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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

ALONZO FRANKLIN THOMPSON.
    Alonzo Franklin Thompson, filling the position of county and probate clerk
of Arkansas county, has been a resident of De Witt since 1907 and has taken
active interest in public affairs here. Born in Monticello, Drew county,
Arkansas, in 1881, he is a son of J. F. and Martha (Carter) Thompson. He
represents one of the old families of Georgia, his grandfather being James G.
Thompson, who was born in that state and became a resident of Drew county,
Arkansas. He married Elizabeth Penny and their family included J. F. Thompson,
who was born in Harrison county, Georgia, and who took up his abode in Arkansas
in 1S56, settling in Dallas county. He afterward became a resident of Drew
county and spent his remaining days in this state. He was a veteran of the Civil
war and in 1862, when home on a furlough in Drew county, he was captured by the
Union forces. He first married Rhoda M. Brown and they became the parents of
three children: James L., deceased; Josie F. and John T. He later married Martha
Carter and to them were born six children: Joseph M., Lois E., Leona, Alonzo
Franklin, Samuel and William G., the last named having departed this life. The
father died in the year 1908.

    Alonzo F. Thompson is indebted to the public school system of Arkansas for
the educational privileges which he enjoyed and which qualified him for life's
practical and responsible duties. He received high school training and afterward
pursued a commercial course at Wilmar. He then took up the business of
bookkeeping and in 1907 came to De Witt, where he entered the employ of the John
Bowers Company. In 1914 he was appointed by Governor Hayes to the position of
assessor of Arkansas county and he later filled the office of deputy county
clerk. Still later he became deputy county collector and in 1918 he was elected
without opposition to the position of county clerk. He is now acceptably serving
in the office of county and probate clerk and is thoroughly methodical and
systematic in the discharge of his duties, his record winning him high
commendation from all who know aught of his service. He has also served as mayor
of De Witt and the city benefited by his progressive administration. In business
circles he is likewise well known, being the president of the New Era Publishing
Company of De Witt.

    Mr. Thompson was united in marriage to Miss Willie M. Kendell, of Tillar,
Arkansas, and they have one child, Muriel. Mr. Thompson is a thirty-second
degree Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine. He also belongs to the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows and to the Woodmen and his religious faith is that of the
Methodist church. The many sterling traits of his character are attested by all
with whom he has come into contact, while his reliability and progressiveness in
citizenship are known to the general public through the excellent service which
he has rendered in office. His social qualities, too, have won him many friends
and he is today widely and favorably known in the county. where for fifteen
years he has made his home.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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