James Thompson, USMA 1851

Born:

Died:    February 12, 1880, age 51, at Newport, KY.

• Graduated sixth in his class.
• Assistant Professor of Mathematics, USMA, January 2, 1854 to November 10, 1857.
• Superintendent of Education, Freedmen's Bureau at Nashville, TN, May 7, 1868 to April 30, 1869.
• Retired for disability, May 6, 1869.
• Professor of Military Science, Indiana State University, December 14, 1860 to February 21, 1870 and November 1873 to August 1, 1876.

Genealogy:

His son John Taliaferro Thompson (#2942) and grandson Marcellus Hagans Thompson (#4529) are graduates.