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Henry Thompson was born June 9, 1823, in Anderson County, Tenn., and is a son of Joharda and Margaret (Green) Thompson. The father grew to maturity in North Carolina, and after his marriage settled in Anderson County, Tenn. He then lived in McMinn County five years and in Cherokee Nation one year, after which he spent forty years in Georgia and then came to Arkansas with his son, where he died in Franklin County, April 29, 1872, aged eighty. He served in the War of 1812, as private, under Gen. Jackson. The mother was born in Rutherford County, N. C., and had eight children, three of whom are living: Mary, wife of Henry Mullens, of Kentucky; Henry, and Amanda C., wife of David McClure, of Texas. William Thomas, John, Coswell and Andrew are deceased. The grandfather, William Thompson, was born in North Carolina, and was an early settler in Tennessee, where he died. He participated in the battle of Orleans. His wife, Mary (Tabor) Thompson, was born in America, of Irish parents, and passed the greater part of her life in Tennessee, where she died nearly one hundred years of age. The maternal grandparents of our subject were of Irish parentage, and spent their lives in North and South Carolina. Henry Thompson lived in Tennessee until eight years old, but was principally reared in Walker County, Ga., where he grew up upon a farm and received a common-school education. He began life for himself as a wagon-maker and mill-wright, and in 1871 emigrated from Georgia to Arkansas, living in Franklin County five years, and then moved on his present place, which contains 465 acres, 150 being cultivated and finely improved. Mr. Thompson is a Republican, and when in Georgia served as bailiff and notary public. Since coming to Arkansas he has retired from political life. October 28, 1846, he married Mary Williams, daughter of Alexander and Margaret Williams, who bore him five children: William C., Cicero and James A., living, and Alexander and Margaret, deceased. Mrs. Thompson died October 2, 1858; she was a native of South Carolina. Mr. Thompson afterward married Ann Cobb, daughter of William and Ann (Wilson) Cobb, natives of South Carolina, who immigrated to Hall County, Ga., where Mrs. Thompson was born. To Mr. and Mrs. Thompson seven children have been born: Martha E., Orra A., Richard V., John F., Robert H., Rhoda J. and Amanda C. Mr. Thompson has been a member of the Missionary Baptist Church over forty-five years, was a member of the first church in Walker County, Ga., and Mrs. Thompson is also a member of the Missionary Baptist Church. Mr. Thompson is an earnest advocate of educational advancement, and a public-spirited man.