Background
Thompson, Daniel Pierce was born on October 1, 1795 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel and Rebecca (Praker) Thompson.
Thompson, Daniel Pierce was born on October 1, 1795 in Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Daniel and Rebecca (Praker) Thompson.
Graduate Middlebury College, 1820.
Admitted to Virginia bar, 1823. Practiced in Montpelier, Vermont. Judge probate for Washington County (Vermont), 1837-1840, 41-42.
Member Vermont Supreme Court, 1843-1845.
Vermont secretary state, 1853-1855. Complied The Laws of Vermont … Including the Year 1834, 1835.
A founder Vermont History Society. Prominent in Liberty Party, 1849-1856, later Republican Party.
Edited Green Mountain Freeman (weekly anti-slavery paper).
Described Vermont’s early history in novels, including The Green Mountain Boys (best known), 1839. Locke Amsden, 1847; Tales of the Green Mountains, 1852.
Member Vermont Supreme Court, 1843-1845.
Married Eunice Knight Robinson, August 31, 1831, 6 children.