Biographical Sketch of James E. Thurmond, Franklin County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** James E. Thurmond, of the firm of Thurmond & Son, merchants of Sulli- van, Mo., is a native of Franklin County, Mo., born in 1852, and is the seventh in the family of twelve children, two deceased, of Bennett and Forlena (Calvert) Thurmond. He was educated in the common schools of Franklin County, and began doing for himself in the capacity of clerk for his father. He thus gained a good business education, and in 1884 his father admitted him as a partner in the present business. They carry stock to the amount of $2,000 and theirs is one of the leading business houses of the place. Mr. Thurmond is a stanch Democrat in political faith, and is an enterprising and thorough going young busi- ness man; he is a member of the school committee of his district. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================