at 295 Madison Avenue and summered at The Anchorage in Highland, New York. Together, Electa and John were the parents of six children, including: Melvina Thompson (1829–1832), who died in childhood. Irving Ferris Thompson (1832–1833), who died in infancy. Eudora Thompson (1832–1899), who married Francis G. Adams (1825–1903), a son of Herman Culyer Adams, in 1851. Samuel C. Thompson (1835–1884), who married Abigail E. Sherman (1841–1907), daughter of Edward T Sherman. Frederick Ferris Thompson (1836–1899), who married Mary Lee Clark, daughter of Governor Myron Holley Clark, in 1857. After a severe illness that lasted four months, Thompson died on April 19, 1891, at his home in New York at 295 Madison Avenue. His wife died at her home in New York in September 1902 at the age of 95. References External links 1802 births 1891 deaths American bankers American publishers (people) American financial company founders People from Peru, Massachusetts 19th-century American businesspeople