Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Robert C. THOMPSON (RAY & THOMPSON, dealers in grain, coal, live and dressed hogs), 
Wilmington; born in Gallowayshire, Scotland, Nov. 28, 1828; removed to this country 
in childhood with his father's family in 1833, stopping in New York City until the 
following spring, when they removed to Oneida Co., N. Y.; in 1853, he removed to 
Illinois, locating in Wilmington, his present home, and soon after engaged in 
boating on the Illinois and Mississippi Rivers, which he followed some five years, 
and then took the position of foreman for Taylor & Co, of Joliet, stone contractors; 
a few years later, be engaged in the grocery and provision business at Wilmington, 
and, in 1868 in the grain trade under the firm name of RAY & THOMPSON. Has served 
as Deputy Sheriff of Will Co. four years, Supervisor of Wilmington Twp. three years, 
and member of the City Council six years. Married in 1856 to Miss Christie ZUELL; 
who was born in Johnston, Fulton Co., N. Y.; one child - Sarah L. Mr. THOMPSON 
served as foreman on the mason work in the construction of Rush and Madison Street 
Bridges, Chicago, using the debris of old Fort Dearborn for the abutment of the 
former.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.