Thompson, Meriwether Jeff, 1826-1876

Confederate veteran and Chief State Engineer of Louisiana.

From the description of M. Jeff Thompson letter, 1875 Sept. 6. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 269015946

Meriwether Jeff Thompson, Confederate officer and mayor of Saint Joseph, Mo.

From the guide to the Meriwether Jeff Thompson Papers, 1860-1940, (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection.)

M. Jeff Thompson, son of Meriwether and Martha Broaddus Thompson, was born Jan. 22, 1826, at Harper's Ferry, Va. Both grandfathers were Revolutionary soldiers. At fourteen, he went to Charleston, West Va., to attend military school. At seventeen, he moved to Philadelphia, then to Frederick City, Md., and eventually to Liberty and St. Joseph, Mo. At twenty-two, he was married. His career included study and practice of waterway engineering and surveying in Louisiana; his military exploits in the Civil War led to the nickname, "Missouri's swamp fox of the Confederacy". At the close of the war, Thompson was appointed Surveyor General of Louisiana; also Chief State Engineer of Louisiana. He died in St. Joseph, Mo., Sept. 6, 1876, and was buried in Mount Mora Cemetery. Later family members lived in Missouri and Louisiana.

From the description of M. Jeff Thompson papers, 1848-1959. (Tulane University). WorldCat record id: 428093430

Meriwether Jeff Thompson was a Confederate officer and mayor of Saint Joseph, Mo.

From the description of Meriwether Jeff Thompson papers, 1860-1940 [manuscript]. WorldCat record id: 24599982