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BIOGRAPHIES
Source:
Armstrong County, Pennsylvania
Her People, Past and Present
in two volumes Illustrated
Vol. II
Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1914
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JAMES THOMPSON,
who became chief justice of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, was for some years prior to his elevation to
that office as resident of Kitanning. He was
twenty-two when he came here in 1826 to work as a printer on
the old Kittanning Gazette. Working three hours
a day at his trade to sustain himself, he studied law during
the remaining time, and was admitted to the bar at
Kittanning in March, 1828. He practiced law there for
a time, and finally moved to Franklin, Pa., from whence he
was elected chief justice.
Source: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Her People, Past and
Present in two volumes Illustrated - Vol. II - Chicago: J.
H. Beers & Co., 1914 - Page 71 |
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