William Gatewood THOMPSON

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The Klickitat County Agriculturist, Goldendale, WA., January 3, 1930, page 4 "Local Doings"The funeral of the late Sarah Jane Thompson, of Cliffs, was held from the Chapman Chapel, in Goldendale, on Monday, December 30, 1929, Rev. R.C. Young, pastor of the Methodist church, officiating. Interment was in the Odd Fellows' cemetery.Mrs. Thompson was a sister of the late Wm. C. Burgen of Goldendale, and was among the earliest pioneers of Klickitat county.------------------The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., January 3, 1930, page 1SARAH JANE THOMPSONSarah Jane Burgen was born near Kansas City, Missouri, January 3rd, 1847, and moved with her parents, John S. and Susan Burgen, to Linn County, Oregon in 1852, locating near Scio, and in 1859 they came to the then wilderness, Klickitat County, where her father took up a homestead about 4 miles south of Goldendale on the Swale.Here she lived until her marriage to William G. Thompson in 1866 then moved to near Cliffs, Wash., where he took up a homestead and has resided there continuously until her death which occurred December 27, 1929, being 82 years, 11 months and 24 days of age.There were six children born to this union, four of whom survive her: Mrs. Belle McGrath, Wishram, Wash.; Mrs. C.K. Andrews, Portland, Ore.; John O., Charleston, Ore. and Walter of Cliffs, Wash. She also leaves two brothers and four sisters: Mrs. Nancy Graham and Mrs. Lydia Branton, Goldendale, Wash.; Mrs. Mary Wallis, Portland, Ore.; Mrs. Emma Pierce, Kent, Wash.; Thomas Burgen, Ephrata, Wash., and Oscar Burgen, Spokane, Wash. There are seven grandchildren and seven great grandchildren left to mourn her passing.Funeral services were held from the Chapman chapel Monday, Dec. 30th, 1929, at 2 o'clock with Rev. R.C. Young officiating. Interment followed in the family plot in the I.O.O.F. cemetery.