John C. Thompson

John C. Thompson was born in Westerly, Rhode Island, probably in 1790.{{sfn|Vermont Legislative Directory|page=219}}{{sfn|The Green Bag|pages=123-124}} He studied law with an attorney in Hartford, Connecticut, and attained admission to the bar.{{sfn|The Green Bag|pages=123-124}}{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=181}} He moved to Windsor, Vermont in 1813, where he established himself as an attorney{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=181}} and also became active in politics as a Democratic-Republican, including serving as editor of the Vermont Republican newspaper.{{sfn|Extracts from the Rutland Weekly Herald, 1816-1820|page=10}} He practiced law in Windsor until 1818, when he moved to Hartland.{{sfn|The Green Bag|pages=123-124}}{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=181}} Thompson moved to Burlington in 1822.{{sfn|The Green Bag|pages=123-124}}{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=181}}

In 1827, Thompson was elected to the Vermont Executive Council, and he served until 1830.{{sfn|The Green Bag|pages=123-124}}{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=181}} In 1830, Chief Justice Samuel Prentiss of the Vermont Supreme Court resigned because he had been elected to the United States Senate, and Associate Justice Titus Hutchinson was elevated to chief justice.{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=181}}{{sfn|History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical|page=124}} Thompson was appointed to succeed Hutchinson as an Associate Justice, and he served until his death.{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=181}}{{sfn|History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical|page=124}}

Thompson was traveling from Burlington to Montpelier in June 1831 when he was suddenly taken ill.{{sfn|The Green Bag|pages=123-124}}{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=181}} He returned to Burlington, where he died on June 27.{{sfn|The Green Bag|pages=123-124}}{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=181}} He was buried at Elmwood Cemetery in Burlington,{{sfn|"Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death Entry for John C. Thompson"}} and was succeeded on the court by Samuel S. Phelps.{{sfn|History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical|page=124}}

In 1816, Thompson married Nancy Patrick (1796-1865) of Windsor.{{sfn|The Green Bag|pages=123-124}}{{sfn|Men of Vermont Illustrated|page=181}}{{sfn|Extracts from the Rutland Weekly Herald, 1816-1820|page=10}}{{sfn|"Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death Entry for Nancy (Patrick) Thompson"}} They were the parents of Sophia Patrick Thompson (1826-1833),{{sfn|"Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death Entry for Sophia P. Thompson"}} and Charles Henry Thompson (1830-1846).{{sfn|"Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death Entry for Charles H. Thompson"}} Charles died when he drowned after a sailing accident on Lake Champlain.{{sfn|The Green Bag|pages=123-124}}

In her later years, Nancy Patrick Thompson resided in Troy, New York with her sister Sophia and brother-in-law Gardner Stow. According to a November 1847 newspaper article, another daughter of John C. Thompson and Nancy Patrick, also named Nancy, married John D. Duggan in Troy in a ceremony performed by Reverend John H. Hopkins of Burlington.{{sfn|"Married: J. D. Duggan, Nancy P. Thompson"|page=3}}{{sfn|"Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, marriage Entry for Nancy P. Thompson and John D. Duggan"}} This article also indicated that at the time of the wedding, Duggan was a resident of Cuba, West Indies.{{sfn|"Married: J. D. Duggan, Nancy P. Thompson"|page=3}}

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• {{cite book |last=Fleetwood |first=Frederick G. |date=1902 |title=Vermont Legislative Directory |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wCY0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA219 |location=Montpelier, VT |publisher=Vermont Watchman Co. |ref={{sfnRef|Vermont Legislative Directory}}}}
• {{cite book |last=Thompson |first=Zadock |date=1842 |title=History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical |url=https://archive.org/details/HOV_vtrbms |page=[https://archive.org/details/HOV_vtrbms/page/n128 124] |location=Burlington, VT |publisher=Chauncey Goodrich |ref={{sfnRef|History of Vermont, Natural, Civil and Statistical}}}}
• {{cite book |last=Ullery |first=Jacob G. |date=1894 |title=Men of Vermont Illustrated |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Nvg_AAAAYAAJ |page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_Nvg_AAAAYAAJ/page/n178 181] |location=Brattleboro, VT |publisher=Transcript Publishing Company |ref={{sfnRef|Men of Vermont Illustrated}}}}

• {{cite magazine |last=Taft |first=Russell S. |date=March 1, 1894 |title=The Supreme Court of Vermont, Part IV: John C. Thompson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zA6SAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA123 |magazine=The Green Bag |location=Boston, MA |publisher=Boston Book Company |ref={{sfnRef|The Green Bag}}}}

• {{cite web |url=http://www.rutlandhistory.com/documents/1816-1820r.pdf |title=Extracts from the Rutland Weekly Herald, 1816-1820 |last1=Hance |first1=Dawn D. |last2=Nichols |first2=Joann H. |date=October 15, 2015 |website=Rutland Historical Society |publisher=Rutland, VT |access-date=July 14, 2017 |ref={{sfnRef|Extracts from the Rutland Weekly Herald, 1816-1820}}}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |title=Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death Entry for Sophia P. Thompson |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=July 14, 2017 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death Entry for Sophia P. Thompson"}}}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |title=Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death Entry for Charles H. Thompson |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=July 14, 2017 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death Entry for Charles H. Thompson"}}}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |title=Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death Entry for John C. Thompson |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=July 14, 2017 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death Entry for John C. Thompson"}}}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |title=Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death Entry for Nancy (Patrick) Thompson |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=July 14, 2017 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, Death Entry for Nancy (Patrick) Thompson"}}}}
• {{cite web |url=https://www.ancestry.com/ |title=Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, marriage Entry for Nancy P. Thompson and John D. Duggan |website=Ancestry.com |publisher=Ancestry.com, LLC |location=Provo, UT |access-date=July 14, 2017 |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Vermont Vital Records, 1720-1908, marriage Entry for Nancy P. Thompson and John D. Duggan"}}}}

• {{cite news |date=November 12, 1847 |title=Married: J. D. Duggan, Nancy P. Thompson |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/73706496/ |work=Burlington Free Press |location=Burlington, VT |url-access=subscription |ref={{sfnRef|"Married: J. D. Duggan, Nancy P. Thompson"}}}}

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