William Reed Thompson and Mary Thaw

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Husband William Reed Thompson ¹

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           Born:  - Allegheny City, Allegheny Co, PA
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         Father: Andrew Purdy Thompson (1810-      ) 1
         Mother: Elizabeth Donaldson (      -1872) 2

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Wife Mary Thaw ³

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         Father: William Thaw (      -      ) 3
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General Notes: Husband - William Reed Thompson

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He was taken when a child to the island of Trinidad, attended the public schools of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, until twelve years old. He was employed for five years at the U. P. Board of Publication under Rev. Dr. Rodgers. During this time he enlisted in the Union army, but was taken out by his father. In 1861 he entered the 100-days service in Knap's Independent Battery, and on his return was employed by Hart, Caughey & Co., bankers, where he remained for four years. During this time he was pursuing his studies and reciting after hours to Prof. Lewis Bradley, formerly in charge of the observatory. Failing to get to college, he entered the Mechanics' National Bank, where he served for fourteen years, beginning as bookkeeper and ending as president. Having bought the interest of John B. Jones, Esq., in the banking-house of Semple & Jones, which then took the name of Semple & Thompson, he resigned his position in the Mechanics' National Bank, devoting his attention to his own business. He continued as a director in the Mechanics' National Bank, the treasurer of some of the most prominent charities of the city, a member of the Third Presbyterian Church, and a republican in politics.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 539.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 386.

3 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 540.