BIO:  William 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

WILLIAM THOMPSON was born in Chanceford Township, York Co., Penn., January 1, 1841.  His parents were Archa and Elizabeth (Heffner) Thompson, natives of Maryland and Pennsylvania, respectively, and of English and German descent.  They reared a family of two sons and six daughters, and buried four children in infancy.  William Thompson, the eldest living of this family, was reared on a farm.  In 1862 he was married in his native township to Margaret Jane Blouse, daughter of Solomon Blouse, of the same township, and of German descent.  They had twelve children, two of whom died:  Rebecca, six years of age, burned to death by accident; Wellington, deceased, aged two years.  Those living are Elizabeth, William James, Annie, Ella, Mary Fannie, Andrew Leib, Jesse R., Georgie, Nattie and Llewellyn.  Mr. Thompson owns 149 acres of well cultivated land in Hopewell Township, which he has been farming since 1863.  He has been assessor, has been a delegate to the Democratic county conventions, and is connected with a building and loan association at York, Penn.  His father who lives in Shrewsbury Township, is now seventy-four years of age.