The son of Scottish-born Alexander & Isabella (Pennman or Perriman) Thompson, in 1860 he was a laborer and miner living in Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. By 1864, he stood 5' 11" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the grossly overstated age of twenty-one in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, August 2, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 10 as a private with Co. F, 129th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 18, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the again overstated age of eighteen in Tremont, Schuylkill County, June 30, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Pottsville July 3 as a corporal with Co. E, 39th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 2, 1863.
3. Enlisted at the still overstated age of nineteen in Pottsville January 23, 1864, mustered into federal service at Philadelphia February 21 as a private with Co. G, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry (80th Pa), promoted to corporal July 1, 1865, and honorably discharged with his company August 23, 1865.
After the war, he worked in the mines where he earned the tuition to pay for a four-year education at Freeburg Academy, which may actually be Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg, Maine. He later read for the law in Harrisburg and was admitted to the bar in 1877. He married Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" Halk October 24, 1872, in Lykens, Dauphin County, and fathered William Claude (b. 12/10/73) and Warren Ray (b. @1876). He served a term as state representative and two more in the state senate. He was a member of Tower City's Thompson Post No. 174, G.A.R., and later of Lykens, Dauphin County's Hellner Post No. 232.
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Hon. Alexander Thompson, eldest surviving son of Alexander Thompson, has been a very prominent man in his district, a member of the Dauphin county bar and at one time a member of the State Senate. During the Civil war he served in the Union army. His home is at Lykens, Dauphin county,and he is also very well known in Schuylkill county. Since 1912 he has been blind, having lost his sight in an explosion on his farm at Lykens.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the grossly overstated age of twenty-one in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, August 2, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 10 as a private with Co. F, 129th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 18, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the again overstated age of eighteen in Tremont, Schuylkill County, June 30, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Pottsville July 3 as a corporal with Co. E, 39th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 2, 1863.
3. Enlisted at the still overstated age of nineteen in Pottsville January 23, 1864, mustered into federal service at Philadelphia February 21 as a private with Co. G, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry (80th Pa), promoted to corporal July 1, 1865, and honorably discharged with his company August 23, 1865.
After the war, he worked in the mines where he earned the tuition to pay for a four-year education at Freeburg Academy, which may actually be Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg, Maine. He later read for the law in Harrisburg and was admitted to the bar in 1877. He married Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" Halk October 24, 1872, in Lykens, Dauphin County, and fathered William Claude (b. 12/10/73) and Warren Ray (b. @1876). He served a term as state representative and two more in the state senate. He was a member of Tower City's Thompson Post No. 174, G.A.R., and later of Lykens, Dauphin County's Hellner Post No. 232.
Source of the following article unknown:
Hon. Alexander Thompson, eldest surviving son of Alexander Thompson, has been a very prominent man in his district, a member of the Dauphin county bar and at one time a member of the State Senate. During the Civil war he served in the Union army. His home is at Lykens, Dauphin county,and he is also very well known in Schuylkill county. Since 1912 he has been blind, having lost his sight in an explosion on his farm at Lykens.
The son of Scottish-born Alexander & Isabella (Pennman or Perriman) Thompson, in 1860 he was a laborer and miner living in Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. By 1864, he stood 5' 11" tall and had brown hair and gray eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the grossly overstated age of twenty-one in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, August 2, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 10 as a private with Co. F, 129th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 18, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the again overstated age of eighteen in Tremont, Schuylkill County, June 30, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Pottsville July 3 as a corporal with Co. E, 39th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 2, 1863.
3. Enlisted at the still overstated age of nineteen in Pottsville January 23, 1864, mustered into federal service at Philadelphia February 21 as a private with Co. G, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry (80th Pa), promoted to corporal July 1, 1865, and honorably discharged with his company August 23, 1865.
After the war, he worked in the mines where he earned the tuition to pay for a four-year education at Freeburg Academy, which may actually be Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg, Maine. He later read for the law in Harrisburg and was admitted to the bar in 1877. He married Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" Halk October 24, 1872, in Lykens, Dauphin County, and fathered William Claude (b. 12/10/73) and Warren Ray (b. @1876). He served a term as state representative and two more in the state senate. He was a member of Tower City's Thompson Post No. 174, G.A.R., and later of Lykens, Dauphin County's Hellner Post No. 232.
Source of the following article unknown:
Hon. Alexander Thompson, eldest surviving son of Alexander Thompson, has been a very prominent man in his district, a member of the Dauphin county bar and at one time a member of the State Senate. During the Civil war he served in the Union army. His home is at Lykens, Dauphin county,and he is also very well known in Schuylkill county. Since 1912 he has been blind, having lost his sight in an explosion on his farm at Lykens.
A Civil War veteran, he served three terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the grossly overstated age of twenty-one in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, August 2, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 10 as a private with Co. F, 129th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 18, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the again overstated age of eighteen in Tremont, Schuylkill County, June 30, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Pottsville July 3 as a corporal with Co. E, 39th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 2, 1863.
3. Enlisted at the still overstated age of nineteen in Pottsville January 23, 1864, mustered into federal service at Philadelphia February 21 as a private with Co. G, 7th Pennsylvania Cavalry (80th Pa), promoted to corporal July 1, 1865, and honorably discharged with his company August 23, 1865.
After the war, he worked in the mines where he earned the tuition to pay for a four-year education at Freeburg Academy, which may actually be Fryeburg Academy in Fryeburg, Maine. He later read for the law in Harrisburg and was admitted to the bar in 1877. He married Elizabeth A. "Lizzie" Halk October 24, 1872, in Lykens, Dauphin County, and fathered William Claude (b. 12/10/73) and Warren Ray (b. @1876). He served a term as state representative and two more in the state senate. He was a member of Tower City's Thompson Post No. 174, G.A.R., and later of Lykens, Dauphin County's Hellner Post No. 232.
Source of the following article unknown:
Hon. Alexander Thompson, eldest surviving son of Alexander Thompson, has been a very prominent man in his district, a member of the Dauphin county bar and at one time a member of the State Senate. During the Civil war he served in the Union army. His home is at Lykens, Dauphin county,and he is also very well known in Schuylkill county. Since 1912 he has been blind, having lost his sight in an explosion on his farm at Lykens.
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