Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-12
J.S. B. THOMP Son
IS DEAD AF FER
LONG ILLNESS
md Comes to Widely Known
Rail Chief and Social Fa-
vorite in Richmond.

,f,ar a battle of more than six
u,ontns. ]. S. Barbour Thompi son sue
a.,r,had TO death last night at 7:45
o,orock in a private sanitarium at Rich
g,ord Va, where he had been. for the
at three months. Presiden of the
,tsr+ic Compress Company, "a leader
=. tho railroad world and a general So
,tor favorite. he was one of THE most
,,,,,rar business men that ever lived in
Atlanta.
us had a host of friends ALI over the
couth who mourn him sincerely
r,brouehout his illness thes friends
-,airtained the keenest int crest and
-,-r,natbv. Some of his frien ds in At
,srts received nightly telegra1ns telling
If his condition.
Mr. Thompson was but 81 years old,
.,.. during his life he had head almost
o,,srv responsible position it is posi-
Mo Tor a man to hold in the railroad
rid and it was not until 1stt0 that he
rat;red from the railroad work to take
-, his new duties as head OF the At
1antic Compress Company.
Native of Virginia.
when he became i'll in Atlanta last
s,,r,noer he gradually grew worse, and
a. vas deemed best to take Inim to Vir-
riria NJ which state he wa s a native,
several weeks after his ar rival there
bis Younger brother, George G. Thomp-
son was killed in Greensboro. n. c., but
bacause of his serious CT mdition he
never was told of the DEATH
Tho funeral services will be held to-
morrow morning at II O'Clock from St
psuls church in Richmond. Interment
nrobably will be at his old no me in Gull
pepper county, Virginia.
Mr. Thompson was born in Virginia
lime 10. 1858 He took his first posi-
-ion at the age of twenty us clerk in
the general superintendenf's office of
the Virginia Midland railway, after
ward resigning to become assistant
auditor Of the freight and passenger
departments of the Long Island rail-
way. A year in this posi- ton satisfied
him and he returned to his original
place. being made Immediately after
ward secretary to the pre- sident 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 tho Washington
and Ohio division of the J2ichmond and
Danvile road. On Aug Bst l, 1887, he
vas made division freight and passen-
ger agent of the same divisions, and
soon afterward became superintendent
Of the same lines.
His Rise in Rail World.
In rapid succession he was made as
sistant to the general manager OIL the
entire road. superintend ent Of the Rlch =
mond and DanVille, Virginia Midland
and Washington and Chic divisions OF
ihe road. and when the Richmond ana
Danville was succeeded by the south
ern he became superintendent OF the
first division. From 1895 10 l9oo ne
was assistant general superintendent ol
the same road.
He came to Atlanta In 1900 as gen
erai agent of the Southern, being after
ward promoted to ass istant TO the
president of the road, BE retired from
railroad service in 1910,
In Atlanta he was a member OF the
Capital City and the Piedmont Driving
clubs and of many 9th er social organ
izations.
He was a nephew of the late United
States Senator John S. Barbour, of
Virginia. for whom he was named. His
wife is a daughter of the late Colonel
Morton Marye, auditor of the state of
Virginia, He had no children,