Son of Sampson Thistle & Susanna Tomlinson. Born at the Thistle Farm which later became part of New Martinsville. Married to Mary Ellen Soper on 19 Dec 1850 in Sistersville, WV. 6 kids.
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JAMES BAKER THISTLE, the ninth child of Sampson, Senior, and Susan, was born on the farm on Wednesday, July 27, 1825. One of his old "copy books" shows that he was doing school work of about fourth or fifth grade level in arithmetic and writing in 1842.
On August 21, 1847, he acquired from his parents Lot No. 42 on Main Street in New Martinsville, Wetzel County, for $300. Twelve years later, on Deceber 19, 1859, he sold the lot to Ephraim Palmer fir $200. Apparently he was not a wise investor. On December 19, 1850, he and Mary Ellen, daughter of Abraham D. Soper were married at Sisterville, (W.) Va., by the Reverend Mr. G. Monroe. They made their home in the small house (cottage) built for them about a year after their marriage; it was located near the larger house occupied by his parents. On November 4, 1858, James and his wife sold their interest in his father's estate to James' brother Sampson for $1500. With the money he supposedly purchased a 101 acre farm on Iver's Flat near Middlebourne in Tyler County. They never lived on the farm.
James' brother Sampson persuaded him to live on and care for the old family farm at Gravel Bottom. He spent the remainder of his life there.
His brothers, Archibald and Sampson, held a mortgage for $800 on the Iver's Flat land. In her will, his mother, Susan, left in trust for him $800 in Stock in the State of Virginia with Archibald and Sampson as trustees; the income from this trust was to pay the interest on the Iver's Flat mortgage so James would not lose the farm.
During the Civil War he drilled in the militia. When he was drafted into the Union Army he and his brother Archibald went on horseback to Moundsville and on to Wheeling by train ("on the cars"). There James passed the physical examination and he and his brother returned home by steamboat. Archibald personally hired a substitute for James, paying him $800.
After his mother's death in 1860 he moved his family from the cottage into the home which had been occupied by his parents; his two youngest children were born there. Ten years later in April 1870, while preparing to plant potatoes, he was engaged in breaking a young horse to the plow. He became overheated and removed his coat while he stopped to rest. He contracted a cold that developed into pneumonia ("hasty consumption") which proved fatal on June 25, 1870.
About a year later Mary Ellen brought her fatherless family to Sistersville where they lived in a house owned by her father, A. D. Soper; it was situated across from his own residence which was at 507 Water Street. Later he gave her the house at 507 where she spent the balance of her life. She was in New York City visiting her several sisters there when she died on Wednesday, June 24, 1914. Her body was returned to Sistersville where she was buried in Oakwood Cemetery on June 27. Two weeks prior to her death she had celebrated her 88th anniversary of her birth. In January, 1914, she had transferred the ownership of her house at 507 Water Street to her children. Later, Julia, her older child, purchased the interests of all the other children.
James and Mary Ellen had six children: Julia, Susan, Sampson, Lauretta, Ida May, and John.
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Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 about Mary E. Soper
Name: Mary E. Soper
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: James B. Thistle
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 19 Dec 1850
County: Tyler
State: Virginia
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JAMES BAKER THISTLE, the ninth child of Sampson, Senior, and Susan, was born on the farm on Wednesday, July 27, 1825. One of his old "copy books" shows that he was doing school work of about fourth or fifth grade level in arithmetic and writing in 1842.
On August 21, 1847, he acquired from his parents Lot No. 42 on Main Street in New Martinsville, Wetzel County, for $300. Twelve years later, on Deceber 19, 1859, he sold the lot to Ephraim Palmer fir $200. Apparently he was not a wise investor. On December 19, 1850, he and Mary Ellen, daughter of Abraham D. Soper were married at Sisterville, (W.) Va., by the Reverend Mr. G. Monroe. They made their home in the small house (cottage) built for them about a year after their marriage; it was located near the larger house occupied by his parents. On November 4, 1858, James and his wife sold their interest in his father's estate to James' brother Sampson for $1500. With the money he supposedly purchased a 101 acre farm on Iver's Flat near Middlebourne in Tyler County. They never lived on the farm.
James' brother Sampson persuaded him to live on and care for the old family farm at Gravel Bottom. He spent the remainder of his life there.
