Richard Wigginton Thompson
Wabash Valley profiles : a series of tributes to hometown people and events that have shaped our history
| Description: |
One typed page including portrait; biography of Col. Richard Wigginton Thompson, lawyer, teacher, state congressman, US congressman, advisor to President Lincoln, and Secretary of Navy. Other individuals mentioned include William Mills Thompson, Katherine (Broadus) Thompson, Mildred Ball, George Washington, Ambrose Carlton, Noah Noble, Harriet Eliza Gardiner, Abraham Lincoln, Oliver P. Morton, Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Rutherford Hayes, William E. McLean. |
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| Origin: | 1999-10-13 |
| Created By: |
McCormick, Mike |
| Publisher: |
Terre Haute Tribune-Star |
| Source: |
http://indianamemory.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/vchs/id/372 |
| Collection: |
Vigo County Historical Society |
| Rights: | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/UND/1.0/ |
| Copyright: |
Copyright Undetermined |
| Subjects: |
Thompson, Richard W. (Richard Wigginton), 1809-1900 Legislators Lawyers Teachers Politics People Famous Hoosiers |
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