| LC control no. | n 87836115 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885 |
| Variant(s) | Thompson, J. (Jacob), 1810-1885 |
| See also | Family: Thompson (Family : Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885) |
| Other standard no. | 65529643 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Associated place | Tennessee |
| Located | Mississippi Memphis (Tenn.) |
| Birth date | 1810-05-15 |
| Death date | 1885-03-24 |
| Place of birth | Leasburg (N.C.) |
| Place of death | Memphis (Tenn.) |
| Field of activity | Law Public administration |
| Affiliation | United States. Congress. House United States. Department of the Interior |
| Profession or occupation | Legislators |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Univ. of Southern Mississippi Lib. for Jackson, A.M. Papers, 1846-1892 (Jacob Thompson, U.S. repr. from Miss.; Sec. of Interior) NUCMC files (Thompson, Jacob, 1810-1885) LC database, Feb. 15, 2012 (hdg.: Thompson, J[acob], 1810-1885) Finding aid for Thompson family papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, Mar. 31, 2020 (Thompson family members included Joseph B. Thompson (d. 1849), who left Alabama to grow cotton in Louisiana; his uncle, Lawrence Thompson (d. circa 1864), who grew cotton round Tuscumbia (Franklin Co.), Ala., and his wife, Rebecca (d. 1856); Joseph's nephew, Jacob Thompson of Oxford, Miss., congressman (1839-1851), secretary of the interior (1857-1861), and Confederate official; and Joseph N. Thompson, a Confederate soldier who was wounded and taken prisoner) <https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/01460/> Commission from Mississippi, 1860: page 4 (J. Thompson, Commissioner from Mississippi) Biographical directory of the United States Congress, viewed January 17, 2021 (Thompson, Jacob, a Representative from Mississippi; born in Leasburg, Caswell County, N.C., May 15, 1810; settled in Memphis, Tenn., in 1868; died in Memphis, Tenn., March 24, 1885) <https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/T000203> |
| Associated language | eng |
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