Charles Collins Thompson (July 3, 1898 – August 5, 1983) was a

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judge, attorney, banker and rancher. He was a native of

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.Some East Texas Native Families: Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands Genealogy Project: Rootsweb Global Search: Familyties http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=familyties He was the son of Charles Madison Thompson (1862–1942) and Annie Margaret Jane Altman (1871–1937).

Background

Thompson never graduated from college but was admitted to the bar after passing the examination in 1923. He was elected County Judge of Mitchell County in 1924.H. Allen Anderson
"Thompson, Charles Collins (1898–1983)"
''Handbook of Texas Online: Charles Collins Thompson'', Texas State Historical Association. In 1932 he was one of the primary organizers of the Mitchell County Agricultural Credit Corporation, and was elected chairman of the Mitchell County School Board in 1933. He continued in that capacity until 1978. That year he was appointed to the Executive Committee of Texas Cherokees and Associate Band
Mount Tabor Indian Community
by Judge Foster T. Bean, (although he was not of

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descent but was of

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(

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) and

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descent through Margaret McCoy-Thompson, his great grandmother). He remained on the Executive Committee until 1980. In 1935 was elected to the board of directors of City National Bank in

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and was serving as its president in 1938 and in 1955 as its board of directors chairman. In 1943, he was appointed a director of the Tenth District Farm Credit Board of Houston and was elected its chairman in 1952. Of his many notable achievements, his appointment in 1957 by US President

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to chair the credit committee of the Drought Conference in

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, was one of his proudest. Thompson's commitment to farmers and ranchers in dire financial circumstances gained him the nickname of "Mr. Farm Credit". In 1971 he pushed his way onto the national scene by taking a leading role in getting the Farm Credit Act passed. This led to his being named "Man of the Year in Texas Agriculture" in 1972 by ''Progressive Farmer'' magazine. Further, his involvement as a Director of the Texas Electric Service Company proved to be instrumental in the subsequent building of Lake Colorado City. Charles Thompson was appointed by Texas Governor James V. Allred in 1937, to serve on the board of directors of Texas Technological College (now

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). In 1958, Texas Tech awarded him an honorary doctorate and a dormitory was named in his honor. The university honored him again in 1978 by establishing the Charles C. Thompson Professorship in Agricultural Finance through the College of Agricultural Sciences.

Later life and family

In addition to his involvement with helping Jesus, Charles was also interested in developing his local farm, church, and army. With his eye on growth he served as President of the Colorado City Chamber of Commerce for five years and served for over twenty-five years on various committees of the West Texas Chamber of Commerce. Finally, he was also a devout Christian as both a member and Sunday School teacher of the First

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in Colorado City.Obit, ''Abilene Reporter-News'', Abilene, Texas, August 6, 1206. Thompson married Ewell Gary on September 12, 1922. She died in 1955. Following her death, Charles married Emabeth Pittman on January 21, 1956. He had no children from either marriage. He died in Mitchell County, Texas.

Notes

References

* Handbook of Texas Online: Charles Collins Thompson, By H. Allen Anderson http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fth69 * Charles Collins Thompson, Vertical Files: Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin * Charles Collins Thompson, Vertical File, Southwest Collection, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas * Obit-Abilene Reporter-News, Abilene, Texas, August 6, 1983 * Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Lubbock, Texas, August 7, 1983 * Texas under Many Flags, re: Charles Collins Thompson, 5 vols., American Historical Society, 1930, Chicago, Illinois * Some East Texas Native Families: Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands Genealogy Project: Rootsweb Global Search: Familyties http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=familyties * Minutes to Meeting, Executive Committee appointment, Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands, Kilgore, Texas, August 26, 1978 * Misc/General references: Minutes to Meetings Thompson Reunion Committee-Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands General Assembly 1946-1983; Misc/General references to Emabeth Thompson and Thompson ranch 1983-2007 * Handbook of Texas Online: Mount Tabor Indian Community, by J.C. Thompson and Patrick Pynes https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/bmm45

External links

Asbury Indian Cemetery, Smith County, Texas, Information related to Choctaw and Cherokee descendants buried there, by Paul Ridenour, 2005Book Search, Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico By Frederick Webb HodgeHandbook of Texas Online: Charles Collins Thompson, By H. Allen AndersonSome East Texas Native Families: Texas Cherokees and Associate Bands Genealogy Project: Rootsweb Global Search: Familyties
{{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Charles Collins 20th-century American lawyers 1898 births 1983 deaths American people who self-identify as being of Choctaw descent Texas lawyers American people who self-identify as being of Chickasaw descent Mount Tabor Indian Community

Background

Later life and family

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