James Napoleon “Jim” Thompson

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James Napoleon “Jim” Thompson

Birth
Athens, Limestone County, Alabama, USA
Death
29 Sep 1955 (aged 85)
Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA
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Minden, Webster Parish, Louisiana, USA Add to Map
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Jim Thompson of Athens, Alabama, and Myrtie Stout were both schoolteachers when they met near the Pine Forest, Texas home where she was raised. They were wed February 3, 1902; he was 31 years old and she was 21. The Thompsons established their household in Mt Pleasant, Titus County, Texas early in their marriage and lived there throughout the births of all nine of their children. After a short time in Naples, Texas in the late 1920s, the family moved to Minden, Louisiana in 1929. There the family moved several times within the community living on Constable Street, 624 Lewisville Rd, then further out Lewisville Road (by Turner Pond), 324 Pine Street when Myrtie passed away in 1936, and 441 McIntyre Street when Jim passed away in 1955. Jim's various occupations over the years included schoolteacher, piano/musical instrument salesman, Studebaker car dealer, real estate agent, insurance agent and Farm Bureau agent. He also served as an elder in the Minden Church of Christ.

Father: George W. Thompson, son of Henry & Polly Thompson (1850 federal census, Shelby County, TN)
Mother: Alcy Jane Qualls Thompson, daughter of James W. Qualls & Martha Meroney Qualls (1860 federal census, Benton, Polk County, TN)
Jim Thompson of Athens, Alabama, and Myrtie Stout were both schoolteachers when they met near the Pine Forest, Texas home where she was raised. They were wed February 3, 1902; he was 31 years old and she was 21. The Thompsons established their household in Mt Pleasant, Titus County, Texas early in their marriage and lived there throughout the births of all nine of their children. After a short time in Naples, Texas in the late 1920s, the family moved to Minden, Louisiana in 1929. There the family moved several times within the community living on Constable Street, 624 Lewisville Rd, then further out Lewisville Road (by Turner Pond), 324 Pine Street when Myrtie passed away in 1936, and 441 McIntyre Street when Jim passed away in 1955. Jim's various occupations over the years included schoolteacher, piano/musical instrument salesman, Studebaker car dealer, real estate agent, insurance agent and Farm Bureau agent. He also served as an elder in the Minden Church of Christ.

Father: George W. Thompson, son of Henry & Polly Thompson (1850 federal census, Shelby County, TN)
Mother: Alcy Jane Qualls Thompson, daughter of James W. Qualls & Martha Meroney Qualls (1860 federal census, Benton, Polk County, TN)

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