Wapello County IA Archives Biographies.....Thompson, George Wilber Moore 1860 - 
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Author: S. J. Clarke, Publisher

GEORGE WILBER MOORE THOMPSON.
George W. M. Thompson, engaged in merchandising at Kirkville, has for a
considerable period been closely associated with the commercial activity of his
part of the state, and intelligently directed effort, unfaltering enterprise and
laudable ambition have constituted the keynote of his success. He was born in
the Mohawk valley of Coshocton county, Ohio, March 31, 1860. His father, William
Thompson, was a native of Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, and was the son of a
Scotch Presbyterian minister. The mother of William Thompson was in her
maidenhood Miss Belle Moore, likewise a native of Ireland, and of Scotch
Presbyterian stock. Reared in his native land, William Thompson came to the
United States as a young man and in Ohio was united in marriage to Polly Hogle,
who was born and reared on the banks of the Walhonding river in Ohio. She was
born of American parentage. To Mr. and Mrs. William Thompson came three sons,
the brothers of our subject being: John Quigley, who was assistant attorney
general of the United States and died in 1913, while serving his country in that
capacity; and James Sites, a farmer living near Bancroft, South Dakota. There
were also four daughters in the family: Eva and Fannie, residents of Kirkville;
and Mrs. Harriet Simpson and Mrs. Bertha Thompson, who are residents of Canton,
Kansas.

In the public schools of his native county George W. M. Thompson pursued his
education. His early experiences were those which usually fall to the lot of the
farm lad, and in early manhood he took up the occupation of farming, which he
followed for some time. Later, however, he turned his attention to
merchandising, establishing a store in Kirkville, of which he is still the
proprietor. He carries a large and well selected line of goods and his energy,
close application and unfaltering determination are the salient features in his
continued success.

In the Methodist Episcopal church at Kirkville, on the 24th of March, 1889, was
performed the marriage ceremony which united the destinies of George W. M.
Thompson and Miss Myrtle Waddell, a daughter of John N. and Sarah (Drake)
Waddell. The father was a graduate of the Phopopathic Medical Institute at
Cincinnati, Ohio, with the class of 1844, and in 1853 removed westward to Iowa,
coming to Kirkville, Iowa, in 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are widely and
favorably known in Kirkville, having a circle of friends almost coextensive with
the circle of their acquaintance.

Mr. Thompson has been quite active in connection with public matters. For twelve
years he was a member of the Kirkville board of education and during a part of
that time served as its president, in which connection he did important service
for the schools of the city. For three terms he was treasurer of the Kirkville
Mutual Insurance Company. His political allegiance has always been given to the
republican party, and he does everything in his power to promote its growth and
insure its success. He belongs to the Masonic lodge of Kirkville, in which he
has filled all of the chairs, and his life exemplifies its beneficent spirit. He
is likewise a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Thus he manifests a deep
and active interest in educational, social and moral progress in the community.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:
HISTORY OF WAPELLO COUNTY IOWA
ILLUSTRATED
VOLUME II
CHICAGO
THE S. J. CLARKE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914


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