N. C. Thompson

THOMPSON, REILEY

Posted By: Diane Wilson (email)
Date: 5/25/2004 at 22:06:53

N. C. Thompson was born in Ireland, September 3, 1834. He came to the United States in 1853. He first engaged as a clerk in mercantile trade, and afterward carried on a tea, coffee and spice trade until 1863, when he came to Butler county, and settled on section 13, Jefferson township, where he now resides. In February, 1864, he was appointed deputy county treasurer, and served in that capacity until January 1, 1872. In the fall of 1871 he was elected county treasurer, and held that office four years. He then followed farming one year in Jackson township, when he again returned to his farm in Jefferson. He owns 240 acres, and is engaged in stock farming. In 1860, in the city of Brooklyn, New York, he married Miss Nannie Reiley, a native of Ireland. She died, in July, 1882, leaving five children – John W., William C., Launcelot, Jane, and Mary.
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Source: History of Butler and Bremer Counties, Iowa
Union Publishing Co., Springfield, IL, 1883
Page 618