John N. Thompson of Exeter, NH Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915) Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Louise Temples - pc_genie@ix.netcom.com Copyright. All rights reserved. ************************************************************************ Full copyight notice - http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm USGenWeb Archives - http://www.usgwarchives.net ************************************************************************ Source: A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, 1915 Page 1045 JOHN N. THOMPSON, one of the directors of the Exeter Bank- ing Company, trustee of the Union Five Cents Savings Bank, and a trustee of the Cottage Hospital, Exeter, N. H., was born in Stratham, N. H., March 18, 1847. His parents were John and Martha (Lane) Thompson, both natives of Stratham, the father being a farmer by occu- pation. Both are deceased and are buried at Stratham. Besides their son John N., they had a daughter, Ellen S., who married William H. Yeaton. The paternal grandfather was Abraham Thompson; the ma- ternal grandfather, James Lane. Mr. Thompson is a descendant, on the paternal side, of Major Richard Waldron, who settled in Dover, N. H., about 1640; and is a descendant, on the maternal side, of William Lane, who settled in Boston in 1650. John N. Thompson acquired a common school education. He was brought up to farming and spent fifty-two years on the old homestead in Stratham, which has been in the Thompson family for over two hundred years. In 1899 he sold the farm and moved to Exeter where, in addi- tion to attending to the duties of the offices mentioned above he has worked more or less as an insurance inspector and in the settlement of estates. A Republican in, politics, he takes a keen interest in public affairs, has served as selectman and town treasurer, and was formerly representative in the legislature from the town of Stratham. Page 1046 Mr. Thompson was married February 2, 1869, to Miss Mary M. Sartell, a native of Quincy, Ill., and daughter of Sylvanus and Sarah (Lane) Sartell. Her father, who resided in Vermont before the Civil War, was a strong Abolitionist. Later he removed with his family to Quincy, Ill., where he conducted a machine shop. Mr. and Mrs. Thomp- son are the parents of a daughter, Mary A., who resides at home with her parents. The family attend the First Congregational church, of which Mr. Thompson is one of the deacons. They have a wide acquaint- ance in Exeter and the surrounding towns and are people highly thought of in this locality.