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. 470.
 
GEORGE E. THOMPSON

     is postmaster at Rutledge where he also owns a section of land and, does
general farming. He was born at The Dalles, Oregon, on April 23, 1860. His
father was descended from English and Irish parentage and came to Oregon in the
early fifties. He was a soldier in the regular army and died when our subject
was two years of age. The mother died just before that. George was then legally
adopted, by John B. Dickerson and was raised and educated at The Dalles. He
received good training in the schools and assisted his foster father in the meat
business. Later, he was engaged in that for himself, and about 1884 sold out and
came to Sherman county. He took a homestead, bought railroad land and started
practically without capital. He now has the property above mentioned, which is
well improved, with a good cosy frame house, barns, outbuildings, fences and so
forth and is one of the good places of the county.
     On May 3, 1881, at The Dalles, Mr. Thompson married Mary Bolton, who was
born in Illinois, the daughter of Patrick Bolton, a native of Ireland, and now
living, at Kingsley. Mr. Thompson has one brother, William, at Wheatland,
Oregon, and, one sister, Nettie, the wife of George T. Thompson, an attorney at
Walla Walla. To Mr. and Mrs. Thompson nine children have been born, named as
follows : John, Albert, Morris, Mabel, Nellie, Edith, Ruth, Alice, Grace, all at
home. Our subject is a member of the A. O. U. W., and he and his wife belong to
the Roman Catholic church. In politics, he is a Democrat and is almost always
found at the county conventions and frequently in the state, conventions. He is
a committeeman of his precinct, and is also school clerk. Mr. Thompson is a man
of good standing, has shown splendid business ability in his efforts here, and
is rated as one of the substantial and leading men of this part of the county.



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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.