D. M. THOMPSON

THOMPSON, ETHERIDGE

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Date: 5/23/2009 at 16:22:29

The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

D. M. THOMPSON, engineer at Watson Coal-Shaft; born in Miami Co., Ind., Oct. 22, 1838; located in this county Oct. 21, 1847, and owns two houses and lots, valued at $1,000. He is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church and is a Republican. His wife, Tabitha D. Etheridge, was born in Jackson Co., Tenn., Jan. 2, 1842; they were married Feb. 10, 1858; their children's names are Martha A., Hiram A., Calvin O., Ola O., and Samuel. Mr. Thompson enlisted in Co. C, 2d Mo. Cav., May 2, 1862, and served with them two years and seven months, and re-enlisted in the 13th Mo. Vet. Cav., and served to the close of the War. Mr. Thompson has been engineer at the Watson Coal-Mine several years and is considered a very reliable man.