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

H. L. THOMPSON.
    It is a noticeable fact that a great majority of men who have operated
successfully at the oil fields of the southwest have come to this section of the
state from Pennsylvania, where the first oil discoveries of the country were
made. They are men who have become familiar with the oil industry in the east
and have recognized the possibilities and opportunities in this direction in
this section of the country. To this class belongs H. L. Thompson, a well known
oil operator of Fort Smith. He was born in Sugar Grove, Warren county,
Pennsylvania, his parents being John H. and Ella (Phillips) Thompson, the former
a newspaper man. The son was educated in the public schools of Irvington,
Pennsylvania, and became a drilling operator in the oil fields of his native
state. To this business he has since given his attention and has done a
contracting business in drilling wells, following the business successfully in
Ohio, West Virginia, New York, Illinois, Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. Thus he
has made his way westward in connection with the discovery and development of
oil fields in various sections of the country, at length turning his attention
to the southwest when operations were begun in the oil fields of this part of
the country. He has made his home in Fort Smith since 1916. He is thoroughly
familiar with the oil industry in every department and his sound judgment,
persistency of purpose and undaunted energy have brought him gratifying success.

    Mr. Thompson has been married twice. He first wedded Neva English and they
became the parents of three children: Winona, who is now a student in Wellesley
College near Boston, Massachusetts; Edwin; and Harry. The wife and mother died
and later Mr. Thompson married Elizabeth Garner of Clarendon, Pennsylvania. His
life history is an interesting one, for opportunity has ever been to him a call
to action—a call to which he has made ready response. At the outset of his
career he recognized the qualities which are essential to success and has
cultivated those qualities in the conduct of his business affairs until activity
and energy have made him one of the representative oil men of Arkansas.


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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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