William Lafayette Thompson, birth date 10/1/1838, death date 1/3/1924, burial in Magnolia Cemetery, Beaumont, Jefferson County.
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Confederate States Army, Company G, 4th Louisiana Infantry. Later transferred to Company B, Pointe Coupee Artillery, under Captain William A. Davidson. Biographical sketch, William L. Thompson, Volume II, pp. 681-682. Birth date 10/1/1838 Greensburg, St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. First marriage to Neanie Andrews (died 1883), second marriage to Cassie Burkhart. "During his residence in San Antonio he was elected to the eighteenth and nineteenth legislatures . . ."
Historical Review of South-east Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men of Its Commerce, Industry and Civic Affairs 1910.
Biographical sketch, William Lafayette Thompson, born 10/1/1838 in Greensburg, Louisiana. Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas, 1892, pp. 765-766, crediting Dallas Public Library.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Biographical sketch, William Lafayette Thompson, pp. 268-269. Name in roster, W.S. Thompson.
Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883. Biographical sketchRoster
Col. W.L. Thompson, mentioned in biographical sketch of son-in-law, Judge Daniel P. Wheat, Volume 2, p. 1137. "Col. W. L. Thompson, well known in the legal circles of Texas and Louisiana, having been a member of the Texas Legislature, and serving for several
years as a member of the Louisiana Senate. He was also deputy collector of customs under President Cleveland."
The New Encyclopedia of Texas 1926.