Hannah Thompson

"Col. Thompson died in 1779 at the age of 39, leaving Hannah and seven children. From 1780 until her death in 1789, Hannah Thompson ran the inn. The whole county was only one election district at the time, and all of the voters in the county had to travel to Hannah Thompson’s inn to vote. So, in 1784 and 1785, the county’s votes were cast in Hannah’s inn. After that, the county courthouse was completed, and the elections moved there."

Management of the inn then passed to Hannah’s son-in-law Archibald Darrah (it was a trendy name at the time, I guess). He rented it out to Frederick Hallman of Worcester in 1803, and according to W. H. Reed, it was around this time that the sign with a portrait of Thomas Jefferson appeared outside the inn. Over the next few years, the inn changed management several times, but it remained a gathering place for the local Democratic Republicans. It was also where local militia men†† would drill, and every year it had a large celebration for the 4th of July."

local militia men†† would have included the 1st Montgomery Troop who were renowned as having been staunch Democratic Republicans and included the like of PA State Sen John Mathys and his in laws of the Bean family : Hon. William Bean and Jesse Weber Bean.

After the death of Col. Thompson, her dau., Hannah married Archibald Darrah who later took over the inn.

When Archibald Darrah died, Hannah married the widower Jesse Bean.