WILLIAM THOMPSON
The first permanent settlement within the borders of Lincoln [township], was that of William Thompson, a native of Ohio, who emigrated with his family from Indiana and settled on section 5, in the fall of 1856. They lived in a log cabin, now owned and occupied by Mrs. Gant, about a year, when they removed to section 4 and erected a log cabin upon land which they entered there. They remained there until September, 1875, when they went to Arkansas. They afterward returned, but at present live in Nebraska. William Thompson was born in Ohio in 1825. He was married in 1850 to Christina Anderson, daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth (Stephens) Anderson. They had six children---Rosa, Alice A., Louisa, William F., Willis E., Lura J. Rosa is the only one of the family now a resident of Lincoln. She is the wife of Henry C. Martin, who resides on section 15.
Contributed by Lisa Varnes-Rex from "History of Cass County, Iowa. Together With Sketches of its Towns, Villages and Townships, Educational, Civil, Military and Political History: Portraits of Prominent Persons, and Biographies of Old Settlers and Representative Citizens." Springfield, Ill.: Continental Historical Company, 1884, pp. 764.
