Translator:David Thompson was the son of David Thompson Jr. and Sarah Rea. David Thompson was born in or near Cadiz, Harrison Co., Oh. on 21 Sep 1835, and graduated from Franklin College near New Athens, Harrison Co., Oh. on September 8, 1859. He then proceeded to the Western Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh, where he graduated 3 years later. On November 30, 1862 he was already on a ship heading for the Orient trying to get to Japan. When he arrived in Japan he was the first Presbyterian Minister to serve in that position. An online quote I found for Rev. Thompson was a page dedicated to the Tokyo Union Church. "2/1874 - Reverend David Thompson "married two native couples in the Christian way" and unwittingly helped launch what would become a new Japanese industry: marriages in Christian chapels."20 Pages Original-Scan, NO GOOGLE-SCAN