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| Alexander Thompson, farmer, sec. 14, Green tp., was born in Scotland, July 28, 1814, and is the son of John and Jeanette (Twedel) natives of “Auld Scotia, “ where they lived and died, the father in 1815 when the son was but two years old. Mr. Thompson remained at home with his mother until he was 34 years old, occupied with the business of cloth- making. He came to the American continent in 1848, landed in New York, then went to Gault, Canada. He returned to the “States” at the end of the year and located in Mercer Co., Pa., where he found employment in his trade. He worked there 18 months, then went to the factories at Indianapolis, where he remained four years. In the fall of 1854 he went back to Scotland and was there employed as a weaver. In 1858 Mr. Thompson was married to Agnes, daughter of James and Margaret (Richmond) Morton, who was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, Nov. 21, 1825. Her parents were natives of that place, and where they are buried. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson have had four children; John, born April 12, 1859, James M., March 21, 1861, Margaret M., Jan. 18,1863 (Now Mrs. John Lord); Jeanette, June 21, 1867, died May 19, 1882. Early in the fall of 1861, with his wife and two children, sailed for the United States. They landed in New York then went to Trumbull Co., Ohio, where he followed his occupation until the spring of 1868, when he came to Mecosta Co. He located at once a farm containing 160 acres of land. Forty acres of his original tract are now under cultivation. Mr. Thompson is a Republican of the most faithful type. |