About Owen P. Thompson
Lived 1852 – 1933 (aged 81). Owen P. Thompson was an American judge, teacher and lawyer.
Owen Pierce Thompson (February 3, 1852 – August 30, 1933) was a judge of the Seventh Judicial District of Illinois and a delegate to the 1904 Democratic National Convention. He also served on the Illinois State Utilities Commission.
Biography Thompson was born in Morgan County, Illinois, on February 3, 1852, the eighth and youngest child of James B. Thompson and Mary Meguier. He attended the local schools, the completed the course of instruction for schoolteachers at Illinois Normal Institute in Normal, Illinois.
Thompson died in Jacksonville on August 30, 1933.
Family In 1883, Thompson married Elizabeth Ruddick of Jacksonville. They were the parents of three children: Mary, Paul, and Irene.
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American judge (1852-1933)
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Owen P. Thompson was born on 3 February 1852 in Morgan County.
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Owen P. Thompson died on 30 August 1933 in Jacksonville.
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Owen P. Thompson was a judge, teacher and lawyer.
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