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Jeter Lynch Thompson

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Jeter Lynch Thompson
Birthdate:	September 29, 1818
Birthplace:	Old Cherokee Nation, Georgia, United States
Death:	October 29, 1869 (51) Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States
Place of Burial:	Tahlequah, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, United States
Immediate Family:	Son of James Allen Thompson and Martha "Patsy" Thompson Husband of Mary Jane Thompson Father of William Abbott Thompson; Richard Jeter Thompson; George M. Thompson; Albert Thompson; Annie M. McSpadden and 4 others Brother of Johnson Jefferson Thompson; John Martin Thompson; Matthew Thompson; Rachel Caroline Thompson; Maria Ann Thompson and 10 others

Managed by:	Alexis Mitchell Clark
Last Updated:	March 13, 2023

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Dr. Thompson is considered to be the first M.D. to practice in the Ind.Territory; he was the doctor accompanying the Cherokee wagon trains in the 49'ers gold rush to Calif.where he had to start a Cholera camp for many; (Wm.Goss died; Brice Martin died ;his brother Gabriel Martin had already died at Donner Spring) Along with his brothers he joined Stand Watie's troops in the Civil War. He was captured early and forced to serve as physician to Union troops at Fort Gibson. Husb. of Mary Jane Taylor. Son of James Allen & Martha Lynch Thompson. Father of 7 ch.

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1818	September 29, 1818	Birth of Jeter Lynch Thompson Old Cherokee Nation, Georgia, United States
1844	October 16, 1844	Birth of William Abbott Thompson Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States
	November 9, 1844	Birth of Richard Jeter Thompson Tahlequah, Cherokee, GA, USA
1846	October 16, 1846	Birth of William Abbott Thompson Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory
1848	September 4, 1848	Birth of George M. Thompson Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States
1850	1850	Birth of Albert Thompson Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, GA, USA
1852	May 4, 1852	Birth of Annie M. McSpadden Baylor County, Texas, United States
1854	January 28, 1854	Birth of Elizabeth Christine Thompson Delaware District, Cherokee, GA, USA
1856	January 9, 1856	Birth of Dr. Samuel Johnson Thompson Cherokee Nation, Indian Territory, United States
1857	October 9, 1857	Birth of Nannie B. Thompson Cherokee Nation, Indian Terriotry, United States

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