Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Thompson, Albert A. 1854 - 
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Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908)

  ALBERT A. THOMPSON, whose farm is just outside of the village of Lismore, is

one of the pioneer settlers of that township. His farm consists of 400 acres in

Lismore and Leota townships.



  Mr. Thompson was born near the city of Christiana, Norway, in 1854, the son of

Andrew Thompson. Both his parents died in Lafayette county, Wis., their deaths

occurring only one year apart. Albert was one of a family of six children. The

family emigrated to the United States when our subject was thirteen years old

and settled in Lafayette county, Wis. There Albert lived until twenty years old,

working on farms for fifteen dollars per month. He then started out with an ox

team and drove through to Nobles county. The first two years in the county he

broke prairie land in Grand Prairie township, making his home in a "shanty"

which consisted of an overturned wagon box. In 1876 he took as a tree claim the

northeast quarter of section 2, Lismore township, and on that place he has since

lived. Later he bought the southeast quarter of section 2 and the southwest

quarter of section 35, Leota township.



  During his residence in his new home in the early days, Mr. Thompson went

through many pioneer experiences. He suffered some from the grasshopper scourge,

and many were the inconveniences and hardships he endured on account of his

isolated location during the long and severe winters. On one occasion it took

him five days to make a trip to town and bring back an hundred pounds of flour.

The trip was made on snow shoes and the flour was hauled back on another pair of

the shoes.



  Mr. Thompson is a stockholder in the telephone company in his neighborhood and

in the Farmers' Elevator company of Lismore. He is a member of the Norwegian

Lutheran church of Lismore township and helped build the church. He also holds a

membership in the M. W. A. lodge. He served as school director of his district

five years, and was road boss seven years in the early days. He built the first

bridge put in on the road between Lismore and Adrian. After the village of

Lismore was founded Mr. Thompson engaged in the stock shipping business for a

number of years. He shipped out the first car load of hogs from the new town.



  Mr. Thompson was married in Mankato, Minn., June 10, 1878, to Bertha Colson,

who was born in Norway and who came to America when sixteen years of age. To

these parents have been born thirteen children, all living. They are: Ida, born

March 28, 1879; Frank, born Dec. 14, 1880; Genetta Sarah, born Feb. 28, 1883;

Joseph A., born March 10, 1885; Henry A., born Jan. 26, 1887; Aalphia, born

April 26, 1889; Anna M., born June 26, 1890; Myrtle G., born July 19, 1892;

Ethel M., born June 5, 1896; Elmer W., born Feb. 20, 1898; Isabel C, born Aug.

2, 1900; Bertha L., born March 28, 1902; Lloyd L., born July 3, 1903.



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AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY

MINNESOTA

BY

ARTHUR P. ROSE



NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY 

WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA 

PUBLISHERS

1908

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