Col. William G. Thompson

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Husband Col. William G. Thompson ^{1 2}

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           Born:  - Brady Twp, Butler Co, PA
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         Father: William Humes Thompson (1796-1867) 2 3 4
         Mother: Jane McCandless (Abt 1796-1868) 1 2 4

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General Notes: Husband - Col. William G. Thompson

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He studied law with Samuel A. Purviance. He removed to Marion, Iowa. He served as Colonel of the Twentieth Regiment Iowa Infantry. Afterward, he represented his district in the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Con­gresses. [HBC 1883, 338] His brother is also refered to with the same honorific on pg 75.

He read law under William Timblin, of Butler, and was admitted to the bar November 15, 1853. He moved to Iowa shortly afterward, settling in Linn County. During the Civil War he served as major of an Iowa regiment, and later represented his district in the Forty-sev­enth and Forty-eighth Congresses. [HBC 1909, 246]

1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 338.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1247.

3 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 338, 364, 417.

4 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 7.