Julius C. Thompson

THOMPSON

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Date: 11/8/2022 at 21:01:45

Julius C. Thompson

Julius C. Thompson has resided in Danville township since 1875. He is a native of St. Lawrence Co., N. Y., born June 8, 1839. His is a son of Emery O. and Lucinda (Hilredth) Thompson, natives of New York, where they were married. In 1855 they emigrated to Green Lake Co., Wis., where they lived until 1866, when they went to Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa, where the father still lives; the mother died there in April, 1880. Julius grew to manhood and received a common school education. On May 20, 1861, he enlisted in company B, 4th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, serving until August, 1865. He took part in many a hotly contested battle, among which were those of New Orleans, Grand Gulf, Vicksburg, besides others and received a gun-shot wound in the thigh at Port Hudson, from the effects of which he now draws a pension. After receiving his discharge he returned to Wisconsin, and the same fall went to Cerro Gordo Co., Iowa and there engaged in farming. In 1876 he removed to his present farm, on section 35, of Danville township. He was married in September, 1873, to Frances O. Dexter, a native of Wisconsin, born in 1849. They have been blessed with four children - Marion, Edna, Elmo and Vivia. Mr. Thompson is a republican, and has held several township officers. He owns 212 acres of well improved land. Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.741