Col. John M. Thompson, Esq. and Anna Loretta Campbell

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Husband Col. John M. Thompson, Esq. ^{1 2 3}

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            AKA: Col. John N. Thompson Esq. 4
           Born: 4 Jan 1830 - Brady Twp, Butler Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 8 Sep 1903 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 5
         Buried: 

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         Father: William Humes Thompson (1796-1867) 6 7 8
         Mother: Jane McCandless (Abt 1796-1868) 7 8 9

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       Marriage: 12 Oct 1854 10

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Wife Anna Loretta Campbell ^{10 11}

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           Born: 1836 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 1910 11
         Buried: 

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         Father: William Campbell (      -      ) 10
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M Oliver D. Thompson ^{12 13}

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           Born: 24 Sep 1855 or 1856 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 12 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Jun 1925 - Sewickley, Allegheny Co, PA 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Kate W. Dresser (      -      ) 13
           Marr: 26 Jan 1881 13

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2 M William C. Thompson ¹⁴

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           Born: 5 Aug 1861 - Butler, Butler Co, PA 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 1915 11
         Buried: 

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3 F Anna Elora Thompson ¹⁵

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1909
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Charles Mitchell (      -      ) 10

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4 F Lauretta Gertrude Thompson ^{10 11}

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           Born: 7 Aug 1866 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Mar 1873 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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General Notes: Husband - Col. John M. Thompson, Esq.

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He was born in 1829. [MRF, 78]
He received the primary instruction usually acquired at the public schools of the State. He received an academic course at the Witherspoon Institute, an institution located at Butler, from whose walls many good minds have gone forth to make their mark in the history of the various profes­sions and callings to which they respectively aspired. Mr. Thompson became a law student in 1852, in the office of Hon. S. A. Purviance, then a leading member of the Butler bar. He was admitted to the practice of his profession in 1854, and soon took rank as an able advocate. He entered into a partnership with his former preceptor, and soon had charge of the office business, Mr. Purviance soon after being elected to Congress, Thompson had the entire control of a large practice. He early took a front rank in his pro­fession. It was soon demonstrated that nature had in his case been quite lavish of her gifts. His quick perceptions, his close legal discrimination and his fo­rensic eloquence soon asserted their power. In 1858, Mr. Thompson was nominated as a candidate for the Legislature by the Republicans, and, notwithstanding it was an off year, and there was a strong movement made against the school system by a formidable com­bination, which had a ticket of its own in the field, he was elected by a large majority. He was renominated the following year, and re-elected. He was a leading member of the body of which he was a mem­ber during his whole term of service. On his return the second session, his name was used by some of his friends as a candidate for the Speakership. The con­test finally settled down, in caucus, between Col. A. K. McLure and W. C. Lawrence, Esq. The latter gentleman was successful. But, being prevented by sickness from being present during a greater part of the session, Mr. Thompson was the presiding officer of the body in the capacity of Speaker pro tem. On his return from the Legislature, he renewed his ap­plication to his profession.
In 1862, he became Colonel of the One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers. He took part in the battle of Fredericksburg, under Burnside. In the same year, he was the choice of the Republicans of his county for Congress, as he was also two years afterward, but Hon. Thomas Will­iams, of Allegheny County, was nominated in the dis­trict. In 1874, he was elected to Congress at a spe­cial election, to fill the vacancy that had been caused by the resignation of Hon. E. McJunkin, who had been elected Judge, to fill the unexpired term of the latter. In 1876, he was re-elected, and served the full term. He at once took rank as an able debater. He was again presented for renomination by his county, but failed of receiving a district nomination, the rotation custom of the district obtaining. He is still in the enjoyment of a lucrative practice, and doubtless has still higher achievements of a professional and public character before him. [HBC 1883, 63]
He enlisted as Major of the 134th Regiment of Pa. Volunteers August 22, 1862, was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel Dec. 8, 1862, wounded at Fredericksburg Dec. 31, 1862 and resigned Feb. 14, 1863.
He died Sept 18. [MRF, 78]

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Notes: Marriage

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The were married October 10. [HBC 1895, 709]

1 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 63.

2 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 708, 1247.

3 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1072.

4 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 364.

5 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 248, 1073.

6 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 338, 364, 417.

7 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1247.

8 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 7.

9 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 338.

10 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1073.

11 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 78.

12 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 75.

13 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 718.

14 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 75, 338.

15 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 64.