Crawford Co., AR - Biographies - Henry Thompson

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Henry Thompson was born June 9, 1823, in Anderson County, Tenn., and 
is a son of Joharda and Margaret (Green) Thompson. The father grew to 
maturity in North Carolina, and after his marriage settled in Anderson 
County, Tenn. He then lived in McMinn County five years and in 
Cherokee Nation one year, after which he spent forty years in Georgia 
and then came to Arkansas with his son, where he died in Franklin 
County, April 29, 1872, aged eighty. He served in the War of 1812, as 
private, under Gen. Jackson. The mother was born in Rutherford County, 
N. C., and had eight children, three of whom are living: Mary, wife of 
Henry Mullens, of Kentucky; Henry, and Amanda C., wife of David 
McClure, of Texas. William, Thomas, John, Coswell and Andrew are 
deceased. The grandfather, William Thompson, was born in North 
Carolina, and was an early settler in Tennessee, where he died. He 
participated in the battle of Orleans. His wife, Mary (Tabor) 
Thompson, was born in America, of Irish parents, and passed the 
greater part of her life in Tennessee, where she died nearly one 
hundred years of age. The maternal grandparents of our subject were of 
Irish parentage, and spent their lives in North and South Carolina. 
Henry Thompson lived in Tennessee until eight years old, but was 
principally reared in Walker County, Ga., where he grew up upon a farm 
and received a common-school education. He began life for himself as a 
wagon-maker and mill-wright, and in 1871 emigrated from Georgia to 
Arkansas, living in Franklin County five years, and then moved on his 
present place, which contains 465 acres, 150 being cultivated and 
finely improved. Mr. Thompson is a Republican, and when in Georgia 
served as bailiff and notary public. Since coming to Arkansas he has 
retired from political life. October 28, 1846, he married Mary 
Williams, daughter of Alexander and Margaret Williams, who bore him 
five children: William C., Cicero and James A., living, and Alexander 
and Margaret, deceased. Mrs. Thompson died October 2, 1858; she was a 
native of South Carolina. Mr. Thompson afterward married Ann Cobb, 
daughter of William and Ann (Wilson) Cobb, natives of South Carolina, 
who immigrated to Hall County, Ga., where Mrs. Thompson was born. To 
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson seven children have been born: Martha E., Orra 
A., Richard V., John F., Robert H., Rhoda J. and Amanda C. Mr. 
Thompson has been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church over 
forty-five years, was a member of the first church in Walker County, 
Ga., and Mrs. Thompson is also a member of the Missionary Baptist 
Church. Mr. Thompson is an earnest advocate of educational 
advancement, and a public-spirited man.