MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - Joseph Percival Thompson
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JOSEPH PERCIVAL THOMPSON is a son of John and Mary (Snell) Thompson, who
were born in North Carolina.  The father came to Tennessee with his parents
when Nashville was a mere village.  He spent the greater share of  his life
in Bedford Conty, where he farmed and practiced medicine.  He served as
surveyor and magistrate and represented his county one term
in the State Legislature.  He was a Democrat up to 1835 and then became a
Whig.  He died in 1857 and the mother in 1861.  Joseph P. was born in
Bedford County January 16, 1812.  At the age of sixteen he began working as
salesman,  and in 1833 wedded Prudence Allison, by whom he had five
children.  She died in 1844 and the following year he married Myra
Wallis.  To them  were born four children, two of whom lived to be
grown.  In 1850 his second wife died and two years later Margaret E. Fowler
became his third wife.  Since his first marriage Mr. Thompson has
farmed.  He is conservative in politics.
Robert C. Thompson, his son, was born to his first marriage.  He was born
June 30, 1836, in Bedford County, and there lived ;until sixteen years  of
age and then came to Marshall County.  He taught school for some time,
although farming had been his chief calling through life. In 1858 he wedded
Frances S. Wilson, by whom he had three children:  Flora A., Thomas L. (who
graduated with the class of 1886 from Vanderbilt University), and Minnie
B.  In 1861 Robert C. volunteered in Company H, Forty-first Tennessee
Infantry.  He was captured at Fort Donelson and imprisoned at Camp Morton,
but re-entered service after being exchanged, but was so severely wounded
at Atlanta that he was disabled from further service.  He attained the rank
of second lieutenant.  Since the was he has farmed.  He is a Democrat in
politics, and is a man who takes deep interest in enterprises for the
public wealth.

Surnames: Allison, Fowler, Thompson, Wallis, Wilson
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."