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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
History
of Tuscarawas County, Ohio
Combination atlas map of Tuscarawas
County, Ohio
Strasburg, Ohio: Gordon Print.,
1875
359 pgs. L. H. Everts
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WILLIAM B. THOMPSON.
The subject of this sketch was born in
Carroll County, Ohio, Dec. 22, 1835. He came with his father’s family to
Uhrichsville in 1844.
When he was
fifteen years of age he commenced clerking in the store of
C. Demuth in Uhrichsville, where he
continued several years during the summer, attending school in the winter
season. This, with about a year each
in Hagerstown
and Granville
Colleges, comprised his educational facilities. He studied law with
Messrs. McIllvane and
Stambaugh, of New Philadelphia, was admitted to the bar in September, 1862, and began
the practice of his profession in the fall following in Uhrichsville. For four years, - from 1866 to 1870,
- he served as Mayor of the village.
On the 28th
of September, 1860, he married Miss Eliza
E., daughter of M. R. Haskins,
late of Uhrichsville. Has had one
son and two daughters.
Mrs. Thompson died Oct. 3, 1870.
For the last
three years Mr. Thompson has been a
Director in the Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank of Uhrichsville, and was made a
Director of the Citizen’s National Bank of New Philadelphia in January, 1874.
Mr. Thompson started in the world
relying entirely upon his own efforts.
He has grown up with the place, and by prompt attention to his business
has built up with the palce, and by prompt attention to his business has built
up a very successful practice, and has accumulated a large competence. He has never taken any active part in
politics, but has ever been a staunch Republican.
Source: Combination Atlas Map of
Tuscarawas County, Ohio by L. H. Everts & Co. – Philadelphia – 1875 ~ Page 23
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