History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . stics of the class, and he gives it cheerfullyand in enii)hatic terms. His address is Atlantic , Wash-iupton, 1). (. Alexander Thomson, , , Oregon. The subject of this sketchwas born on Griggsville Prairiein Iike County, Illinois, May2(1, 1844. His father, WilliamThomson, first saw the light ona farm near Wheeling, \ 17, 1818, and was l)y oc-cupation a farmer. In 1836, heremoved to Illinois and was en-gaged in farming until his death,which occurred on his farm atVerona in that
History of the class of '70, Department of literature, science and the arts . stics of the class, and he gives it cheerfullyand in enii)hatic terms. His address is Atlantic , Wash-iupton, 1). (. Alexander Thomson, , , Oregon. The subject of this sketchwas born on Griggsville Prairiein Iike County, Illinois, May2(1, 1844. His father, WilliamThomson, first saw the light ona farm near Wheeling, \ 17, 1818, and was l)y oc-cupation a farmer. In 1836, heremoved to Illinois and was en-gaged in farming until his death,which occurred on his farm atVerona in that state, on l^ecem-ber 7th, 1900, after an illness ofonly about 24 hours, aged maiden name of Alexand-ers mother was Sarah Jane Gilbreath. Her parents were fromConnecticut and located in Illinois, where they died, leaving twodaughters, Sarah Jane, aged 7, and her sister aged 5, to be taken,care of by strangers. Sarah Jane was adopted into the familyof James McWilliams where she lived until married to WilliamThomson. She died when Alexander was onlv six vears of 188 Class of 70, Uni\-ersitv of Michigan. near Wheeling, \a., on the farm where Alexanders father washorn. She had l^een sick for several years with consinnptionand was taken to \ irginia in hopes that a change of climatewould give relief, hut the fatal disease soon terminated her his mothers death Alexander returned to Griggsville,Illinois, with his father who, after a lapse of ahout four vears,married a second time and settled in (irundy County, near \e-rona. The fruits of this union were three daughters, all of whomare living, so that, as Alexander says, he has one and one-halfsisters, that is three half-sisters. After his return from Airginiahe made his home with James AlcWilliams for two years, thenwith Jerome Ferry for several months and then with Thomas^Miller. After his fathers second marriage Alexander went withhim to Grundy County and attended public school in Pike andGrimdy counties. When
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