Born near Windsor, Ohio, October 6, 1826. He received a good common school education at home, after which he spent a year in study at an academy at Edinburg, Wayne County, Ohio. He was employed a short time as clerk in a dry goods store in Norwalk, Ohio; but the gold excitement of California, in 1850, so captivated him, that he was found with a large company of other young men, and some older ones, on his way to California, via steamer from New York City, landing in the winter of 1850-51. Many of his companions, after a few years, returned; but he, after working for a time at the mining business, concluded to remain in California, entered into the fruit-raising business, and for many years kept the Forest House, near Yreka, Siskiyou County, where he now resides. His sister, Mrs. Mary Jane Woods, made her home with him for some time previous to her death.
SOURCE: Thompson, Rev. Samuel Findley (1828-1912), The Thompson-Given Families; 1898; privately published, Oxford, Ohio. (Available on microfilm at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, FHL # 1402788.)
SOURCE: Thompson, Rev. Samuel Findley (1828-1912), The Thompson-Given Families; 1898; privately published, Oxford, Ohio. (Available on microfilm at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, FHL # 1402788.)
Born near Windsor, Ohio, October 6, 1826. He received a good common school education at home, after which he spent a year in study at an academy at Edinburg, Wayne County, Ohio. He was employed a short time as clerk in a dry goods store in Norwalk, Ohio; but the gold excitement of California, in 1850, so captivated him, that he was found with a large company of other young men, and some older ones, on his way to California, via steamer from New York City, landing in the winter of 1850-51. Many of his companions, after a few years, returned; but he, after working for a time at the mining business, concluded to remain in California, entered into the fruit-raising business, and for many years kept the Forest House, near Yreka, Siskiyou County, where he now resides. His sister, Mrs. Mary Jane Woods, made her home with him for some time previous to her death.
SOURCE: Thompson, Rev. Samuel Findley (1828-1912), The Thompson-Given Families; 1898; privately published, Oxford, Ohio. (Available on microfilm at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, FHL # 1402788.)
SOURCE: Thompson, Rev. Samuel Findley (1828-1912), The Thompson-Given Families; 1898; privately published, Oxford, Ohio. (Available on microfilm at the Family History Library, Salt Lake City, FHL # 1402788.)
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