Bio: Thompson, Henry M. (1861 - 19??)

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Surnames: Thompson, Dessert

----Source: History of Marathon County Wisconsin and Representative Citizens, by Louis Marchetti, 1913.

Thompson, Henry M. (20 December 1861 - 19??)

Henry M. Thompson was born in Dover, Maine, December 20, 1861; was educated in Milwaukee public schools and Milnor Hall, Gambia, Ohio. He came to Wisconsin in 1868; resided in Milwaukee until 1888, and was a clerk in the Wisconsin Marine & Fire Insurance Company Bank from 1882 to 1888. On March 1, 1888, he was married to Stella Dessert, and then took up his residence at Mosinee, and with Louis Dessert, a nephew of Joseph Dessert, attended to the large lumber interest of the Dessert Lumber Company, in which he took a share. He was elected supervisor of the village of Mosinee in the years from 1891 to 1897, and was elected a member of assembly as a Republican by a slight majority over his Democratic opponent. Henry M. Thompson belongs to the younger generation, which made its influence felt in Marathon County. His stay in Marathon County was of short duration. When the timber owned by the Dessert Lumber Company was all cut in 1902, the mill ceased operations, was dismantled, and Mr. Thompson removed to Milwaukee.