Biography
Napoleon Thistlewood was born in Kent County, Delaware, near the town of Harrington. He attended the public schools in that area. In 1858 he moved to Mason, Illinois, and engaged in mercantile pursuits.
Thistlewood served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. After the war he returned to Mason and resumed business pursuits. He later moved to Cairo, Illinois, where he served two terms as that city's mayor, 1879-1883 and 1897-1901. He died in Cairo in 1915. He was interred in Beech Grove Cemetery, Mounds, Illinois.
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