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Virgil V. Thompson

Virgil V. Thompson. The social, political and business history of this section is filled with the deeds and doings of self-made men, and no man in Claiborne Parish is more deserving the appellation than Mr. Thompson, for he marked out his own career in youth and has steadily followed it up to the present, his prosperity being attributable to his earnest and persistent endeavor, and to the fact that he has always consistently tried to follow the teachings of the Golden Rule. Although now a resident of Ward 1 of this parish he was born in Georgia in 1822, being one of the following family of children: Sebron[Seaborn] J., Thomas B., H. Judge, John C. , Jasper, Virgil V., William H., Laft, [Joseph Lafayette] Robert E., Louise, Martha, Mary A. and Margaret J. The parents of these children, Charles and Margaret (Clark) Thompson, were born in South Carolina and North Carolina, respectively, the former's birth occurring on June 30, 1774, the latter being a daughter of William Clark. Virgil V. Thompson grew to manhood and was married in his native State to Miss Talitha C. Smith, by whom he became the father of three children that grew to maturity: Virgil (now a resident of this parish), William W, and Alice A. (the last two being still single and living at home).

Mr. Thompson came to Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, in the spring of 1847, and immediately located on his present property. Prior to the war he owned but a few slaves and farmed on a limited scale, although he was financially in good circumstances. At that time he was an old line Whig, but since the war he has been identified with the Democratic Party. While he is not a very active politician, he never fails to cast his vote. Socially he is a member of the A. P. & A. M. and in his religious views is a Methodist, joining about 1836, his wife, who died February 10, 1878, also joining at that time, and ever afterward living an earnest Christian life.

Biographical Sketches| Claiborne Parish

Source: Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Northwest Louisiana, Southern Publishing Company, 1890