John W. Thompson was born in Huntington county, Pennsylvania, October 14, 1823.  He attended school until nineteen years of age and taught school until twenty-one, when he began the study of law in Huntington, Pennsylvania, in the office of Thomas P. Campbell, and was admitted to the bar when twenty-three years old, in 1847.  He practiced law in Williamsburg and Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania, for several years.  In the spring of 1855 he located in Davenport and formed a partnership with Horatio B. Barner, which continued until 1861.  In 1866 he and J. D. Campbell joined hands as partners until 1870.  In 1877 a partnership was formed with Nathaniel French.  He was elected on the republican ticket to the Iowa legislature in 1857 and to the senate in 1859, and was a member of the convention of 1860 which nominated Lincoln for president, and also was a member of the convention of 1880 that nominated Garfield for president. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L