Capt. Isaac THOMPSON died at his home in Holland, on Friday afternoon, March 7, 1890. He was born Aug. 17, 1821, in the city of Kragero, Norway; came to this country with the lady who is now his surviving widow, in 1847; moved to this place, from Racine, Wis., in 1860; was one of the first prominent vesselmen of this port, and owned and sailed the schooners A.P. Dutton, Pioneer, Eveline, W. Bates, Four Brothers and Scudd. In the community the captain was an exemplary citizen and neighbor, husband and father, and a leading member of the M.E. church. Six children survive him.

  Michigan Pioneer and Historical Society. Historical Collections, vol.17. Lansing, Mich. : Robert Smith & Co., State Printers and Binders, 1892, p.162.