George Henry Thompson, Calhoun County, AR

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SOURCE: Chicago: The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1889.
Contributed by Carol Smith.
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Calhoun County, Arkansas - from Goodspeed's History of Arkansas

George Henry Thompson is prominent among the successful agriculturists of the county, and among those deserving special recognition for
their long residence in this county, being a member of on eof the earlier families. His parents, Daniel A. and Matilda E. Thompson, natives of
Tennessee and Alabama, respectively, came to Arkansas in 1850, settling in Calhoun County, where they continued to live until the death of the
mother, about 1879. The father is at present living in Grayson County, Texas. He was engaged in the War of 1836; he also enlisted in the late war
in 1861, and served about one year. The subject of this sketch was born December 15, 1844, in Jackson County, Alabama and was principally
reared in Ouachita County, Arkansas, to which place his parents moved in 1853, when our subject was but nine years of age. He received a
limited education at the common country schools, and began doing for himself at the age of twenty one, choosing as his occupation in life,
farming. He now owns 140 acres of good land, forty of which are under an excellent state of cultivation and always raises good crops. He was
married, October 3, 1866, to Miss Isabella H. Means, a daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth H. Means, who moved from St. Clair County, Alabama
and settled in Calhoun county in 1853. Mr. Thompson enlisted as private in the late war, in 1862, in Company G, Third Arkansas Cavalry, under
Capt. Winburn, and served under him for eighteen months, when Capt. Winburn was killed. His place was taken by Capt. Dumar, under whom
he served until the close of the war. Mr. Thompson participated in the battles of Chickamauga and Atlanta, Georgia. In the latter battle he was
slightly wounded in the body and was sent to the hospital for a short time, but after recovering went back to his old command and was in the
battle at Thompson Station; also the battle of Savannah, Georgia. Mr. Thompson is a member of the Farmers' Union, also of the State Grange.
He is a staunch Democrat, but does not take an active part in politics. Both Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are members of the Missionary Baptist
Church, the former joining in 1867, and the latter at the age of twelve. Mr. Thompson takes a deep interest in the welfare of his county, is a good
farmer, and is a general favorite with his neighbors.