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William Alexander Thompson

W.A. Thompson
Full Name: William Alexander Thompson
Birth date: June 22, 1834
Death date: March 24, 1901

Terms of Service

  • House, 18th (1) (3) (4) Legislature
    1/9/1883 - 1/13/1885
    Unaffiliated
  • House, 17th (2) Legislature
    1/11/1881 - 1/9/1883
    Democrat
(1) Independent. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
(3) Biographical sketch and roster list home post office of Nelson, home county of Austin. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
(4) Independent. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.

Biographical Notes and Resources

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Other Resources

  • William Alexander Thompson, birth date 6/22/1834 in Selma, Dallas County, Alabama, death date 3/24/1901 in Hico, Hamilton County, Texas. Spouse Catherine Sullivan. Residence in Austin County (1870 and 1880), and Hamilton County (1900). Strickland/Hinson & Black/Dawson Family Tree. Ancestry.com .
  • Census of 1870 - William Austin County, age 36, born circa 1834 in Alabama, farmer, living in household with Catharine Thompson.
    Census of 1880 - W.A. Thompson, Austin County, age 45, born circa 1835 in Alabama, farmer, wife Catharine.
    Census of 1900 - William A. Thompson, Hico Town, Hamilton County, age 67, born June 1833 in Alabama, farmer, wife Catherine.
    William A. Thompson married Catherine Sullivan, Austin County, 10/6/1857. FamilySearch . 1900 1880
  • 1870 Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977
  • W.A. Thompson, birth date 6/22/1834, death date 3/24/1901, burial in Hico Cemetery, Hico, Hamilton County. Find a Grave .
  • W.A. Thompson, postoffice Nelsonville, Austin County, farmer, nativity Alabama, age 46 (born circa 1835). Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas 1881.
  • Biographical sketch, p. 264. Born 1834 in Alabama. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.
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