Plumas
County
Biographies
MISS RHODA A. THOMPSON
Miss
Rhoda A. Thompson, who resides in one of Quincy’s most attractive homes, is a
member of an honored old family of this locality, being the second child of the
late John W. and Rhoda A. Cunningham (Graham) Thompson, a separate biographical
sketch of whom appears on other pages of this work. She was born on the Illinois ranch, owned by
her father, located about four and a half miles east of Quincy. This fine old farm of twelve hundred acres
has long been one of the showplaces of this section of the country, and on that
place she was reared. She was educated
in the public schools near Quincy, in which she pursued both grammar and high
school studies, though at that time no separate high school had been
organized. She lived on the home ranch
until after her parents died, when she sold the place and, coming to Quincy,
built her present fine residence in 1923.
It is located in one of the best sections of the city, is provided with every
modern convenience, and is an ideal home.
Miss
Thompson is greatly interested in the civic and social affairs of her home
community and is a member of the Plumas Pioneer Parlor, No. 219, N. D. G. W.,
at Quincy, of which she has been financial secretary for the past eight
years. She is active in the work of the
Ladies Aid Society, gives her support to the Republican Party and is greatly
interested in local public affairs, though not active in political matters. She is particularly interested in local
history and has accomplished much in the way of preserving the record of early
events in Plumas County, thus performing a service of unquestionable value to
future generations, as well as of genuine interest to the readers of the
present day. She is interested in
everything that relates in any way to the progress and welfare of her community
and no resident of Quincy is more highly esteemed
throughout the community than Miss Thompson.
A woman of intellectual gifts and social graces, she has given freely of
her time to useful projects and is popular in the circles in which she moves
Transcribed by
Gerald Iaquinta.
Source:
Wooldridge, J.W.Major History of Sacramento Valley
California, Vol. 3 Pages 100-101. Pioneer Historical
Publishing Co. Chicago 1931.
© 2010
Gerald Iaquinta.