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HISTORY OF DALLAS COUNTY.
Indiana: he is a farmer and capitalist; Joseph,
unmarried and a farmer. Ella Alvira, our
subject's oldest child, is the wife of P. G.
Claiborne, acting cashier of the Central
National Bank, of Dallas. Walter Clare,
the second, is collector for the North Texas
National Bank; Mary Louise and John Wilbur
are attending school in the city.
O N. WILLIAM LAFAYETTE
THOMPSON, attorney, Dallas, Texas.
-Louisiania has given to Dallas, Texas,
many estimable citizens, but she has contrib,
uted none more highly respected, or, for the
conscientious discharge of every duty in every
relation of life, more worthy of respect and
esteem, than the subject of this sketch. He
was born in Greensburg, Louisiana, October
1, 1838, and was sixth in order of birth of
seven children born to Alexander and Dorothea
Pryor (Womack) Thompson, natives respectively
of Georgia and Louisiana. The
parents were married in the last named State'
and there passed the remainder of their days,
the another dying abougt 1847 and the father
in 1852. The latter was a planter by occupattion
and followed that successfully all his
life.
Hon. William L. Thompson was reared on
the plantation and received his literary education
at Florence, Alabama, gratuating with
the class of 1859. He subsequently entered
the Low School at New Orleans, and graduated
front that institution in 1861, after
which, in the same year, he enlisted at New
Orleans in Company G, Fourth Louisiana
Infantry, as private for one year. He participated
in the battle of Shiloll and after that
engagement and reorganization of the regiment
he joined the Point Coupee Battery,
50Company B, with which he remained until
the close of service, participating in all the
battles of north Mississippi, viz.: Corinth,
Fort Pernberton, Baker's creek and Jackson.
After the battle of Baker's creek he retreated
with General Loring to Jackson, Mississippi,
and was in the six or seven days' fight at that
place. He was also in the battle at Baton
Rouge. Mr. Thompson was sent on detached
service to East Louisiana, and surrendered at
Clinton, Louisiana, in 1865.
He immediately returned to St. Helena
parish and engaged in the practice of law,
In 1868 he was elected to the State Senate
under the reconstruction acts of Congress,
represented five parishes and served four
years. In 1874 he moved to Texas, located
in San Antonio, and practiced his profession
until elected to the Legislature from Bexar
county. He was re-elected and at the expiration
of his term was appointed by President
Cleveland special inspector of customs.
He located on the lower Rio Grande, served
twelve months, and was then transferred to
El Paso, Texas, his district extending over
New Mexico and Arizona. He was sent with
two special agents of the Treasury Department
to the principal mining district of Old
Mexico to investigate the ItNexicgn ore ques.
tion. Being relieved from the Federal service,
he located in Dallas, Texas, and resumed
the practice of law. There he has resided
ever since.
Mr. Thompson was married in St. Helena
parish, Louisiania, to Miss Neanie Andrews,
August 15, 1865, a native of East Feliciana
parish, Louisiana, and the daughter of Elisha
and Eliza (Jackson) Andrews, the father a
native of South Carolina, and the mother of
Tennessee. Her grandfather, Thomas Jackson,
was in the Revolutionary war with
Marion. Mr. Andrews moved from South
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Lewis Publishing Company. Memorial and Biographical History of Dallas County, Texas., book, 1892; Chicago, Illinois. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth20932/m1/833/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.