Our Family History
The Genealogy of the Thompson Family
Mary Idonia Thompson
1897 - 1989 (92 years)-
Name Mary Idonia Thompson Nickname Idonia Birth 14 Feb 1897 Mercer County, Missouri Gender Female Death 28 Jun 1989 Colby, Thomas County, Kansas Burial 01 Jul 1989 Brewster Cemetery, Brewster, Kansas Person ID i21 Thompson Last Modified 29 Apr 2023
Father William Sheldon Thompson, b. 28 Apr 1860, Shelby County, Illinois d. 17 Feb 1946, Brewster, Thomas County, Kansas (Age 85 years) Mother Nancy Ann Cox, b. 05 Jan 1859, Mercer County, Missouri d. 03 Feb 1937, Rawlins County, Kansas (Age 78 years) Marriage 31 Aug 1882 Mercer County, Missouri Family ID F4 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Roy William Tracy, b. 27 Feb 1891, Minor, Rawlins County, Kansas d. 28 Jun 1937, Brewster, Thomas County, Kansas (Age 46 years) Marriage 04 Feb 1919 McDonald, Kansas Children + 1. John William Tracy, b. 28 Jan 1920, McDonald, Kansas d. 05 Apr 1983, Goodland, Kansas (Age 63 years) + 2. Edna Luella Tracy, b. 07 Apr 1922, McDonald, Kansas d. 28 Oct 1968, Goodland, Kansas (Age 46 years) Family ID F45 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 19 Feb 2003
Family 2 William Lewis Wright, b. 28 Apr 1895, Clifton, Kansas d. 12 Sep 1980, Colby, Kansas (Age 85 years) Marriage 30 Jan 1943 Brewster, Kansas Family ID F46 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 20 Jan 2003
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Photos Mary Idonia Thompson
Taken about 1906.Idonia and Addie Thompson
Idonia Thompson (sitting) and Addie Thompson (standing)Idonia and Bill Wright
Idonia and Bill WrightWilliam Sheldon And Nancy Ann (Cox)Thompson's Children
Left to Right: Elmer, Idonia, Fred, Addie, Ivan, Bessie, Charley and Chancy Thompson. Only one missing is William, he passed away in 1924.Mary Idonia Thompson
Taken in the mid 1950s.Mary Idonia Thompson
Mary Idonia ThompsonFred, Idonia and Elmer Thompson
Taken 23 Mar 1977.6 Cox Cousins
Back Row Left to right: Climentine Hampton, Mary Idonia Thompson, Iona May Cox, Addie Rae Thompson and in front are: Nellie Hampton on the left and Dora Brown on the right. Taken in 1913.William Sheldon Thompson and Family
William Sheldon Thompson and Family Abt 1905
L-R Back Row: William Esma, Bessie Mae, Charley Edger, William Sheldon, Chancy Burton, Ivan Coxy
L-R Front Row: Addie Rae, Elmer Alexander, Nancy Ann, Fredrick McKinley, Mary IdoniaWilliam Sheldon Thompson and Family Abt 1905
L-R Back Row: William Esma, Bessie Mae, Charley Edger, William Sheldon, Chancy Burton, Ivan Coxy
L-R Front Row: Addie Rae, Elmer Alexander, Nancy Ann, Fredrick McKinley, Mary Idonia
Documents 1900 United States Federal Census Record - Somersett Township, Mercer County, Missouri - Sheet 4 1905 - Kansas State Census Collection, 1855-1925 Record - Barrett, Thomas County. Kansas - Page 5 1910 United States Federal Census Record - Hale, Thomas County, Kansas - Sheet 1 1930 United States Federal Census Record - Rotate, Rawlins County, Kansas - Sheet 1 Roy William Tracy and Family 1925 Rawlins Kansas Census
Roy William Tracy and Family 1925 Rawlins Kansas CensusRoy and Idonia Thompson Tracy Marriage announcement
Roy and Idonia Thompson Tracy Marriage announcement
The Square Deal
13 Feb 1919, Thu - Page 12
Headstones Thompson, Mary Idonia
Tracy, M. Idonia 1897 - 1989, Roy W. 1891 - 1937.
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Plot: sec 1st; blk ; lot 108; space 3
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Notes - Idonia Wright
Mary Idonia Wright, 92, a longtime Thomas Coutny resident, died June 28 at the Thomas County Care Center in Colby. She had been a resident at the center since April 1984.
Funeral services have been set for Saturday, July 1 at 10:30a.m. CDT at the Brewster United Methodist Church with the Rev. James Brackett officiating. Burial will follow in the Brewster Cemetery. Friends may pay respects at Koons Chapel on Friday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. MDT and before services Saturday.
Memorials may be made to the Brewster Heritage Center and can be left at Koons Chapel.
Mrs. Wright was born Feb. 14, 1897 in Mercer County, Mo., the daughter of William and Nancy (cox) Thompson. The family moved to Brewster by covered wagon when she was six years old.
She married Roy Tracy, Feb. 4, 1919 at McDonald, Kan. He preceded her in death in 1937, in 1942 she and her two children left the farm and moved to Brewster.
She married William L. Wright, Jan 30, 1943. He preceded her in death in 1980.
She was a member of the Brewster United Methodist Church, the Colby American Legion Auxiliary, Lowell Coleman V.F.W. Auxiliary in Goodland and N.W.K.R.S.V.P. of Brewster.
Mrs. Wright is survived by a daughter-in-law, Hazel Tracy; granddaughter, Jolene Miller of Goodland; nephew, George Bear and niece, Nancy Sporing, both of Goodland; a granddaughter Beverly Goering of Fort Collins, Colo.; a grandson, Roy Cody of Olympia, Wash. and a grandson, Sam Cody of Atwood; six great-grandchildren and three step-great-grandchildren; as well as severalo other nieces and nephews and a sister-in-law, Thelma Thompson of Westminster, Colo.
She was preceded in death by her son, John Tracy, a daughter, Edna L. Cody and one great-granddaughter, Katherine E. Cody; her parents, six brothers, and two sisters.
- Idonia Wright