Ohio County KyArchives Biographies.....Thompson, James P. December 15, 1844 - 
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Author: Hartford Republican Newspaper - 04 Mar 1892 - County Court Biographies

JAMES P. THOMPSON

BETTER KNOWN AS “JIM POLK THOMPSON” WAS BORN NEAR WHERE THE PLEASANT LITTLE 
TOWN OF HORTON NOW STANDS, DECEMBER 15, 1844, THE SON OF HENRY AND KATHERINE 
BELL THOMPSON.  HIS FATHER TWICE REPRESENTED THIS COUNTY IN THE LEGISLATURE, 
AND WAS FOR MANY YEARS ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR MEN IN THE COUNTY, AND IT IS 
NOT A LITTLE OF HIS SUCCESS THAT JAMES P. OWES TO THE MEMORY OF HIS FATHER 
STILL LINGERING IN THE MINDS OF THE PEOPLE, MORE VIVID STILL, PERHAPS, IS THE 
MEMORY THAT MANY WIDOWS AND ORPHANS CHERISH FOR THE RELIEF OF THE OLD 
GENTLEMAN’S BENEVOLENCE GAVE THEM IN TIME OF NEED.
JAMES LABORED ON THE FARM AND IN THE LOG BUSINESS AT BOTH OF WHICH HE HAD FAIR 
SUCCESS.  HE WOOED AND WON THE FAIR YOUNG WIDOW, MRS. E.E. BROWN, TO WHOM HE 
WAS HAPPILY MARRIED APRIL 30, 1885.  OF THIS UNION THREE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN 
BORN:  JOP, WHO DIED QUITE YOUNG; ALEXANDER BAIRD AND CHARLIE SULLENGER.  
THOSE WITH MISS MABEL BROWN, A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG STEP-DAUGHTER, MAKE UP THE 
PLEASANT LITTLE FAMILY.
AFTER A VERY HOTLY CONTESTED FIGHT FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR JAILER, 
MR. THOMPSON WAS ELECTED TO THAT OFFICE IN AUGUST, 1886.  HE ALSO HAD ANOTHER 
HOT FIGHT FOR THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION IN 1890, BUT WAS SUCCESSFUL IN BOTH.
JIM POLK, FOR IT SOUNDS UNNATURAL TO CALL HIM BY ANY OTHER NAME, IS A MAN THAT 
EVERYBODY LIKES.  HE IS HONEST, FREE AND EASY.  HE TAKES THE WORLD AS IT 
COMES, EXALTING NOT IN SUCCESS NOR COMPLAINING IN MISFORTUNE, AND COMBINES AT 
ONCE, CHARACTERISTICS OF DISPOSITION PECULIAR AND PLEASING TO ALL ALIKE.
 


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