Aden Sawyer Thompson
Aden Sawyer Thompson, farmer, and dealer in live stock, is a son of Thomas Thompson, and was born in this township, September 8, 1839, where he was reared, and has since lived. Obtained the rudiments of a common school education, and spent two years at the Ohio Wesleyan University. Taught school nearly' two years, and has since farmed and dealt in stock. He was married, in 1863, to Emma, daughter of James Alexander, who came to Paint Township in about 1821. They had two children: Walter and Charles, the former deceased. Mrs. Thompson was an exemplary member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and departed this life in 1873. In 1877, he married Nollie Yates, a member of the Christian Church. She was taken ill soon after marriage, and passed away in April, 1878.
Mr. Thompson is a member of Bloomingburg Lodge No. 449, F. & A. M., and Ely Commandery, Knights Templar, of Washington. He is a Democrat, and has held the office of township trustee, lieutenant of state militia, and land appraiser. He owns one hundred and eighty-two acres of land, on the Waterloo pike, six miles from Washington, and farms to grain and stock.
From R. S. Dills' History of Fayette County