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      ALBERT E. THOMPSON,* mine foreman at Henry Clay Colliery at Shamokin, has 

occupied that important situation since the autumn of 1888. He was born in   

1862 in Somersetshire, England, and is the eldest son of Silas and Jane (Gass) 

Thompson. He was brought to this country by his parents at the age of three 

years, attended the common schools until nine years of age, and then went to 

work in the breakers and continued until lie attained the age of fifteen. For a 

couple of years after that he worked in and about the mines, subsequently 

becoming a miner, working in the Schuylkill region and other places until he 

became of age, when he was promoted to fire-boss at Stanton Colliery, Gilberton, 

Pa. He labored in that capacity at different places until 1888, when he was 

appointed   foreman at Henry Clay Colliery.

        Silas Thompson, father of our subject, immigrated in 1865, locating at 

New Philadelphia, Schuylkill County, Pa., and at once engaged in mining. He 

subsequently   worked as a miner at Shenandoah in 1869; at Gilberton in 1875; 

became a mine foreman in 1880 at Stanton Colliery at Gilberton; from 1884 to 

1886 was operating Chumberton Colliery on a small scale; located in Shamokin in 

1891 and remained there until his death in 1895. He was a consistent member of 

the Methodist Episcopal Church, and was associated with the I. O. O.   F.; 

Knights of Pythias; and Eagle Sons of St. Lawrence. His widow survives him. 

Their family consisted of three sons and three daughters, besides one who died 

in infancy, as follows: Alfred, subject of this sketch; Helen, wife of William 

Boone, of Gilberton; Carrie, widow of Jacob Turner, of St. Clair; Frederick, who 

died young; Willis, who resides at Shamokin and is engaged in clerking; and 

Viola, who is at home, the comfort of her mother, to whom she is   devotedly 

attached.

        April 3, 1889, our subject was united in marriage with Sarah A. Beese, 

who was born November 23, 1863, and is a daughter of Solomon and Martha (Head) 

Beese.  Her parents are natives of Wales and immigrated to America the same year 

that Sarah was born, locating in St. Clair, where the aged father still resides, 

having followed the occupation of a miner all his life. Twice have our subject 

and his wife been blessed with a child and twice has the Grim Messenger deprived 

them of the same; first a son, George Frederick, born November 2, 1890, died 

July 11, 1894; secondly, Guy Daniel, born June 1, 1892; died August 2, 1892. 

       Mr. Thompson is a member of the Columbia Tin Company of St. Clair. He is 

a member of St. Clair Lodge, No. 255, I. O. O. F., and of the Elks of Shamokin. 

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