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

William P. THOMSON, farmer, Sec. 11; P. O. Joliet. The subject of this sketch was 
born in West Turin, Lewis Co., N. Y., April 22, 1843. He married Miss Helen A. 
HADCOCK Dec. 25, 1867; she is a native of Watertown, N. Y., and was born Dec. 25, 
1846; they have three children - Mary L., Earl W. and Sarah G. He lived in New 
York until 1872, except two years spent in California and Oregon, where he was 
engaged as civil engineer for the city of Portland; in 1872, he came to Illinois, 
and, in 1873, he settled on his present place; the only offices he has held have 
been connected with the school and road; he owns 240 acres in this township; in 
November, 1878, he was elected on the National ticket, Representative from the 
Fifteenth District.


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