Sarah Ellen “Sallie” Smith Thompson

Birth 1 Oct 1869 Missouri, USA

Death Sep 1960 (aged 90)

Burial Cottonwood Cemetery Cottonwood, Arizona

Verde Valley Pioneer

Sallie’s parents brought Sallie, Hulda and their other brothers and sisters from Missouri by covered wagon in 1886.

Sarah is a sister of Hulda (Smith) Dickinson-Marshall

Sallie and Bud were married on November 3, 1889, at Beaver Creek near Camp Verde, Arizona.

"Bud Thompson purchased the Godfrey Van Dern homestead at Van Deren Crossing of the Verde River – which became Thompson Crossing which became Bridgeport after the bridge was constructed.

Additional information about Bud and Sallie along with the Dickinson family and many other Verde Valley Pioneers in the book Pioneer Stories of Arizona’s Verde Valley ©2019.

Parents
Maurice Calvin Adkins "Morris" Smith 1827–1900

Mary Jane Bristow Smith 1842–1931

Spouse

Renos Thompson 1853–1931 (m. 1929)           Cottonwood Cemetery Cottonwood, Arizona

Siblings

James Segal "Bud" Smith 1861–1955

William Edward Smith 1864–1929                      Glendale Memorial Park Glendale, Arizona                  

Armittie Dell "Mittie" Smith Hamilton 1865–1958

Julia Sherman Smith Mahan 1868–1922          Middle Verde Cemetery Camp Verde, Arizona

Wyatt Adkins Smith 1872–1964

Benjamin Alexis Smith 1876–1970

Maurice Calvin Smith 1879–1960

Hulda Susan Smith Dickinson-Marshall 1881–1985

Children

Aubrey Franklin Thompson 1891–1965               Cottonwood Cemetery Cottonwood, Arizona

Artie Thompson 1892–1939                                  Cottonwood Cemetery Cottonwood, Arizona

Alvin Maurice Thompson 1897–1976                  Thompson Family Cemetery Cornville, Arizona

Barney Smith Thompson 1901–1983                   Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cypress, California

Donovan "Don" Marion Thompson 1903–1968  Cottonwood Cemetery Cottonwood, Arizona

Edna Lee Thompson Major 1912–1980              Valley View Cemetery Clarkdale, Arizona