Albert H. Thompson
Albert H. Thompson was born in Princeton, Gibson County, Indiana, November 11, 1856, and is the adopted son of C.B. and Mary A. Thompson. C.B. Thompson was born in Warren County, Ohio, and settled in Hamilton at an early day, where he conducted a farm near Jones¹s Station. Soon after coming to Hamilton he began the livery business, carrying that on for the remainder of his life. In 1871 Albert H. Thompson took an interest in the concern, and on March 2, 1877, the entire business passed into his hands. When five years old Albert H. Thompson came to Hamilton, entering the family of C.B. Thompson, and was educated in the public and select schools. He was a pupil at Beck¹s Commercial College, where he completed his education, upon which he began his active duties in the livery stable. Since the death of C.B. Thompson he has conducted the business in a most successful manner, and is a prominent young business man. He is a member of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Mr. C.B. Thompson was an active Democrat in politics, and a millwright by trade. This occupation he followed before beginning the livery business, which he bought of Spear & Stout in 1859. His father was Benjamin Thompson.
From A History and Biographical Cyclopædia of Butler County Ohio, With Illustrations and Sketches of its Representative Men and Pioneers, Western Biographical Publishing Company, Cincinnati Ohio, 1882.