Nathan Thompson is a native of Saratoga county, New York, and was born in 1822. He came to Prophetstown in 1843, and has been identified in its business interests ever since. In 1852 he became connected with Andrew J. Tuller, as dealer in general merchandise, building the store now occupied by D. K. Smith, and continued in that line for fifteen years. He was also engaged with William Pratt and others, in digging county ditches, and has been very influential in all the railroad enterprises in which Prophetstown has had an interest, from the starting of the first project until the completion of the preseht road through the village. He is now President of the First National Bank Prophetstown, and resides in the village. Mr. Thompson married Mrs. Sarah Parrott in 1867. They have no children.
Bent & Wilson History of Whiteside County
