Sullivan-Luzerne-Bradford County PA Archives Biographies.....THOMSON, Rush Jackson 1849 - 
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  Author: Thomas J. Ingham (1899)
  
       RUSH JACKSON THOMSON is one of the ablest lawyers practicing at the
  Sullivan county bar, having that mental grasp which enables him to discover the
  points in a case. A man of sound judgment, he manages his cases with masterly
  skill and tact. He has made a specialty of real-estate and corporation law, and
  in these lines has gained a most enviable reputation.
  
      Mr. Thomson was born at Hunlock's Creek, Luzerne county, Pennsylvania, March
  18, 1849, and is a son of James Thomson and grandson of David Thomson. The
  latter was a native of Litchfield county, Connecticut, and came to Luzerne
  county, Pennsylvania, with his mother, a widow, who served as janitress of the
  first jail of that county. He learned the carpenter's trade, which he made his
  life work. He married Susan Saylor, by whom he had three children, namely:
  George, James and William.
  
      James Thomson, our subject's father, was born in Nanticoke, Luzerne county,
  March 21, 1820, and received a fair education in the public schools of his
  native town. On attaining his majority he commenced boating on the Pennsylvania
  canal, and was thus employed until 1853, when he accepted the position of
  superintendent of the shipping department of Washington Lee & Company, large
  coal merchants of Nanticoke. In the spring of 1856 he came to Sullivan county
  and purchased a farm in Cherry township, a mile and a half southeast of Dushore,
  where he followed farming for twelve years. At the end of that time he moved to
  Dushore, where he served as expressman for the following twelve years, and in
  1876 was appointed justice of the peace, the duties of which office he has since
  most ably and satisfactorily discharged. He also acts as agent for several
  leading life, fire and accident insurance companies. In his political views he
  is a Democrat, and has been honored with a number of local offices, being one of
  the first jury commissioners elected under the new law, and also serving as
  school director many years, and as overseer of the poor. He is one of the most
  highly respected and prominent citizens of his community, and he and his
  estimable wife are faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He was
  married, December 23, 1847 to Miss Elizabeth C. Jackson, a daughter of Dr.
  Josiah Jackson, who is represented elsewhere in this work, and two children
  blessed this union: Rush J., our subject, and Mary B., wife of E. A. Strong, of
  Wyalusing, Pennsylvania.
  
      Rush J. Thomson was only seven years old when his parents located in
  Sullivan county, where he grew to manhood, his literary education being obtained
  in the public schools and in the State Normal at Mansfield. At the age of
  fourteen he commenced clerking in a general store at Dushore and was so employed
  for four years, after which he taught school for two terms and then began the
  study of law in the office of William A. and B. M. Peck, of Towanda. On his
  admission to the bar May 1, 1871, he opened an office in Dushore, and was not
  long in building up the large and lucrative practice which he still enjoys. His
  skill and ability in his chosen profession are widely recognized and he has been
  called upon to serve as district attorney for three terms. He has been a
  director of the Citizens' National Bank of Towanda eleven years, and is also a
  trustee of the Robert Packer hospital at Sayre, Pennsylvania. Like his father,
  he is a supporter of the Democratic party, and is one of the most prominent and
  influential men of Sullivan county. He was married March 9, 1875, to Miss Fanny
  I., daughter of Rev. Richard Videan, of Forksville, Pennsylvania, for many years
  a clergyman of the Methodist Episcopal church and in later life a merchant at
  Forksville, in this county. Religiously she is a member of the Methodist
  Episcopal church.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
    Extracted from: 
      
    History of Sullivan County Pennsylvania
    by Thomas J. Ingham
      
    Compendium of Biography
      
    The Lewis Publishing Company
    Chicago: 1899
  
  
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