Biographical Sketch of William L. Thompson, Greene County, Missouri, 
Clay Township

>From "History of Greene County, Missouri," St. Louis: Western
Historical Company, 1883.

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Mr. Thompson is a son of Edward and Elizabeth (Dollison) Thompson, and
was born in Henry County, Tenn., December 13, 1822.  His father was a
native of Maryland and his mother of Kentucky.  After their marriage
they moved to Henry County, Tenn., where they lived until 1829, when
they came to Greene County, Missouri.  He purchased a claim, but soon
sold it and in 1831 moved to what is now known as the Crabtree Price
farm, where he lived until 1841, when he moved to Clay township and
settled upon the farm where he died in 1850.  William was reared and
educated in this county, where he has lived, except from 1863 to 1868,
he resided in Kentucky.  When the war began he owned a farm of five
hundred acres, but owing a few hundred dollars his land was sold to pay
his debts in his absence.  He returned a poor man and has since endeav-
ored to recuperate his fallen fortunes.  He has now a good farm of one
hundred and sixty-seven acres, and is regarded as one of Greene's best
citizens.  Mr. Thompson was married March 27, 1851 to Miss Elizabeth P.
daughter of John M. and Elizabeth (Blakley) Hagan.  She was a native of
Logan County, Kentucky, and was married while upon a visit to this 
county.  They are blest with five children: M. E., Mary A., Edward R.,
Georgia Ann and Willie Douglas.

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