Juniata County PA Archives Obituaries.....THOMPSON, Col. John M.  March 15 1874
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Obit from Juniata Hist. Society files
Colonel John M. Thompson, keeper of the State Arsenal at Harrisburg, died in 
that city last Saturday.  His remains were brought to his home in Perrysville 
on Monday and from thence were carried to Church Hill Cemetery, where they were 
buried with honors of war.  The military of the County being present under the 
commands of Colonel J.K. Robison and Captain McClellan.  Colonel Thompson won 
an enviable reputation as a soldier in the Army of the Republic against 
rebellion.


Additional Comments:

>From the article, Forty Years Ago in Juniata County", in the Juniata Sentinel 
and Republican dated March 24, 1914; the following:
	Among the proceedings of the Legislature at Harrisburg, on the 18th 
inst., we fins the following tribute to the memory of Colonel John M. Thompson, 
by Honorable Jerome Hetrick.  Mr. Hetrick said: " Mr. Speaker; I desire the 
order of Legislation to be suspended for a moment to announce the daeth of 
Colonel John M. Thompson, Superintendant of the State Arsenal, which took place 
in this city on Sunday last.  He was one of my constituents, and I can speak 
advisedly of his worth as a citizen, and his record as a soldier is written in 
the continuous acts of gallantry.  He entered the Army as a Sergeant, 
September3, 1861, was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant, October 24, 1862, to 1st 
Lieutenant, November 19, 1864, to Captain, September 1, 1864, and was breveted 
Major and Lieutenant Colonel, March 16, 1865, having been discharged by Special 
Order, January 12, 1865.
	He was severly wounded at the Battle of Winchester, recieving thirteen 
bullets in his body in that battle.  His death resulted from his wounds, a 
severe cold having aggrevated them but a few days before his death.  His 
remains were taken to his native county, accompanied by a delegation of G.A.R., 
who preformed the last sad offices of earth to theie fallen comrade.  He was a 
faithful and respected citizen, a public officer who discharged his whole duty, 
and a soldier who has honored the army to which he belonged and the Republic 
which he gave his life blood to maintain.  Peace be to his ashes."


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