Rev. Peter Thompson

Marriage: Margaret Grierson - 13 October 1892 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Obituary:
The Rev. Peter Thompson, pastor of the Ontario Street Methodist Episcopal Church, Buffalo, passed away May 5, 1921, at his home at No. 72 Riverside avenue, from heart disease. He was fifty-seven years old. The Rev. Thompson was one of the best known Methodist ministers in western New York, and since last fall had been serving as pastor of the Ontario street church. Mr. Thompson had been ill only ten days. He was stricken with an acute form of heart disease after conducting his sermon two weeks before. He went to his home where he was confined to his bed. Rev. Thompson was born in Durham county, England, March 5, 1863. He entered the ministry in that country and when he was thirty years old came to America. He was immediately ordained at the Genesee conference. His first church was the Ripley Memorial M. E., corner of Thompson and Farmer street, Buffalo. He served there several years and then went to Rochester where he remained for four years after which he was called to Clarence, N. Y. Since that time he served in Tonawanda, Hamburg, Gowanda, Spencerport and two Buffalo churches.