CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: W. D. THOMPSON - Smith County, TX 

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

W. D. THOMPSON

William David Thompson, born in Georgia, 11th day of February, 1839, 
and removed to Smith county in 1858 and settled near Starrville, where 
he married Miss Leah E. Walters, a native of Nacogdoches county, Texas.  
He enlisted in Co. G, 11th Texas Infantry, and was elected captain, 
in which position he sustained an excellent reputation for gallantry 
until the surrender in 1865.  In 1878 he removed to Van Zandt county 
and opened up a farm near Canton, the county seat.  The people of 
the county honored him with the position of sheriff, county clerk and 
treasurer of his county, in which positions he won the good word of 
his people for business qualifications and honesty.  Always loyal to 
the South, and believed in the principles for which the South fought,
acting well his part after he became a citizen.  Some years ago he 
answered the final roll call, passed out with the reflecton of well 
spent life for his God, his country and family.  Most of his family 
are dead, but the remaining members hold him in kind remembrance for 
such a life, as father and husband.