This contains a transcription of the Herbert P. Thompson of Troy, NH biography from Biographical Review Volume XXIII: Containing Life Sketches of Leading Citizens of Cheshire and Hillsboro Counties, New Hampshire, Biographical Review Publishing Company, Boston, 1897.
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HERBERT P. THOMPSON, an enterprising merchant and the Postmaster of Troy, N. H., was born here, September 1, 1866, son of Samuel M. and Olive J. (Bowen) Thompson. The father, who was a mason and a native of Vermont, later in life became a pail turner in the town of Troy, where he died at the age of fifty-five years. He fought for three years in the war of the Rebellion, enlisted as a member of the Seventh New Hampshire Infantry. In the service he was promoted to the rank of First Lieutenant, and assigned to the Fourteenth New Hampshire Regiment. His five children were: Mabel F., Fred B., Edgar M., Herbert P., and Gertrude M. The elder daughter is unmarried and resides in Troy. Fred married Mary Weeks, of Richmond, N. H., and lives in Peterboro, N. H., where he dealt largely in hens. Edgar lives in Fitzwilliam. He married Lizzie Davis, and is the stone business there. Gertrude resides in Brockton, Mass., the wife of George Rowley.
Herbert P. Thompson pursued the high-school course at Troy, and then learned chair-making at Fitzwilliam, where he was employed at this trade for eight years. In June of 1893 he opened a general store in Troy, and has conducted it since. His stock is boots and shoes and medicines. On July 3, 1890, he married Mary E. Hartley, of Halifax, England, and has two children. These are: Harriet H., born February 22, 1893; and Edward W., born February 1, 1895.
Mr. Thompson is a stanch Republican. He served on the Board of Selectmen for two years, and is the present appointee to the Troy post-office. He is a member of the Association of the Sons of Veterans and of the Grange Society.