Joseph H. Thompson Biographical Sketch from Beers History of Warren County, Ohio

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Contributor::	Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 3 Oct 2003
Sources:	The History of Warren County Ohio Part V. Biographical Sketches Turtlecreek Township (Chicago, IL: W. H. Beers Co, 1882; reprint, Mt. Vernon, IN: Windmill Publications, 1992)
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JOSEPH H. THOMPSON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Butler Co., Ohio, April 26, 1824; his parents were Joseph and Mary (Casson) Thompson, whose parents were of Scotch descent, and who emigrated to Ohio at an early day. Our subject was educated in the schools of Warren County, with the exception of one year spent in an academy located in Ross Co., Ohio. At

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the age of 17 years, he commenced the trade of a carpenter, which was finished at Cincinnati. He soon became a contractor and builder, and erected a great many houses throughout southwestern Ohio; this occupation he pursued until of late years, when he began farming, now making it a specialty. On the 30th of May, 1850, he was united in marriage with Amanda F., daughter of Robert and A. Curry, and sister of Hon. William Curry, of Indiana. To them were born the following children: Robert, William B., Edwin C., Charles H., Horace, Milton Ellsworth, Albert J., Arthur and Eva. Mr. Thompson is the architect of his own home, which consists of a beautiful residence, situated four and one-half miles northeast of Lebanon, on the Lebanon & Freeport pike, where he owns a farm of 200 acres of well improved land.

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