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J. G. THOMPSON, wagon-maker, New Hope, was born in Scott Township November 2, 1818. His parents, James and Margaret (Gibson) Thompson, were natives of Pennsylvania, of Irish descent. They emigrated to Brown County in 1810, and settled in Pike Township, where they remained until the father’s death. Our subject was educated in the subscription schools of his day, and learned the trade of a wagon-maker and carpenter, in which occupation he is still employed. On May 16, 1844, he took to himself a wife, who survived her marriage but five years. On October 21, 1852, he married Elizabeth (Gibson) Purdum, widow of William Purdum, and by her has had seven children — Enoch, William J., Andrew J., Helen (wife of Newton C. Wardlow), Mary E. (deceased), John (deceased) and Marcena. Mr. T. is a Democrat, a member of the Christian Union Church, and an Odd Fellow. He is a man of sound judgment and decided opinions, and expresses his opinion without regard to the public mind.