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Jacob Thompson's Home Place
Old Taylor Rd, Oxford,
MS,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
34° 20' 7.5696",
-89° 33' 15.7104"
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Mississippi State
Historical Marker |
Oxford-University United Methodist Church: The mansion ca. 1853 located on this site was burned by Union troops in 1864. Two original outbuildings are included in the present house, built in 1869. Jacob Thompson (1810-1885), a native of North Carolina, moved to Pontotoc, Mississippi, in 1835. A lawyer and a democrat, he was active in politics and helped organize circuit courts in a number of northern Mississippi counties. He married Catherine Ann Jones in 1838. In addition to his law practice in Pontotoc, Panola and Oxford, Thompson was a cotton grower, U.S. Congressman (1839-57), University of Mississippi Trustee (1844-57) and U.S. Secretary of the Interior (1857-61). He resigned his post the day before Mississippi seceded and served in the C. S. army and in the state legislature. Thompson headed the controversial Confederate Commission to Canada 1864-65. As such, he was falsely charged with a number of crimes, including a role in Lincoln's assassination. Living in exile abroad until 1869, he was granted amnesty and briefly returned to Oxford before moving to Memphis, where he was a businessman. He and his wife are buried at Elmwood Cemetary.
Last updated: 6/17/2009 10:15:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy
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