His brothers, Archibald and Sampson, held a mortgage for $800 on the Iver's Flat land. In her will, his mother, Susan, left in trust for him $800 in Stock in the State of Virginia with Archibald and Sampson as trustees; the income from this trust was to pay the interest on the Iver's Flat mortgage so James would not lose the farm.
During the Civil War he drilled in the militia. When he was drafted into the Union Army he and his brother Archibald went on horseback to Moundsville and on to Wheeling by train ("on the cars"). There James passed the physical examination and he and his brother returned home by steamboat. Archibald personally hired a substitute for James, paying him $800.
After his mother's death in 1860 he moved his family from the cottage into the home which had been occupied by his parents; his two youngest children were born there. Ten years later in April 1870, while preparing to plant potatoes, he was engaged in breaking a young horse to the plow. He became overheated and removed his coat while he stopped to rest. He contracted a cold that developed into pneumonia ("hasty consumption") which proved fatal on June 25, 1870.
About a year later Mary Ellen brought her fatherless family to Sistersville where they lived in a house owned by her father, A. D. Soper; it was situated across from his own residence which was at 507 Water Street. Later he gave her the house at 507 where she spent the balance of her life. She was in New York City visiting her several sisters there when she died on Wednesday, June 24, 1914. Her body was returned to Sistersville where she was buried in Oakwood Cemetery on June 27. Two weeks prior to her death she had celebrated her 88th anniversary of her birth. In January, 1914, she had transferred the ownership of her house at 507 Water Street to her children. Later, Julia, her older child, purchased the interests of all the other children.
James and Mary Ellen had six children: Julia, Susan, Sampson, Lauretta, Ida May, and John.
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Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 about Mary E. Soper
Name: Mary E. Soper
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: James B. Thistle
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 19 Dec 1850
County: Tyler
State: Virginia
Son of Sampson Thistle & Susanna Tomlinson. Born at the Thistle Farm which later became part of New Martinsville. Married to Mary Ellen Soper on 19 Dec 1850 in Sistersville, WV. 6 kids.
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JAMES BAKER THISTLE, the ninth child of Sampson, Senior, and Susan, was born on the farm on Wednesday, July 27, 1825. One of his old "copy books" shows that he was doing school work of about fourth or fifth grade level in arithmetic and writing in 1842.
On August 21, 1847, he acquired from his parents Lot No. 42 on Main Street in New Martinsville, Wetzel County, for $300. Twelve years later, on Deceber 19, 1859, he sold the lot to Ephraim Palmer fir $200. Apparently he was not a wise investor. On December 19, 1850, he and Mary Ellen, daughter of Abraham D. Soper were married at Sisterville, (W.) Va., by the Reverend Mr. G. Monroe. They made their home in the small house (cottage) built for them about a year after their marriage; it was located near the larger house occupied by his parents. On November 4, 1858, James and his wife sold their interest in his father's estate to James' brother Sampson for $1500. With the money he supposedly purchased a 101 acre farm on Iver's Flat near Middlebourne in Tyler County. They never lived on the farm.
James' brother Sampson persuaded him to live on and care for the old family farm at Gravel Bottom. He spent the remainder of his life there.
His brothers, Archibald and Sampson, held a mortgage for $800 on the Iver's Flat land. In her will, his mother, Susan, left in trust for him $800 in Stock in the State of Virginia with Archibald and Sampson as trustees; the income from this trust was to pay the interest on the Iver's Flat mortgage so James would not lose the farm.
During the Civil War he drilled in the militia. When he was drafted into the Union Army he and his brother Archibald went on horseback to Moundsville and on to Wheeling by train ("on the cars"). There James passed the physical examination and he and his brother returned home by steamboat. Archibald personally hired a substitute for James, paying him $800.
After his mother's death in 1860 he moved his family from the cottage into the home which had been occupied by his parents; his two youngest children were born there. Ten years later in April 1870, while preparing to plant potatoes, he was engaged in breaking a young horse to the plow. He became overheated and removed his coat while he stopped to rest. He contracted a cold that developed into pneumonia ("hasty consumption") which proved fatal on June 25, 1870.
