James Morrow Thomson

James Morrow Thomson in the U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
Name: James Morrow Thomson
Race: Caucasian (White)
Marital Status: Married
Birth Date: 23 Oct 1887
Birth Place: Kansas, USA
Residence Date: 1917-1918
Street Address: 6109 Normal
Residence Place: Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA
Draft Board: 71
Physical Build: Medium
Height: Tall
Hair Color: Dark
Eye Color: Gray

James M Thomson
BIRTH
23 Oct 1888
Kansas, USA
DEATH
7 Oct 1969 (aged 80)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
BURIAL
Cremated
MEMORIAL ID
234915727 · View Source https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/234915727/james-m-thomson?_gl=1...

Borego's second Postmaster

When James M. Thomson was born on October 23, 1887, in Kansas, his father, Alexander, was 32 and his mother, Emilie, was 22.

He married Margaret Prosser and they had four children together.
He then married Jane Bosworth and they had three children together.

In 1933 Eslie Wynn built a garage north of his store building in Borego (Borrego Springs). James Thomson, a recent arrival from Los Angeles, was his mechanic. In 1932, Wynn concluded that hauling the mail paid more than serving as postmaster, and since the government wouldn't allow him to hold both jobs, he resigned as postmaster on March 1st and started making the twice a week run to Julian. James Thomson became Borego's new postmaster (1931-34), but after his first wife's death in 1933, he decided to leave the valley, resigning as postmaster on July 31, 1934.

James died in October 1969 in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 82.