Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Thompson, Fred G 1844 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co 1882

Fred G. Thompson, City Marshal, Gardner, was born March 29, 1844, in Somerset 
County, Me., son of Osgood and Hannah (Wentworth) Thompson, he born in Maine 
December 31, 1819, a farmer by occupation; she, also a native of Maine, born 
in 1821, and the mother of seven children, of whom subject was the second. He 
received a common-school education; enlisted in Company B, Seventh Maine 
Volunteer Infantry, under Capt. Albert A. Nickerson; regiment commanded by 
Col. E. C. Mason. Subject remained in the army two years and four months, when 
he again resumed farming, but, owing to injuries received in the war, was 
obliged to leave the service; for the ensuing fourteen years, he was engaged 
in photography. In the spring of 1866, he came to Grundy County, and, in 1867, 
located in Gardner. In 1880, Mr. Thompson was obliged to abandon photography, 
and at present is City Marshal, which position he has held about seven years. 
He has been twice married - first, in Grundy County, April 7, 1867, to Miss 
Nellie A. Locke, born at Harmony, Me., and died October 21, 1871, at the age 
of twenty-six years, leaving one child - Inez W. Mr. Thompson's second 
marriage occurred June 26, 1872, when he united with Lina W. Briggs, who was 
born in Wisconsin May 20, 1854, daughter of Enoch I. and Emma (Winslow) 
Briggs, of Gardner. By this second marriage there was one child - Emma Maud, 
born September 8, 1874, died October 20, 1880. Mr. Thompson held the office of 
Town Clerk one term, and has held other minor offices. He is an active member 
of the I. O. O. F., of Gardner, and is a Republican.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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