Hardin County OhArchives Biographies.....Thompson, John 1830 - 
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Author: Warner & Beers (1883)

JOHN THOMPSON, farmer, P. O. Kenton, was born in Halifax County, Va., April 17,
1830. His parents, David and Mary (Anderson) Thompson, emigrated to this State
when our subject was two years old. John was educated at the common schools of
this county, and for his occupation has followed farming. He is the owner of 200
acres of land in Section l5, where he has resided during the last four years. He
was married, September 15, 1853, to Caroline, daughter of Jonathan and Scotia
(Wilson) Wilkins, the former of German and the latter of English descent. Mrs.
Thompson was born in Licking County, Ohio, December 5, 1834, and was educated at
the schools of Wyandot and Van Wert Counties. But one child has blessed this
union-Bertie Lea, born March 28, 1877. Mr. Thompson was a member of the One
Hundred and Twenty-third Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company A, having
enlisted August 16, 1862, and was discharged June 30, 1865, at Indianapolis,
Ind. Mr. Thompson is prominent among the farmers of Goshen Township, and is an
active, enterprising citizen.

Additional Comments:
Goshen Township

Excerpt from

"The History of Hardin County, Ohio"
           containing
A HISTORY OF THE COUNTY; ITS TOWNSHIPS, TOWNS, CHURCHES,
 SCHOOLS, ETC.; GENERAL AND LOCAL STATISTICS; MILITARY
   RECORD; PORTRAITS OF EARLY SETTLERS AND PROMINENT
         MEN; HISTORY OF NORTHWEST TERRITORY;
             HISTORY OF OHIO; MISCELLANEOUS
                  MATTERS, ETC., ETC.

              CHICAGO: WARNER, BEERS & CO.
                          1883

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