Albert Thompson

THOMPSON

Posted By: Gordon Felland (email)
Date: 10/7/2006 at 22:48:17

Albert Thompson settled in Worth Co., Iowa, in 1877. He owns forty acres of land on section 28 in Deer Creek township. He was born in Norway, Dec. 22, 1844, where he was reared, receiving a common school education. At the age of twenty-one he came to the United States, settling first in Waupaca Co., Wis., Scandinavian township, where he remained three years. He then removed to Mitchell Co., Iowa, locating in St. Ansgar, where he worked on a farm for eight years, and in 1877 came to Worth county, where he now lives. He was married Feb. 13,1875, to Bertha Lee. By this marriage they have one child— Thomas Edward, born July 24, 1880. In politics Mr. Thompson is a republican. He and his family are members of the Lutheran Church.

Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883, Page 733.