved around, living with her daughter, Matilda, and Gen. Saxton in San Francisco and Oregon. It was at their home in Washington D.C. where she died.
Rosanna was the daughter of John and Rosanna (Cormack) Gordon. She first shows up in the church records of the Union Methodist Episcopal Church in 1824 when she was accepted as a member. She's listed there through 1829. (The available records stop in 1829)
She married Lewis Thompson on 3 Jun 1830 in Philadelphia at the Union Methodist Episcopl Church. They had eight children, five who reached maturity.
Both Rosanna and her husband, Lewis, were outspoken members of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society and even maintained a house on the underground railroad.
All their sons were in the Army during the Civil War. One son, Lewis Tappan Thompson, was in Libby Prison and later rejoined the military to fight in the Indian Wars. He was with Gen. Gibbon when they found General Custer and his command dead on the Little Big Horn. Lewis Tappan committed suicide a short distance away three weeks later. He was buried there on a hill. A year later his brother located his remains and Lewis was re-interred in the Thompson Memorial Cemetery.
Lewis & Rosanna's daughter, Matilda Gordon Thompson, married Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, Military Governor of South Carolina during the Civil War. They had no children. She met him in South Carolina where she had gone with her brother, James Gordon Thompson, to aid in the education of ex-slaves. As a young girl she wrote several stories about slaves for the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society.
James G. Thompson, was a newspaper editor and started the first newspaper in Beaufort, South Carolina after the Civil War. He remained there until 1880 when he removed to Washington DC where he worked in the post office.
Another son, Thomas Neeley Thompson, practiced medicine and edited a newspaper in Kansas.
Charles Burleigh Thompson also entered the military, fought Indians, died and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery near his brother-in-law Rufus Saxton.
Two children, William Wells and Mary Lowber died in infancy. A third, Marion Gordon died at eight years old.
Rosanna was involved in the Women's Suffrage Movement and was a member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association as early as June 1866. She was named Honorary Vice President from 1893-1900.
After her husband's death, Rosanna moved around, living with her daughter, Matilda, and Gen. Saxton in San Francisco and Oregon. It was at their home in Washington D.C. where she died.
She married Lewis Thompson on 3 Jun 1830 in Philadelphia at the Union Methodist Episcopl Church. They had eight children, five who reached maturity.
Both Rosanna and her husband, Lewis, were outspoken members of the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society and even maintained a house on the underground railroad.
All their sons were in the Army during the Civil War. One son, Lewis Tappan Thompson, was in Libby Prison and later rejoined the military to fight in the Indian Wars. He was with Gen. Gibbon when they found General Custer and his command dead on the Little Big Horn. Lewis Tappan committed suicide a short distance away three weeks later. He was buried there on a hill. A year later his brother located his remains and Lewis was re-interred in the Thompson Memorial Cemetery.
Lewis & Rosanna's daughter, Matilda Gordon Thompson, married Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton, Military Governor of South Carolina during the Civil War. They had no children. She met him in South Carolina where she had gone with her brother, James Gordon Thompson, to aid in the education of ex-slaves. As a young girl she wrote several stories about slaves for the Philadelphia Anti-Slavery Society.
James G. Thompson, was a newspaper editor and started the first newspaper in Beaufort, South Carolina after the Civil War. He remained there until 1880 when he removed to Washington DC where he worked in the post office.
Another son, Thomas Neeley Thompson, practiced medicine and edited a newspaper in Kansas.
Charles Burleigh Thompson also entered the military, fought Indians, died and was buried at Arlington National Cemetery near his brother-in-law Rufus Saxton.
Two children, William Wells and Mary Lowber died in infancy. A third, Marion Gordon died at eight years old.
Rosanna was involved in the Women's Suffrage Movement and was a member of the National American Woman Suffrage Association as early as June 1866. She was named Honorary Vice President from 1893-1900.
After her husband's death, Rosanna moved around, living with her daughter, Matilda, and Gen. Saxton in San Francisco and Oregon. It was at their home in Washington D.C. where she died.
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