[p. 758] dealer in staple and fancy groceries, at No. 198 East Long Avenue, New Castle, is one of the city's enterprising and genuinely successful young business men. He was born December 31, 1871, in Middlesex, Lawrence County, Pennsylvania, and is a son of John L. Thompson.
The Thompson family was established in Lawrence County in 1800 by George Thompson, who was a native of Scotland. John L. Thompson was born on the old family homestead in Pulaski Township, in 1845, and is a leading business man at New Castle, where he owns a large amount of property and is engaged in the cement business.
After completing his education in the New Castle schools, to which city his parents moved in 1874, Howard J. Thompson engaged as a clerk in a grocery store until 1895, when he engaged in the business for himself. He conducted his store for eight years and then sold out and bought a small farm in Pulaski Township, which he operated for three years, when he sold it and returned to New Castle. Here he again entered the grocery trade and has continued until the present. He has one of the largest and most complete stores in staple and fancy groceries in his section of the city.
In February, 1898, Mr. Thompson was married to Miss May Sankey, a member of one of the old and prominent families of the county, and they have one son, Russell Clair. Mr. Thompson is a member of Grace Methodist Episcopal Church. He belongs to the organization known as the National Protective Legion.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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