My Genealogy Hound

WILLIAM THOMPSON, attorney and counselor at law, was born at Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1848. His father, James Thompson, was a native of Virginia. His mother, whose maiden name was Cynthia Lee, was a native of Virginia, and is now a resident of Carthage. She is a lineal descendant of the old Lee stock. Her uncle, Pryor Lee, of Goliad, Texas, who recently died, was one of the oldest lawyers in the United States. William Thompson, the subject of this sketch, was reared in Indiana and Missouri. He was educated at Greencastle, Indiana, and the State University of Missouri. He attended law school at St. Louis, and began practice in Carthage in 1880, where he has built up a large business. Mr. Thompson is the proprietor of mining stock, as well as city and farm property, also operates in real estate. He was married in June, 1877, to Miss E. J. Rousey, of Webb City, who died in June, 1880. Mr. Thompson is a man of push and enterprise, and well calculated to succeed.