• Born: 6 September 1822, Dumfriesshire, Scotland
• Marriage (1): Mary PATTERSON on 30 August 1853 in Scotland ¹
• Died: 31 July 1890, Wheatland Township, Will County, Illinois, USA at age 67

  General Notes

Father:  Benjamin Thomson

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Adam THOMSON, farmer; P. O., East Wheatland; was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Sept. 6, 1822, and is the son of Benjamin THOMSON, of Scotland; when Mr. THOMSON was but 17 years of age, he commenced to learn the carpenter trade; this business he followed for over twenty-three years, working in Scotland, England and America; in 1854, he emigrated to America, and landed in New York City, and, on June 29, 1854, arrived in Will Co., IL; here he has lived ever since. Mr. THOMSON has held several offices of public trust; at present, holds office as Township Assessor, which office he was elected to in 1877. Is a Republican in politics, and a Presbyterian in religion. He married Miss Mary PATTERSON, of Scotland.

- Biographies from History of WILL County Illinois, 1878

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  Recorded Events in His Life

• He appeared on the 1880 US Federal Census on 5 June 1880 in Wheatland, Will County, Illinois, USA.

Adam married Mary PATTERSON on 30 August 1853 in Scotland.¹ (Mary PATTERSON was born on 2 June 1827 in Kirtlehead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, died on 25 April 1874 in Wheatland Township, Will County, Illinois, USA and was buried in 1874 in Wheatland Township, Will County, Illinois, USA.)