Fayette-Scott County KyArchives Biographies.....Thompson, W.Z. 1848 - unknown ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 November 3, 2004, 7:51 am Author: History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, ed. by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882 W. Z. THOMSON, Georgetown; was born in Fayette County, Ky., in 1848, and lived there until 1874; he was educated in Georgetown College, and at eighteen left school to engage in farming in Fayette County. In 1873 he joined the Grange, and was elected secretary of the Lodge. In 1874 he entered the employ of J. Eugene Barnes, of Georgetown, and became an active assistant in the State Secretary's office. The Kentucky Grangers' Mutual Benefit Society was organized in November, 1874, the plans for mutual protection having been prepared by James H. Moore, of Georgetown, and Mr. Thomson, then in Fayette County. They presented the matter to the Kentucky State Grange at Louisville, in 1874, and their plans received a hearty endorsement. The charter was obtained by special act, and an election of officers took place in December of 1874. Dr. B. Manly was elected president, W. B. Galloway, vice-president, W. Z. Thomson, secretary, and Dr. S. F. Gano, medical director, James H. Moore being general agent. The officers remain the same, except those of president and vice-president, Mr. W. B. Galloway being instead of Mr. Manly, who resigned in 1876, and Mr. Wm. H. Warren is general agent. The society has received recommendations at each annual meeting of the State Grange. The membership raised the first year was 280; in 1876 it was 1,100; in 1877, 1,800; in 1878, 2,300; in 1879, 2,500; in 1880, 2,150; in 1881, 2,350, The association has a reserve fund of about $25,000; has had 135 deaths and has paid about $275,000 in benefits. There are eleven directors, representing different parts of the State. Mr. Thomson was married in 1876 to Miss Nannie, daughter of E. P. Gaines, of Scott county. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/