BIO:  THOMPSON, Arthur, s/o James & Mary (English) Thompson

Submitted by:  phill@redrock.net   (Phyllis Hill)

THOMPSON   ENGLISH   ALMON

History of Pike and Dubois Counties, Indiana, Goodspeed Bros. & Co.,
Publishers, 1885,  Chicago

Pike County, Patoka Two, p. 427

ARTHUR THOMPSON, one of the pioneer settlers of Pike County, Ind., is the
son of James and Mary (English) Thompson.  The father was a native of
Ireland, and when quite young came to Kentucky, where he married.  In 1820
he came to this State and located in Patoka Township, Pike County, where
he lived till his death, which occurred in 1837, the mother living till 1857. 
Our subject was born in Kentucky January 20, 1816.  As the nearest school-
house was six miles from his home his educational advantages were limited.
In 1837 he began clearing the farm where he now lives, and by energy and
good management he at one time owned nearly 1,000 acres of land.  September
20, 1837 he married Ada Almon, who was born in Kentucky in 1820.  Their
children are John, James, Levi, Matilda, Franklin and Francis, Holland and
Marian.  His wife is a member of the Baptist Church, and for twelve years he
he has been postmaster of Arthur, the town named in honor of him.  He is a
Democrat in politics and a prominent and enterprising citizen; one of the
few men who have made Pike County what it is.  He was among the famous 
hunters of pioneer times, having killed wolves and as many as fifty deer
in one winter.
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