The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-07-09
JAMES WILCOX THOMPSON
Obsequies of We'll Known Lawyer Today
 Sketch of His Career.

The funeral services over the re- mains of the Late James Willcox Thompson were held at'2:30 this after noon from his late residence. No. 752 Park avenue. the burial being in Mountain Grove cemetery. The off1ciat- ing clergyman was Rev. Henry Hal lam Tweedy. of the faculty of the Yale Divinity School. formerly pastor of the south Congregational church. The of Mrs. Lillian Warner Patchen, Mrs. Robert Hard. MT. J. Howard Russell and MT. William G. Rockwell. which rendered '"The Home Land' and 70 Paradisei O Paradise"
 The bearers. lifelong friends of MT. Thompson were Messrs. Frederick A. Atwater. Samuel F. Beardsiey. William T. Hincks. George w. Barker, Thomas A. kfrkham. George B. Thorpe. all of Bridgeport, George H. Gilman of Hart ford. and George E. Beers of New Haven.
 James Wilcox Thompson died at his home in this city on Tuesday. July G.. He was the only son of Mrs. Marie Louise (WiRcox) Thompson and the late Curtis Thompson. He was born October 2S 1868.
 MT. Thompson attended the public schools, being graduated from the High School in 1886. Entering Yale College he received his degree in 1890.
  where he studied in the off1ce of Charles Seymour, Esq, and attended the law department of the University of Ten nessee. receiving the degree of Bache- Tor of Laws in 1891 and being admitted to the Tennessee Bar in June of that year. He then for a time assisted MT. seymour in important land litigation. his work carrying him into the~heart of the picturesque region covered by the Cumberland and Great Smoky Mountains.
 On returning to his native state, he was admitted to the Bar and began the practice of law in Bridgeport in 1893. His father was then in full prac-- tice, counsel in many important cases and the trusted adviser of manyaD aDf our large business interests. and had short ly before filled the office of city at- torney. The son became his associate and remained with him during the rest of the fathers life. leaving the office for a brief period to fill a post in the office of the Secretary of the State. Like his father. he was a loyal citizen of Bridgeport and interested in it's various activities. From 1897 to 1902 he was a member of the Board of Aldermen and for a part of that time its president.
 MT. Thompson's position at the Bar was creditable and distinctive. At the outset of his professional career he showed a facility for court business
 
 branch of activity. His tastes. how ever. soon led him in quite different direction and during the later years he rarely appeared in court, but bent all his efforts toward the work of an officer lawyer in real estate matters.
 In a sense the land is the basis of business. Every transaction in real estate, whether by sale. mortgage or other form of dealing. rests upon the belief that the title is good. a>belief I1 I<- To do the work required of a lawyer n real esta.e practice calls not only Or industry and conscientiousness but for sound knowledge of many branches of law, fine Judgment and a peculiar knack of getting at and ar leads to the care of property md the advising of those having prop erty interests. fro this work MT. Thompson gave himself with rare zeal and devotion and to it he brought an aptitude. His resourcefulness md ingenuity suggested to him devices 'or shortening labor and insuring ac- .uracy. The results that he reached lad the confidence of the community ! n which he lived and worked. In his | relations he was upright. l de filled a unique position with fidel- l ty and success and has left an honor | Lble record behind him.
 MT. Thompson was a member of the | 0rlQS0pOTL ocl6LIlflC SOCfclJs lH6 SOu- | temporary Club. the Seaside Club. the | Outing Club. the Sons of the American | and other organizations. | Ie was the secretary and treasurer | if the Park Cemetery Association and l turing the latter years of his life de- voted a large part of his time and | nergies toward the improvement and | Of it's grounds. MT. Thompson was fond of books, | md of out-of-door life. He was a dis | reader; he loved to take | ong walks often alone. more often with a friend. Some of his last days were spent in what proved to be a inal visit to several of the northern 1ilfages of this State. He was a good | an interesting converse with a fund of quaint hurnor. dany will miss him. He leaves as his immediate family. his mother and sis- CT, Kate. now Mrs. Herman Lang ettel of Chicago. He was unmarried.
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