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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
Vol. II
by Wm. Rusler - Publ.
1921
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N.
ELMER THOMAS. Beginning work as a boy with
responsibilities in advance of his age, through a long
apprenticeship serving and learning. N. Elmer Thomas
eventually reached a plane of independence in business, and as a
member of the firm of the Evans & Thomas Hardware Company
is identified with one of the leading concerns in Lima.
He was born in Lima Jan. 24, 1872, son of
Louis and
Margaret (Jones) Thomas. Both his father and mother
were of Welsh parentage, and the families first settled in
Dayton. Louis Thomas and wife spent all their lives
in Lima, where he died in 1888 and his wife in 1908.
N. Elmer Thomas was the seventh in a family of
eight children. He was able to attend school regularly to
the age of sixteen, and then on account of his father's death
became a wage earner and worked for a time driving an express
wagon. Not long afterward he began an express wagon.
Not long afterward he began his apprenticeship at the hardware
trade as a handy man for Ewing & Emrick, hardware
merchants in the Holmes Block. He spent sixteen years with
that firm, and when he left them he was head salesman.
Another old time employe was E. A. Evans, who had been
with the firm of twenty-two years. In 1907 these two men
joined forces and established a hardware business of their own
in the Metropolitan Block under the name Evans & Thomas.
They have had the satisfaction of seeing their business grow and
prosper steadily through successive years, and now have a large
trade both in the city and over a country district twenty-five
miles around.
Mr. Thomas is also interested in many other
lines of business. He is a Republican and is affiliated
with Lima Lodge of Elks. In 1906 he married Miss Rowena
Knox, daughter of John and Margaret Knox, of Lima.
Source: A Standard History
of Allen County, Ohio - Vol. II - by Wm. Rusler - Publ. 1921 - Page 91 |
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EDWARD J. THOMPSON.
Farming has been the life business of Edward J. Thompson.
His home is five and a half miles southeast of Delphos on Elida
rural route No. 1. Out of many years experience he has
achieved a satisfying degree of success, has won the esteem of
his neighborhood and has always been ready with his co-operation
in movements to promote the general welfare.
Mr. Thompson was born in Allen County Dec. 27,
1875. He is a son of William and Margaret (Holmes)
Thompson, a venerable couple who have been married
fifty-six years and have lived in Allen County Nov. 25, 1827,
ninety-three years ago, while the mother was born in Hocking
County in April, 1842. They came with their respective
parents to Marion Township, grew up here, were educated in the
public schools and were married Mar. 13, 1864. They
celebrated their golden wedding anniversary more than six year
ago. They have long been sustaining members of the Marion
Baptist Church, and the father has been identified with the
republican party since the time of its organization. Their
three children still living are Della, wife of C. L.
Allen, of Ridge Township, Van Wert County; John W.,
of Marion Township; and Edward J.
Edward J. Thompson grew up on the old homestead
in Marion Township, and after getting his education in the
district school lived at home with his parents and helped his
father run the farm from the time he was twenty-one until he was
thirty.
Apr. 12, 1906, he married Emma Ridenour, who was
born in Marion Township Sept. 15, 1877, a daughter of Peter
and Catherine Ridenour. After their marriage Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson lived a mile and a half southwest of their
present home, where he owned twenty acres. For a year and
a half he rented his father's place, and then bought his present
property, where he has ninety-three acres well cultivated and
improved. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have two sons:
Roscoe, born Aug. 8, 1907, a student in the public schools;
and Richard, born July 13, 1919.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson are members of Morris
Chapel of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Politically he
votes with republican party. Besides his farm Mr.
Thompson is a stockholder in the Elida Equity Exchange and
in the local telephone company.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
- Page 260 |
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JOHN W. THOMPSON.
While for more than a quarter of a century John W. Thompson
has lived on and operated one farm in Marion Township, his
business interests have extended outside as a hay and grain
dealer, and he is widely known by his connections with that
industry over northwestern Ohio.
