Upson County GaArchives Biographies.....Thompson, Edward B. February 22 1837 - November 2 1923
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Author: George White "Memoirs of Georgia"
E. B. THOMPSON, liveryman and trader, Thomaston, Upson County, Georgia, son of 
Jennings and Virginia (Embry) Thompson, was born in Green county, Kentucky, in 
1837.

His grandparents, William and Judith (Pickett) Thompson, of Scottish descent, 
were natives of Virginia. He was a farmer, migrated in early life to Kentucky, 
and died there. Jennings Thompson, his son, was born in Kentucky, was a farmer 
and trader, and went to Cuba, where he died.

Mr. Thompson's grandparents on his mother's side were William and Elizabeth 
(Brockman) Embry; he was a Virginian by birth; his wife was of Scottish 
lineage. He went to Kentucky in his young manhood, where he passed his life and 
died.

Mr. Thompson was reared on a farm and what education he was favored with was 
obtained in an old-time log school house. In 1861 he enlisted in Company D, 
Capt. James M. Smith, in the Thirteenth Georgia regiment, and was in many hotly-
contested battles, among them: Richmond, Malvern Hill, second Manassas, 
Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, Spottsylvania Court 
House, Petersburg, Gettysburg - where he was made a lieutenant - and 
Winchester. He remained in the service to the close of the war, and with Gen. 
Lee, surrendered at Appomattox. He was wounded at Winchester and at Monocacy. 
He lost heavily by the war, and began life, after it, loaded down with debt. By 
industry, enterprise and good management, he is now financially, one of the 
strongest men in Upson county. He was sheriff of the county a number of years. 
In 1867 Mr. Thompson was married to Miss Sallie Matthews, born in Upson county 
in 1847. Mr. Matthews was a native Georgian, and had represented the county in 
the general assembly. Of the children born to this union, the three living are: 
Nathan, Julia and Fryar. Mrs. Thompson, who was a member of the Methodist 
church, died in 1888. Mr. Thompson contracted a second marriage in 1892 with 
Mrs. Anna (Green) West, born in Upson county, and is a daughter of Charles and 
Martha A. (Barrett) Green. Mr. Green was a native of Concord, N. H., came to 
Georgia when a youth, and was manager of a cotton factory.

Mr. Thompson is a member of the Baptist church, and his wife is a member of the 
Methodist church. Mr. Thompson is a master Mason, and a member of the Royal 
Arcanum and of the Knights of Honor. He is public spirited, and himself and 
family are highly esteemed.

Additional Comments:
From Muster roll of Company D, 13th Regiment, Georgia Volunteer Infantry, 
Evan's Brigade, Gordon's Division, 2nd Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, 
C.S.A., Upson County, Georgia, Upson Volunteers - Thompson, E.B. - Private 
Sept. 19, 1861. Elected Second Lieutenant Dec. 16, 1863, to rank Nov. 1, 1863. 
Wounded at Monocacy, Md. July 9, 1864; Winchester, Va. Sept. 19, 1864. 
Surrendered, Appomattox, Va. Apr. 9, 1865.

At Glenwood Cemetery, Upson County, Georgia
Row 13, Lot 2
Edward B. Thompson, b. 22 Feb 1837, d. 2 Nov 1923
Mrs. Anna G. Thompson, 26 July 1854, d. 3 Mar 1927

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