BIO:  A. Duncan THOMPSON, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, York Borough, Pg 52

A. DUNCAN THOMPSON, clerk of the commissioners of York County, was born in 
Hopewell Township, April 30, 1842, to Archibald and Rosana (Morrison) Thompson, 
and is of Scotch-Irish descent.  The parents of Mr. Thompson were also born in 
Hopewell Township; the father in 1807, and the mother in 1821.  His paternal 
grandfather was Alexander Thompson, a native of York County, and a soldier in 
the Revolutionary war and of 1812.  The boyhood of our subject was spent on the 
farm, where he attended the public schools in the winter and labored on the farm 
in the summer.  In 1862 and in 1863 he attended the Stewardstown Academy, and 
subsequently taught school.  In 1867 he began farming for himself, and so 
continued until 1881, when he came to York.  In 1866 Mr. Thompson was married to 
Miss Annie E. Trout, a native of Hopewell Township, and daughter of Samuel and 
Catherine Trout.  To this union have been born three children:  Mary A., 
Margaret A. and James S.  In 1868 Mr. Thompson was elected assessor of Hopewell 
Township; in 1879 he was elected school director, and in 1881 was elected clerk 
of the commissioners, re-elected in 1883, which position he now occupies.  He is 
a most efficient officer, and one that has the confidence of the people of York 
County.  Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are members of the Presbyterian Church.