Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . ge business, wasborn in Colchester Township, September 17,1S55, a son of James and Hannah (Hooton)Thompson, natives of the State of Ohio. JamesThompson was a farmer by occupation andpursued that vocation in Colchester Townshipuntil the Civil War, when he enlisted in theUnion Army. When the war was nearly overhe was taken prisoner and confined in An-dersonville prison, where he died. R. F. Thomp-son is the sixth of a family of nine childrenborn to his parents, of whom eight were remained with his mother on the farm until1S82, during his boyhood
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois, ed . ge business, wasborn in Colchester Township, September 17,1S55, a son of James and Hannah (Hooton)Thompson, natives of the State of Ohio. JamesThompson was a farmer by occupation andpursued that vocation in Colchester Townshipuntil the Civil War, when he enlisted in theUnion Army. When the war was nearly overhe was taken prisoner and confined in An-dersonville prison, where he died. R. F. Thomp-son is the sixth of a family of nine childrenborn to his parents, of whom eight were remained with his mother on the farm until1S82, during his boyhood attending the publicschools of that vicinity. In the year named hesettled in Colchester and went into the drayingbusiness, starting with one team and a this line Mr. Thompson, through his energy,industry and close attention to his work, hasmade such good headway that he now conductsthe largest business of the kind in town, andhis patronage continues to increase. He main-tains an office at his residence, with
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