Thompson family.
Biographical notes:
Thompson family members included Jospeh B. Thompson (d. 1849), who left Alabama to grow cotton in Louisiana; his uncle, Lawrence Thompson (d. ca. 1864), who grew cotton round Tuscumbia (Franklin Co.), Ala., and his wife, Rebecca (d. 1856); Joseph's nephew, Jacob Thompson of Oxford Miss., congressman (1839-1851), secretary of the interior (1857-1861), and Confederate official; and Joseph N. Thompson, a Confederate soldier who was wounded and taken prisoner. Also the related Malone family, represented chiefly by planter Goodloe W. Malone of Franklin County, Ala., and Lucie Blackwell Malone (b. 1847), who married Joseph N. Thompson in 1869.
From the description of Thompson family papers, 1809-1924 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24250529
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Subjects:
- Slavery
- Children
- Cotton growing
- Families
- Women
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- Tuscumbia (Ala.) (as recorded)
- Louisiana (as recorded)
- United States (as recorded)
- Alabama (as recorded)
