MALVERN
W. THOMPSON was born in Hickory township, Mercer county,
Pennsylvania. September 7, 1862, a son of Samuel A. and Mary J.
(Kirkland) Thompson. His father was born in Pymatuning township. Mercer
county, in 1833, and died in 1868. The mother was born in Allegheny
county in 1837 and now resides in Sharpsville. This worthy couple were
the parents of three children: Harry M., Malvern W., and Lelia
M., wife of Charles Ross, of Pittsburg. The father was a farmer
and was born on the old Thompson homestead, outside of Sharpsville. He
was the son of George Thompson. born in Westmoreland county,
Pennsylvania, and came to Mercer county in 1817, locating in Pymatuning
township. He died at the good old age of ninety-two years. He was the
son of Captain David Thompson, a soldier in the war of
1812. Samuel A. was a Republican and held the offices of
tax-collector and constable. He belonged to the Methodist church. The
great-grandfather of Malvern Thompson, John Kirkland. was a
soldier of the Revolutionary war and was one of those held in prison in
old St. Paul's church in New York City as a result of Benedict Arnold's
betrayal of his country.
In 1888 Malvern W. Thompson went to New
York City and engaged with the New York World and other newspapers. In
1896 he returned to Sharpsville and engaged in commercial and society
stationery printing. He has come to be an adept at this art and his
business now extends to Pittsburg and other large cities throughout the
state.
In his political views Mr. Thompson is a Republican. He
has served as member of the borough council one term and takes an
interest in public affairs. In church faith he is identified with the
Presbyterian denomination. He is an active member of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Adoniram Lodge No. 739; also the
Encampment at Sharon, No. 186. Both he and his estimable wife belong to
the Rebekah Lodge No. 110.
Mr. Thompson was married March 20,
1905, to Lillie M. Finney, born in Elizabeth, Allegheny county,
Pennsylvania. The children by this union are: Mary Elizabeth and Frank
Finney.
Twentieth Century History of Mercer County, 1909, pages 643-644
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