About a year later Mary Ellen brought her fatherless family to Sistersville where they lived in a house owned by her father, A. D. Soper; it was situated across from his own residence which was at 507 Water Street. Later he gave her the house at 507 where she spent the balance of her life. She was in New York City visiting her several sisters there when she died on Wednesday, June 24, 1914. Her body was returned to Sistersville where she was buried in Oakwood Cemetery on June 27. Two weeks prior to her death she had celebrated her 88th anniversary of her birth. In January, 1914, she had transferred the ownership of her house at 507 Water Street to her children. Later, Julia, her older child, purchased the interests of all the other children.
James and Mary Ellen had six children: Julia, Susan, Sampson, Lauretta, Ida May, and John.
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Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 about Mary E. Soper
Name: Mary E. Soper
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: James B. Thistle
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 19 Dec 1850
County: Tyler
State: Virginia
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JAMES BAKER THISTLE, the ninth child of Sampson, Senior, and Susan, was born on the farm on Wednesday, July 27, 1825. One of his old "copy books" shows that he was doing school work of about fourth or fifth grade level in arithmetic and writing in 1842.
On August 21, 1847, he acquired from his parents Lot No. 42 on Main Street in New Martinsville, Wetzel County, for $300. Twelve years later, on Deceber 19, 1859, he sold the lot to Ephraim Palmer fir $200. Apparently he was not a wise investor. On December 19, 1850, he and Mary Ellen, daughter of Abraham D. Soper were married at Sisterville, (W.) Va., by the Reverend Mr. G. Monroe. They made their home in the small house (cottage) built for them about a year after their marriage; it was located near the larger house occupied by his parents. On November 4, 1858, James and his wife sold their interest in his father's estate to James' brother Sampson for $1500. With the money he supposedly purchased a 101 acre farm on Iver's Flat near Middlebourne in Tyler County. They never lived on the farm.
James' brother Sampson persuaded him to live on and care for the old family farm at Gravel Bottom. He spent the remainder of his life there.
His brothers, Archibald and Sampson, held a mortgage for $800 on the Iver's Flat land. In her will, his mother, Susan, left in trust for him $800 in Stock in the State of Virginia with Archibald and Sampson as trustees; the income from this trust was to pay the interest on the Iver's Flat mortgage so James would not lose the farm.
During the Civil War he drilled in the militia. When he was drafted into the Union Army he and his brother Archibald went on horseback to Moundsville and on to Wheeling by train ("on the cars"). There James passed the physical examination and he and his brother returned home by steamboat. Archibald personally hired a substitute for James, paying him $800.
After his mother's death in 1860 he moved his family from the cottage into the home which had been occupied by his parents; his two youngest children were born there. Ten years later in April 1870, while preparing to plant potatoes, he was engaged in breaking a young horse to the plow. He became overheated and removed his coat while he stopped to rest. He contracted a cold that developed into pneumonia ("hasty consumption") which proved fatal on June 25, 1870.
About a year later Mary Ellen brought her fatherless family to Sistersville where they lived in a house owned by her father, A. D. Soper; it was situated across from his own residence which was at 507 Water Street. Later he gave her the house at 507 where she spent the balance of her life. She was in New York City visiting her several sisters there when she died on Wednesday, June 24, 1914. Her body was returned to Sistersville where she was buried in Oakwood Cemetery on June 27. Two weeks prior to her death she had celebrated her 88th anniversary of her birth. In January, 1914, she had transferred the ownership of her house at 507 Water Street to her children. Later, Julia, her older child, purchased the interests of all the other children.
James and Mary Ellen had six children: Julia, Susan, Sampson, Lauretta, Ida May, and John.
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Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850 about Mary E. Soper
Name: Mary E. Soper
Gender: Female
Spouse Name: James B. Thistle
Spouse Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 19 Dec 1850
County: Tyler
State: Virginia
Family Members
Siblings
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Benjamin Tomlinson Thistle
1808–1843
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Evalina Phillips Thistle Russell
1810–1895
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Rebecca Williams Thistle Cox
1812–1838
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George Samuel Thistle
1814–1897
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Samuel Tomlinson Thistle
1816–1891
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Archibald Thistle
1818–1896
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Susan Baker Thistle Cox
1821–1900
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Sampson "Uncle Samp" Thistle
1823–1890
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Eliza Baker Thistle McCoy
1828–1915
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Martha Wingard Thistle Wells
1832–1879
