Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 July 1899 — Obituary. [ARTICLE]

Obituary.

Thomas Thompson, the eighth of ten children of David fcnd Eliza Thompson, was bom Aug. 4, 1841, in Orange Township, Hancock County, Ohio. He attended school and received a fair education. He taught in the winters of 1859-1860 and in 1861, enlisted in Company H. 99th Ohio Regiment of Volunteers. He was severely wounded at the battle of Resaca, from which wound he never fully recovered. After the war closed Thomas worked in the bank of his uncle, Thomas McCoy, at New Lisbon, Ohio. In 1874 he entered into partnership with his brother, Simon P. under the name of Thompson & Bro. The law was not to his taste. He afterward formed a bank partnership with Alfred McCoy under the name of A. McCoy & T. Thompson, which continued several years. Thomas’ health declining he went out of active business. He married Mattie Parkinson, April 23, 1872, who died July 19, 1883, leaving one child Ray D., now a lawyer of Rensselaer. Thomas married Mrs. Jennie LaRue on Aug. 20, 1885, who survives him. Mr. Thompson? was a patient sufferer for thirty-five yearß but for the most part able to transact business. Up to the time of his death be seemed to be in usual health hnd was conversing with the Clerk of the Court when the thread of life gave way. Other surviving near relatives are three brothers, Isaac Thompson, of Bluffton, Ohio, Judge S. P. Thompson, of Rensselaer, and David J. Thompson, now in northern Michigan, Piano wanted for three months. I Bessie Mood\, 1