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| Name | Charles Lawton Thompson |
| Photographer | F. LaRoche |
| Highest Rank | Landsman |
| Unit | U.S. Navy, U.S.N. Montgomery, Gulf Squadron |
| Born | July 7, 1842 |
| Place Born | Halifax, MA |
| Died | September 12, 1927 |
| Place Died | Seattle, WA |
| Buried | Grand Army of the Republic (Seattle) |
| Service Record | Age 20; shoemaker; enlisted 8/13/1862 at New Bedford, MA as Landsman; credit Middleboro. Served on recg. ship OHIO and U.S.S. MONTGOMERY, from which disch. 5/11/1863, as Landsman |
| Obit/Notes | Stevens Post Commander, 1915
-- Funeral notice, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Wednesday, September 14, 1927, page 29, column D
THOMPSON - At 3321 W. 72nd St., Sept. 12, 1927, CHARLES L. THOMPSON, aged 85 years, beloved father of Charles B. Thompson; member of Stevens Post, G. A. R., under whose auspices the services will be held in our chapel at 4 p.m. Thursday. Friends invited. Home Undertaking Co. |
| Subjects (TGM) | Thompson, Charles Lawton, 1842-1927--Portrait photographs
Grand Army of the Republic. Stevens Post No. 1--People--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portrait photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1961-1865--Veterans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portrait photographs
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| Digital Collection | Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Portraits
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| Order Number | GAR086 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission, contact the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room in The Seattle Public Library at (206) 386-4633 or send email to sea@spl.org. |
| Photograph Number | 24.1 |
| Repository | Seattle Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room, Local History Collection |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as 400 ppi TIFF on a Microtek 9800 scanner; derivatives created using Adobe Photoshop (600 pixels wide) and saved as a JPG file using Photoshop's image quality "8". Scanning performed in 1/2007. |
| Studio Location | Seattle, WA |
| Original Creator | Laroche, Frank |
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