Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers. "An Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam, Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties") Spokane, WA: Western Historical Publishing Co., 1905. p. 484. ELWOOD THOMPSON an enterprising, progressive farmer of Sherman county, Oregon, resides ten miles, southeast of Moro. He was born in Illinois, January 18, 1861, the son of Isaac and Mary A. (Easley) Thompson, the father a native of Ohio, the mother of Illinois. During the entire Civil war Isaac Thompson, father of our subject, served in an Illinois regiment. While on the march near the close of the war he was severely injured. At present he resides three miles west of our subject. The parents of the mother, Mary A. (Easley) Thompson, were natives of Ohio. It was in Fulton county Illinois, that our subject was reared until he attained his majority. In the public schools of his vicinity he obtained a solid business education, and with his father worked on the farm and in the butcher business in Iowa, Fulton county. In 1882 he came to Oregon and at first located in the Willamette valley, where he worked on a farm. In 1884 he came to Sherman county, having but limited capital, and secured a quarter section of land, which he gradually but surely improved, at the same time working for other farmers. At present Mr. Thompson owns six hundred and forty acres and rents four hundred and eighty more. At the residence of the bride's parents, at Monkland, November 29, 1889, our subject was united in marriage to Mary N. McDonald, a native of Canada, born November 28, 1869. She is the daughter of Neil and Annie McDonald, both natives of Canada, the father of Scotch ancestry. The latter died about the year 1884. The brother of Mrs. Thompson is mentioned elsewhere. Our subject has four brothers and one sister: Jesse B., with his parents in Sherman county ; Richard, at Hood River; Vincent, in Malheur county, Oregon; Aaron, in Whitman county, Washington; Bertha, wife of Neil McDonald, a farmer residing near Monkland. Fraternally our subject is affiliated with Moro Lodge, No. 113, I. O. O. F., W. T. W., and the A. O. U. W., of Moro. His political affiliations are with the Republican party and he has frequently been a delegate to county conventions and three times delegate to state conventions. He is at present central committeeman for his county and precinct. In the way of pleasant surroundings he has a fine six-acre orchard, bearing plums, cherries, apricots and prunes, and commodious barns and substantial dwelling. He raises stock, including mules, for his own use. Throughout the community in which he has cast his lot Mr. Thompson is very popular and numbers many warm friends and acquaintances. ******************* Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in October 2007 by Diana Smith. Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.