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• Census: 24 Sep 1850, Guadalupe, Texas, United States
• Census: 18 Jun 1860, Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States
• Census: Jul 1870, Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States
• Census: 1 Jun 1880, Guadalupe, Texas, United States

Notes:

Residence: near Seguin, TX

Occupation: Methodist minister

From Findagrave:
In the Bicentennial Minutes, Mrs. Idalene Donegan reflects that early education probably began as early as 1842 with the arrival of Methodist Minister Reverend David Evans Thompson and his enterprising wife, Elizabeth Ann.

In 1845, Reverend Thompson had started a school and taught in Seguin's first schoolhouse on the northeastern corner of Nolte and Milam Streets. It was a three room adobe building which, by 1890, "succumbed to the elements." By 1849, Reverend Thompson, with the first trustees of the Methodist Church - Ezekiel Smith, Joshua Young, Wilson Randle, Thomas D. James, Thomas H. Duggan, James C. Watkins, and Charles A. Smith, built the first church at the northwestern corner of Austin and Market (Nolte) Streets. It was built with lumber shipped from Indianola, a three week trip. Today, one of the first church buildings in Seguin is located on the corner of south Camp and Washington Streets. It is a private residence.

Elizabeth Ann can only be described as a leader among women. She not only stood by her husband's side rather than behind him, she led the way during his absences. She was a member of the first graduation class of the Georgia Female College, later Wesleyan College, and the first woman teacher in Seguin. While her husband served in the Civil War, she literally ran the family plantation with the help of slaves. Cotton was planted and shipped to Mexico. She operated a cloth factory spinning cloth for the Confederacy as well.

From "Under the Live Oak Tree, A History of Seguin" by E. John Gesick, Jr.

David married Elizabeth Ann P. Bridges on 8 Aug 1843 in Jefferson, Georgia, United States. Elizabeth (daughter of Herod Flourney Bridges and Margaret Ware) was born on 11 Apr 1815 in Putnam, Georgia, United States; died on 9 Dec 1890 in Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States; was buried in Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
The transcribed marriage record says the marriage was 3 Aug , but the license was 8 Aug. One of the two must be wrong.

1. Sarah W. Thompson was born in 1844 in Georgia, United States; and died.
2. Mary S. Thompson was born in 1847 in Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States; and died.
3. Martha Frances Thompson was born in 1849 in Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States; died in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, United States.
4. James Fletcher Thompson was born in 1851 in Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States; and died.
5. Henry Bascomb Thompson was born in 1853 in Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States; died in Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States.
6. David E. Thompson was born in 1855 in Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States; died in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States.
7. Anne Elizabeth Thompson was born in 1857 in Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States; died in Austin, Travis, Texas, United States.