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1900 Whiteside Bios > R. A. Thompson


Source: The Biographical Record of Whiteside County, lllinois
Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1900
Reprinted by: Higginson Book Company, Salem, MA
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Transcribed by: Denise McLoughlin
Tampico Area Historical Society
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Pages: 509

R. A. Thompson. Among the young men of Whiteside county who have selected agriculture as their vocation in life, and who, judging from present indications, are bound to realize their most sanguine anticipations, is the subject of this biographical notice, who resides on section 34, Fenton township, where he owns and successfully operates a valuable farm of four hundred and three acres.

Mr. Thompson was born in that town-township, February 25, 1869, and is a son of S. A. Thompson, a sketch of whom is given elsewhere in this volume. He received good school privileges, attending first the common schools of Fenton and College Sterling, and later a college at Omaha, Nebraska. On completing his education he was first engaged in mercantile business in Omaha, for one year, and then entered the fire department of that city, with which he was connected about two years. On leaving Omaha, he returned to Whiteside county and located on the farm where he now resides. In connection with general farming he is engaged in stock raising, making a speiclty of full-blooded Clyde horses and trotting stock, Durham cattle and Poland China hogs. His wife is interested in the fancy poultry business, raising buff cochins.

In 1892, Mr. Thompson married Miss Anna Carrtenson, a daughter of Henry Carrtenson, of Erie, but she died about three months after their marriage, and he was again married, January 1. 1895, his second union being with Miss Lenora McMurphy, a daughter of George McMurphy. Fraternally Mr. Thompson is a member of the Masonic order, the Knights of Pythias, and the Modern Woodmen of America. In politics he is independent, voting for whom he considers the best man for the office, but he has never taken any interest in local politics. He is held in high esteem by his neighbors and friends, and ranks among the leading agriculturists and most popular citizens of Fenton township.

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