Fountain County IN Archives Biographies.....Thompson, James 
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Author: H. W. Beckwith (1881)

   James Thompson, farmer and stock raiser, Veedersburg, is the son of Hartson
and Rebecca (Rusk) Thompson. The former was born in New Jersey in 1810, where he
learned wagon-making, which he followed several years. He emigrated to Ohio in
1829, where he was married to Rebecca Rusk, and came to Fountain county in 1834
and engaged in clearing land and trading in cattle, this being his preference
above farming and his trade. Hartson T. died in 1873, and his wife in 1879, aged
sixty-five years. James Thompson, who now resides one-half mile east of
Veedersburg, is their only child. The Thompson family originally came from
Scotland. Mrs. Thompson's people were from Ireland. James Thompson was married
in 1861, to Caroline Lucas, daughter of J. G. and Catherine (Smith) Lucas. By
this union there are three children: Emma, Etta, and Joe H. His wife is a member
of the United Brethren in Christ church. James T. formerly was a Mason. He was
born two years after his parents settled in Fountain county. His education was
obtained in the district school, and he was reared a farmer. In business he has
been successful, and has a farm of 557 acres of good land, well improved, and
raises a good grade of stock. He was taught by his father first the principles
of democracy, then those of whigism, the result of which is that he is a
republican of the abolition school.

Additional Comments:
Van Buren Township

Extracted from:

HISTORY OF FOUNTAIN COUNTY,

TOGETHER WITH
HISTORIC NOTES ON THE WABASH VALLEY,

GLEANED FROM EARLY AUTHORS, OLD MAPS AND MANUSCRIPTS
PRIVATE AND OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE, AND OTHER AUTHENTIC, THOUGH, FOR THE MOST
PART, OUT-OF-THE-WAY SOURCES.

BY H. W. BECKWITH,
OF THE DANVILLE BAR; CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HISTORICAL SOCIETIES OF
WISCONSIN AND CHICAGO.

WITH MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS.

CHICAGO: H. H. HILL AND N. IDDINGS, PUBLISHERS.
1881.

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