Harrison County IA Archives Biographies.....Thompson, Geo W  
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Source: History of Western Iowa, Its Settlement and Growth; 1882
Author: Western Publishing Company

Geo. W. Thompson, of the firm of Mitchell & Thompson, was born Mar. 26th, 1842,
in Whiteside county. Ill. He enlisted in Aug., 1862, in the 8th Ill. Cav.; was
in several important battles, and in Dec., 1863, was transferred to the command
of Co. C, U. S. colored troops; was discharged in Dec., 1865, and returned to
Morrison, Ill., and engaged in the study of law; was admitted to the bar in
Nov., 1866, and practiced there until the spring of 1869, when he came to
Dunlap, Ia., where he continued the practice of law, until the organization of
the Dunlap bank in 1871, of which he was a stockholder and cashier; remained in
the banking business until Sept., 1879, when he formed his present partnership.
He has been chairman of the county republican central committee, and a delegate
to state conventions, and is well known as one of the county's leading
republican politicians. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., I. O. O. F., K. of
P., and G. A. R. orders. Dec. 21st, 1865, he was married to Susan Forrer, and
has five sons.



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From Harrison County Chapter, Dunlap Biographies.

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