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Thompson, Francis M

lawyer, legislator, antiquarian, was born Oct. 16, 1833, in Colerain, Mass. He received a thorough education in the common and select schools and at the Williston seminary. He is one of the foremost lawyers of New England at Greenfield, Mass., has been town clerk, town treasurer, assessor, selectman, and was a member of the first legislature of Montana. Since 1870 he has been register of probate of Franklin county, Mass. He has contributed extensively to current literature; is a noted antiquarian; and the author of valuable historical papers and addresses.

THOMPSON, GEORGE WASHINGTON, lawyer, congressman, author, was born May 14, 1806, in St. Clairsville, Ohio. He was United States district attorney for Virginia in 1849; was elected a representative in congress from that state in 1851 and 1852; left congress for the bench. He was the author of The Living Forces of the Universe, in 1866; Address on the Common Schools, 1841; Right of Virginia to the Northwest Territory; and Life of Linn Boyd. He died Feb. 24, 1888, in Wheeling, W. Va.