Husband Hon. Alexander R. Thomson 1 2
Born: 29 Feb 1820 - Independence Twp, Beaver Co, PA 1
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Died: 1905 - Beaver Co, PA 2
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Father: Alexander Thomson (Abt 1781-1846) 1 2
Mother: Jane McElhaney (Abt 1787-1867) 2 3
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Other Spouse: Hannah Charles ( - ) 2 4
Wife Ellen Scott 2 4
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1 M Jeremiah Morgan Thomson 4
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General Notes: Husband - Hon. Alexander R. Thomson
He was educated in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and at Jefferson College. He studied medicine with Dr. Pollock, then of Clinton, later of Pittsburgh. After practicing seven years, he abandoned the profession on account of ill health, and engaged in farming. He afterward studied law with Samuel B. Wilson, Esq., of Beaver, and was admitted to the bar in 1858. His principal business was farming, and he owned 300 acres.
He was elected prothonotary [of Beaver County] in December, 1854, and held that position until April, 1856, when he resigned on account of ill health. A staunch adherent of Jeffersonian democracy, he was never a blind follower of party. When the question of slavery was thrust upon the people for solution, he raised his voice in public speech against it. He believed that under the Declaration of Independence, the proposition was self-evident: that the American slave was entitled to his freedom. Nature endowed him with rare gifts as a public speaker. With an oratorical diction and temperament, a mind clear, logical and incisive, an accurate knowledge of national politics and the history of political parties, and with a courage that bid him speak the truth as light was given him to see it, he became at once a political speaker of rare force and power. In 1882, he was elected a member of the legislature. During the extra session of that body, convened for the purpose of apportioning the state, as required by the constitution, his speeches made in furtherance of the constitutional provision, and for the strict enforcement of the organic law, attracted attention throughout the state.
He later lived in quiet seclusion on his farm, a condition at once conducive to health, and agreeable to a mind naturally diffident and retiring.