BIO:  Archibald 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, Hopewell Township, Pg 116

ARCHIBALD THOMPSON, son of Alexander and Elizabeth (Duncan) Thompson, of Hopewell 
and Fawn Townships, respectively, was born June 7, 1804.  His grandfather, 
Archibald Thompson, a native of Hopewell Township, settled on the present 
homestead before the Revolutionary war.  Subject’s father was a soldier in the 
Revolutionary war, and served under Capt. Moffet.  Our subject was reared on the 
homestead where he always lived.  He was married, February 15, 1827, to Hannah 
Meats, of Hopewell Township, who died July 16, 1839.  July 29, 1841, he married 
his second wife, and has eight children:  Alexander, Samuel H. S., James G., 
Archibald J. G., John M., Margaret J. A., Ellen M. E., and Elijah P.  For twenty-
five years he was connected with his father in the manufacturing of cider brandy.  
He had held two military commissions, captain and first lieutenant; was appointed 
by Gov. Porter justice of the peace of Hopewell Township, and served ten years.  
Besides these offices he has held nearly all the public positions in the gift of 
the people of the township.  From his father he inherited 285 acres of land, on 
which two of his sons are living:  Samuel H. S. and Archibald J. G.  Samuel H. S. 
was married in 1880 to Catharine A. McDole, of Hopewell Township; she died in 
1884, leaving two children:  Archibald W. J. and Anna S. M.  Archibald J. G. 
married Susan F. Baird, of Hopewell Township, and has two children:  Ethel and 
Ralph B.  Mr. Thompson  is a member of the Presbyterian Church of Hopewell and 
Stewartstown, and has been an elder and one of the builders of the church.