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Clyde O. Thompson

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

DATE OF BIRTH:

November 7, 1882

DATE OF DEATH:

December 30, 1903

GENDER:

M

OTHER KNOWN NAMES:

Clyde Thompson

ETHNICITY:

KNOWN ADDRESS:

Madison

SD

RELATED TO:

Ole T and Sophie (Hovland) Thompson
John P Hovland, uncle
Edna and Leigh Hovland, cousins

AT THE TIME OF the fire

AGE:

21

MARITAL STATUS:

Single

ROLE:

Audience Member

ORGANIZATIONAL AFFILIATION:

University of Wisconsin

ORGANIZATIONAL ROLE:

College Student

other information

CEMETERY:

Graceland Cemetery, Madison, SD

MORGUE:

IDENTIFIED BY:

John P. Hovland, uncle

OTHER NOTES:

A student at University of Wisconsin, Clyde Thompson was visiting his mother's brother in Chicago and had gone to the theater with his cousins Leigh and Edna Hovland.

CITATION:

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, Illinois) · 1 Jan 1904, Fri · Page 2
The Madison Daily Leader (Madison, South Dakota) Thu, Dec 31, 1903 Page 3
The Madison Daily Leader (Madison, South Dakota) Mon, Jan 04, 1904 Page 3
The Inter Ocean (Chicago, Illinois) Thu, Dec 31, 1903 Page 5

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: Karl Sup, Iroquois Theatre Fire Historical Society

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