Transcription contributed by Arne H Trelvik 3 October 2003

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WILLIAM M. THOMPSON, farmer; P. O. Lebanon; was born in Turtle Creek Township, Sept. 8, 1840; he is the son of William and Nancy (Beed) Thompson, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Ohio; his father came to Ohio in 1840, and for eight years commanded a steamer on the Ohio River; he was a tanner by trade, but spent most of his life on a farm; he was married in Warren County, and raised nine children, all of whom reached their majority, were married, and, with one exception, are still living; Mr. Thompson was a most successful farmer, and at the time of his death in 1871 owned 320 acres of land. Our subject received a fair education and grew up on the farm; in 1869, he married Clara Earnhart, by whom he had one child, a son, Sylvan, born in 1871; Mr. Thompson is a good farmer, and now owns a fine farm of 80 acres of land, on which are a comfortable residence, and good and substantial barns, cribs, etc.