Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Thompson, D. H. 1846 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

D. H. THOMPSON.

    D. H. Thompson, of section 26, Center township, has been a prominent Lake
county farmer for the past twenty-five years, has done his share in the work of
progress and development of the county's material, social, intellectual and
moral affairs, and in all the relations of a very busy and successful life has
been found true to his best ideals and has retained the confidence and esteem of
his fellow citizens.

    Mr. Thompson was born in Mercer county, Pennsylvania, August 4, 1846. His
father, Anthony Thompson, was a native of Ireland, but his grandparents were
born in Scotland. He came over to America when seventeen years old and followed
the occupation of farming in Pennsylvania during the rest of his life. He was
married in the same state to Rebecca McClure, whose father was one of the first
school teachers in western Pennsylvania. She died at the age of sixty-seven,
having been the mother of twelve children, of whom D. H. is the youngest, and
his oldest brother is still living in Lawrence county, Pennsylvania, past the
age of eighty.

    Mr. D. H. Thompson was reared in his native county, and obtained his early
literary training in the country schools, completing his education in the Tron
City School at Pittsburg. In 1863, when seventeen years old, he enlisted in
Company D, Fifty-fifth Pennsylvania Militia, and served as a private for sixty
days during the invasion of the southern forces into the state. He then returned
home and for a number of years followed the occupations of farming, carpentering
and bridge-building in Pennsylvania. In March, 1879, he came out to Lake county,
Indiana, and entered upon his career as farmer in Center township. He has a fine
farm of one hundred and sixty acres, and its well improved and highly cultivated
acres are valuable in themselves and return large profits from their skilful
culture under the direction of Mr. Thompson.

    He is a firm adherent of the Republican party in matters of national
importance, but pays little attention to the party tag affixed to the candidate
for local office. He is a member of the United Presbyterian church and is
serving as treasurer of the same.

    March 25, 1879, Mr. Thompson married Miss Margaret A. McKnight, who was born
December 11, 1847, in Porter county, Indiana, near the Lake county line, and was
reared for the most part in Lake county. She had four brothers in the war of the
Rebellion, one of whom was killed at the battle of Kenesaw Mountain and another
died in the hospital. Mr. Thompson also had a brother John, who served in the
Seventh Kansas Regiment during the war. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have three
children living: Samuel A., James W. and William R. Samuel resides with his
parents and is an agriculturist. James W., at Charlottsville, Indiana, and a
telegrapher on the Pan Handle Railroad, was educated in the normal college at
Valparaiso. William R., the youngest, is at home.

    Mrs. Thompson's parents are both deceased; her father died aged
eighty-three, and mother about seventy-five. They were members of the Reformed
Presbyterian church. Mrs. Thompson is a member of the United Presbyterian
church. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are citizens who are held in high esteem.


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ENCYCLOPEDIA
OF
Genealogy and Biography
OF
LAKE COUNTY, INDIANA,
WITH A COMPENDIUM OF HISTORY 
1834—1904

A Record of the Achievements of Its People in the Making of a Commonwealth and
the Founding of a Nation.

REV. T. H. BALL
OF CROWN POINT, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF
ILLUSTRATED
CHICAGO   NEW YORK
THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY
1904


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