Mr. Thompson was born in Marion Township
Aug. 22, 1873, a son of William and Margaret (Holmes)
Thompson. His father was born in Champaign County,
Ohio, Nov. 26, 1828, and his mother was born in Fairfield County
in March 1832. William Thompson grew up and
acquired a common school education and is one of the few
survivors of the real pioneer epoch in western Ohio. He is
at the time of this writing ninety-three years of age, and has
lived the life of a farmer in Marion Township since his
marriage. For many years he has been active in the Marion
Baptist Church. Three children are still living: John
W. and E. J., both of Marion Township, and Della,
the wife of Charles Allen, of Ridge Township in Van Wert
County.
John W. Thompson grew up on the old homestead in
Marion Township, and made good use of his advantage in the
public schools. On Jan. 24, 1893, he married Emma
Mosier, who was born in the same township and went
through the common schools. After their marriage Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson located on their present
farm, where they have 134 acre, most of it thoroughly cultivated
and highly productive. Mr. Thompson has been
in the grain an hay business since 1909, under the name of
Thompson, Foust & Company. For two years he was
connected with the management of the Ohio City Elevator, and
also has managed elevators at Spencerville and Columbus Grove.
He is a stockholder in and a member of the Board of Directors of
the Elida Bank and a stockholder in the Equity Exchange at
Elida, and is president of the Elida Mutual Telephone Company.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have six children:
Clifford, a farmer in Marion Township; Rolie, who
farms the home place; Willie, Teddy, Laura
and Orvin. The family are active members and
supporters of the Middle River Church. Mr.
Thompson being superintendent of the Sunday school. He
is affiliated with the Elida Lodge of Odd Fellows, the Delphos
Encampment, and is a member of Canton Orion, Patriarchs Militant
No. 24 of Lima. He is also affiliated with the Riverside
Grange and the Pomona Grange of Allen County, and his family are
identified with the Grange. His sons Rolie and Clifford
are members of the Odd Fellows at Elida, Ohio. Mr.
Thompson has given much of his time to public matters, and
is now president of the township School Board and a county
commissioner, elected on the republican ticket.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
- Page 314 |
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DARL W. THOMSON,
one of the popular young citizens of Lima, is a secretary and
treasurer of both of Lima and the Shawnee Country clubs.
The Lima Club contains the best and most representative
citizenship of Lima. It was founded in 1894 by William
K. Boone, and now has 300 active members and 195
non-resident members. The president of the club is H.
L. Solomon and the vice president, A. L. Matheney.
Darl W. Thomson was born at Dunkirk, Ohio, Oct. 15,
1897, son of John W. and Anna (Fulton) Thomson, who are
still living on the old Thomson homestead near Dunkirk.
The paternal grandparents were James and Elizabeth (Hindbaugh)
Thompson, the former born in Scotland and the latter near
Dunkirk, Ohio. The Thomsons settled in that section
of Ohio when the country was filled with Indians and the land
covered with dense timber, so that they had to blaze their path
through the woods to their destination. The maternal
grandparents of Darl Thomson were John Henry and
Margaret (Stull) Fulton, natives of southern Ohio.
Darl W. Thomson received a grammar and high
school education at Dunkirk and also attended the Lima Business
College. In 1915 he entered the general foreman's office
of the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton Railway, now a part of the
Baltimore & Ohio system. In December, 1916, he went with
Don N. Burton handling office supplies, and on Oct. 1,
1918, was inducted into the Student's Army Training Corps at the
Ohio Northern University at Ada. On leaving the army Dec.
20,1918, he became an office man for the Chalmers Pump &
Manufacturing Company, but in October, 1919, was appointed to
his present responsible and pleasant duties as secretary and
treasurer, of the Lima and Shawnee clubs. He is unmarried,
is a republican and member of the Christian Church.
Source: A Standard History of Allen County, Ohio
- Vol. II - Publ. Chicago: Warner i.e. Warner, Beers & Co., 1921
- Page 314 |
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