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ANDREW T. THOMPSON, banker, of the firm of Thompson & Brother, has been a resident of Sangamon county, Illinois, since the fall of 1836, and engaged in the banking business in Mechanicsburg, in company with his elder brother, Harvey Thompson, since December 1, 1873. The banking house is a private partnership, established under the laws of Illinois, and does a general banking, loan and deposit business. The deposits range from $25,000 to $80,000. The building occupied was erected for the purpose by the Thompson Brothers, in the summer of 1873, and is a most substantial brick structure.

Andrew T. Thompson is the son of John and Elizabeth (Furguson) Thompson, and was born in Bourbon county, Kentucky, January 30, 1827. At the age of nine years he was brought by his parents to what is now Mechanicsburg township, Sangamon county, Illinois, which has since been his home. In 1849 Mr. Thompson first started in business, on his own account, as a merchant by opening a general store in company with his brother and present partner, Harvey, in Mechanicsburg. In 1853, they erected the second building built in the city of Buffalo, and established a store of the same class there. Harvey conducted that store, and Andrew the one in Mechanicsburg. IN 1858, the firm sold out the store at Buffalo, Andrew having sold his interest in the Mechanicsburg store to another brother a year or two previously. For a number of years subsequently, the subject of this memoir engaged in dealing in live stock before opening the bank.