Thomas H. Thompson, born in Montreal, Canada, November 11, 1833,
farmed in his native country until 1856, when he immigrated to St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. There he engaged in lumbering for ten years, and in 1866 he “embarked in the merchandise trade.” This latter phrase describes chiefly his operation of a general merchandise store, but there is some evidence that he might also have operated a wholesale merchandise establishment.
