The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1881-04-23
Anoth2r Old Citizen Gone.

DEATH OF BkN fHoMr son 4ESTER-
/ DAY AFIEE AN ILLNESS OF MANY
/ MONTHS UuRATIoN-A Bt0GRA-
| rHlcAL SKETCH OF a RATHER RE
VARIABLE CAREER.
At 9 O'Clock yesterday morning
Mr.. Sen Thomson, one OF our old
est aud Jest,known citizeus, died at
! his residence on Summit avenue,
from the fleet of l,a,aiytic stroke
reccis I'd several m0nshs aco. Dur
| ING al these months he has been
/ confined 10 his room, and mcst OF
| the time 10 his bed. No hope for
bis recovery has been entprlaiueu
from the moment he was first at
| tackled, and all .hat could be done
| for him was 10 render his existence
as comfortable aS possible. The
! funeral viii take place from the
Cathedral at 2 pm. Sunday. The
points q! the following biooraphicaI
sketch Of The deceased were kindly
! furnished HE Pioneer Press l,y The
/ Hon. II. ". Rice
benjamin Thompson was born
| May IL. 1912. at PENNSYLVANIA
| Manor, Buck county. PENNSYLVANIA;
| his parents were Guakers Of Irish
descent. During his residence in
! his native State he was largely ell
gagged N raising blooded stock. be-
I iao especially fond Of fine horses.
/ n 1870 he was elected = member
! Of the PENNSYLVANIA lcp Stature. and
reelected IN 1914. L. 1880 he be-
came = resident Of this city and
soon became largely connected with
real estate transactions. In 1852
he was OF prca, service IN securing
IrLe assauI'1f fhe Stony Indians ~
amendments made bv he United
States senate to treatics made by
Hon. Alexander Ramsey and Co.
Luke Lea on the part OF the
+ United States. by which the life TO
nearly all of Minnesota west Of the
( Missi>sippi vas ACQUIRED The fall
of 1854 found h,n at LaPointe,
Wisconsin,, using lis influence with
The Chippewa Indians to procure
their assent 10 q treaty ccding to
the United States all that vast tract
of country LIVING hciypau Lake
Sunari.r and he punar waters Of
the Nj,sission, which tract ipclud
ed Duluth. MinueSola's GREAT lake
mort. For three wears he was q
I director in The ST. Paul & Pacific,
now ST. Paul, MINNEAPOLIS Il Man.
itCba, railway company. During
the Sioux outbreak he reached Furt
Abererombie inst before tia, fort
was be>irced by the Sioux, and Tor
three weeks was confined within its
limits. whore he rendered valuable
services in holding it against the
frequent attacks made by the
enemy. In 1863 President Lincoln
appointed him regi SER Of the Bay
field. WIS, land Office. In 1861 he
aided Col. Clark w. Thomson in
asbinrton. in copsummalino 4
treaty With the Chippe IA and
iPjl!anar Indiana. la 1873 hs visit
ca what is now Spperior Civ, WIS
consip where he invested aud be-
came one The criminal nronrie,ors.
of that nitv-a pIar, reached orlg
by bark canoe ana on foot
Dnriuo the war of the Rebellion
/, Gov. Ramsey commissioned him 70
VISIT the hosnt,}s in ,an Sonfh
CONTAINING our wounded and sjrl;
soldiers i'm, the rurpose Of ascer-
tanning If they Y ere properIy cared
far w1irb duiy he npr,ar,nel 10
fha satisfaction n tho o,oyarnor
President Andrew Johnson in
1857 annojnted him aren't for Nh,
S,ssa,o', and WahneIon Sioux,
Subsequently, he was enoaoej with
Hon. flames Smith .Tr. in maxine
. trestv With ,l,.. nnrthe,.n Sionv tor
,Lc ca.s;on 81 nortion Of ,5e.r
coHnlry which was necessary 10
tbe constructions Of the Northern
Pacific railroad At various times
he aided IL ma|,inu other treaties.
| He. wiki others purchased and
Laid out an addition TO BAYFIELD,.
Wisconsin For several wears Mai,
Tho,ppeon devoted much Of his
i,ime IN aiding Bishop Ireland il
bis great and successful immigra-
itlon movement. At one time Mai.
Thorn son had sconired fortune,
but his faith ia the outcome Of real