Can You Decipher This Person's Name?

[Robert Gray]

This image appeared on the Heritage Auctions site, but is no longer available. I presume the gentleman is a Confederate politician.

 

[Allyn]

J. Thompson formerly of Misspi. now of Memphis, Tenn.

 

[gary]

Good job Allyn.

 

[Library Lady]

Possibly this person?

Jacob Thompson: One of Oxford, Mississippi’s, and the South’s Most Wanted Confederates – The Local Voice

One of the first homes in Oxford, Mississippi to be burned by the Union Army on August 22, 1864, was the estate belonging to Jacob Thompson. The Thompson place stood across the street from Rowan Oak on Old Taylor Road. Jacob Thompson was an important official before the Civil War. He was...

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