The Poem of 1924

Written for 34th Reunion of the Wilson-Thompson Family

by Annette G. Thompson

From town and Hamlet, Vale and Hill

We’ve gathered here, to hold

Communion with our Kindred Dear

As did the clan of old.

No fairer place could there be found,

On earth, than this, to meet

Our childhood’s home, our birthplace dear

So full of memories sweet.

Two centuries have passed,

Since our forefathers made

Their homes among these hills and streams,

Dark woods, and sunny glade.

They were a sturdy yeomanry------

From Erin’s shore they came,

Earnest, upright, God-fearing men,

With an untarnished name.

In churchyards `mong these hills they sleep

Unmindful of the change,

Wrought by the genius of our age,

Devices new and strange.

Our family tree has now attained

A growth, both vigorous and great,

With many branches, and leaves.

As each successive year goes by,

May it be ours to see

Reunions many, here on earth,

E’er broke the chain shall be.

When time has gathered in the clan,

Then there again will be,

A glad reunion of our souls

In immortality.

Annette G. Thompson’s poem is provided by Former Family President Ellen Broxmeyer’s notebook collection of reunion invitations and minutes.