Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
THOMPSON
IS DEAD AF TER
LONG ILLNESS
End Comes to Widely Known
Rail Chief and Social Fa-
vorite in Richmond.

,s..- "a battle of more than six
.,trs ], 5. Barbour Thompson sue
-.f.,a TO death last night at 7;45
O'clock in private sanitarium at Rich
.rd VA. where he had been for the
~, three months. President of the
I,.T-,+f, compress Company, leader
.1s railroad world and a general So
-, f,vorite. he was one of the most
.,,,,r. business men that ever lived in
- 49,. had q host of friends all over the
,,n+p who mourn him sincerely
1,,rougnout his illness these friends
a;,tafned the keenest interest and
INV Some of his friends in At
,! ',+ received nightly kilograms telling
If his condition.
NJ. Thompson was but 81 years old,
,.,e Iuriug his life he had held almost
- responsible position it is posi-
~, for man to hold in the railroad
I'D and It was not until 1910 that he
..ir.d from the railroad work to take
~ his new duties as head of the At
lantfc Compress Company.
Native OF virginia.
Whom he became i'll in Atlanta last
.r,,r,er he gradually grew worse, and
4 was deemed best to take him to Vir-
riria Of which state he was a native
Several weeks after his arrival there
/ bis Younger brother, George G. Thomp-
.on was killed in Greensboro, N. c., but
because of his serious condition he
never was told of the death.
The funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at II o'clock from St.
pauls church In Richmond. Interment
probably will be at his old home in Gull
pepper county, Virginia.
Mr. Thompson was born in Virginia
lime TO- 1853 He took his first posi-
rion at the age of twenty as clerk in
the general superintendents office Of
-be Virginia Midland railway, after
ward resigning to become assistant
suditor Of the freight and passenger
departments of the Long Island rail-
wav. A year in this position satisfied
MIN and he returned to his original
place, being made Immediately after
ward secretary to the president Of the
Virginia Midland.
Two years later he was made assist
ant general freight and passenger agent
Of the Virginia Midland division and
subsequently also Of the Washington
and ohio division of the Richmond and
Dmville road. on August /, 1887, he
Sas made division freight and passen-
ger agent of the same divisions, and
soon afterward became superintendent
nh the same lines
His Rise in Rail World.
In rapid succession he was made as
sistant to the general manager OF Tue
entire road, superintendent OF the ttlcL
moud and Danville, Virginia MldlahG
and Washington and OHIO divisions OF
the road, and when the Richmond anu
Danvile was succeeded by the South
arn he became superintendent Of the
irst division. From 1895 to 1900 ne
was assistant general superintendent Of
the same road
He came to Atlanta in 1900 as gen.
ega agent of the Southern, being after
ward promoted to assistant to the
president Of the. road He retired from
irOad service in 1910.
In Atlanta he was member of the
Capital City and the Piedmont Driving
clubs and of many other social organ
iz3gions
He was q nephew of the late United
States Senator John s. Barbour of
Virginia, for whom he was named. His
wife In a daughter of the late Colonel
Morton Marye, auditor of the state OF
Virginia, He had no children.