History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people

              BIOGRAPHY„ 1159
county, New York, December 10, 1825, and there educated in the public schools. He came to Y^isconsin in 1845 and in 1846 bought the first eighty acres of land purchased in Clayton township, AYinnebago county, to which he added forty acres at a later date.
In 1868 he moved to Hortonville, in Outagamie county, and spent five years there in a general merchandising business. He then returned to his farm in Clayton township and lived there Avith his family till his decease, Alay 19, 1902, at the agd of 76 years. Besides farming he carried on blacksmithing at ^^Thomp¬ son's Corners," so called in honor of him and his brother, who lived there, and he made the first breaking ploAV used in Clayton township.
He was a man of commanding infiuence in the community and was honored and esteemed by CA^erybody, and for some years was justice of the peace. He Avas an honored member of the Allen¬ ville Freewill Baptist Church, as was also his wife, whom he mar¬ ried in 1849. She was born in the state of Maine, September 30, 1834, and was a daughter of Nathan Berry, who came to Clayton towns^hip among the early settlers and Avas a farmer there many years, and moved thence to Houston county, Minnesota, where he died.   Our subject's mother died August 15, 1880.
Leonard H. attended the district schools of Clayton township and worked on the home farm until he was 23 years old. He then bought a partially improved farm of 120 acres in section 20, Clayton township, and there engaged in general farming and dairying with success thirteen years. Mr. Thompson added many improvements and modern conveniences, making his one of the model farms of the county.
In 1890 Mr. Thompson traded this farm for 100 and one-half acres of improved land in Neenah township, his present home, where he has spared neither time nor money in making of it one of the most attractive and desirable dairy farms in the county and where he carries on dairying on an extensive scale. Air. Thompson is an active man of affairs outside of his regular busi¬ ness. He is a Republican in politics; has served two terms as assessor of Clayton township, also two terms as township treas¬ urer; was two years side supervisor of Neenah township, and for three years last past has been township assessor, and since 1876 with his wife has been identified with the Allenville Free¬ will Baptist Church.
On March 25, 1875, Mr. Thompson married Miss Susan M,, daughter of AVilliam and Sarah Ann (Benedict) Tipler, early set-