Lake County IN Archives Biographies.....Thompson, Alexander C. 1838 - 
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Author: T. H. Ball (1904)

ALEXANDER C. THOMPSON.

    Alexander C. Thompson, formerly identified with agricultural interests in
Hobart and now living a retired life, was born in the town of Streetsboro,
Portage county, Ohio, on the 10th of July, 1838, and is the third son in a
family of eleven children, whose parents were John and Elizabeth (Cockburn)
Thompson. The father was a native of Edinburg, Scotland, and the mother was born
in Dalkeith, Scotland. They were married in that country, and two of their
children were born there, but the others were born in Ohio.

    Alexander C. Thompson was reared in the county of his nativity, pursued a
common school education, and afterward spent one year in Hiram College when
General James A. Garfield was a teacher there. He was reared to farm labor and
continued upon the old homestead until 1861, when he left the plow and donned
the blue uniform in defense of the stars and stripes. He enlisted in Company E,
First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as a private, in response to President Lincoln's
first call for troops. He served for one year and then returned to Portage
county, Ohio. Later he visited different states of the Union and finally located
in Ford county, Illinois, at Paxton. There he was engaged in farming for four
years, after which he came to Lake county, Indiana, in 1865. He then bought a
farm in Ross township of partly improved land, and devoted his attention to its
further cultivation and development until 1897. He placed the fields in
excellent condition so that they returned to him large crops. He made
substantial improvements upon his land and conducted his farm interests
according to the most approved plans and progressive ideas. Year by year his
financial resources were increased through the sale of his harvests, and in
1897, with a very desirable competence, he retired from business life and took
up his abode in Hobart.

    In 1862 Mr. Thompson was united in marriage to Miss Mary J. Watson, a native
of Lorain county, Ohio, and a daughter of John and Elizabeth Watson. This
marriage has been blessed with three children: Frederick, William and Hugh. The
family is widely and favorably known in Hobart, and their circle of friends is
extensive. Mr. Thompson has figured quite prominently in public affairs, and his
worth and ability have been recognized by his fellow citizens, who have
frequently called upon him to serve in public office. He was county assessor for
two years, previously he was assessor of Ross township for eighteen years, and
in all matters of citizenship has been progressive and helpful. His political
allegiance is given the Democracy, and he is a Mason, belonging to the Hobart
Lodge: He has a pleasant home in Hobart and other property there, and in
addition he owns his valuable farm of two hundred acres in Ross township, which
he now rents. He has one of the old deeds executed by President Fillmore, which
is a rare document.


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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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