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-
yorite in Richmond.

,sr... = battle of more than six
ms I S, Barbour Thompson sue
4 .,-r,a5 to death last night at 7:45
s,,,,,,l, in a private sanitarium at Rich
80 Va where he had been for the
-. rbrea months. President of the
4 ,.I,,tic compress Company, leader
tho raiIroad world and a general So
H. favorite. he was one of the most
,onn1ar business men that ever lived IN
~. had a host of friends all over the
z,,.r who mourn him sincerely
n ,,,,-,,s,bout his illness these friends
ltntoiped the keenest interest and
.'.,,,,,atbv. Some OF his friends in At
,.a raraived nightly kilograms telling
4 of his condition.
A.. THOMPSON was but 50 years old,
i ,5,,rfpq his life he had held almost
80 rasponsible position it is posi-
,,o far = man to hold in the railroad
.-,orld and It was not until 1910 that he
..t;ra5 from the railroad work to take
ma his new duties as head Of the At
E,ar+fc Compress Company.
Native of Virginia.
r,v,a, he became i'll in Atlanta last
summer he gradually grew worse, and
d. z,as deemed best to take him to Nir-
,Iria Of which state he was native.
S.,,ora1 weeks after his arrival there
,is Younger brother, George G. Thomp-
san 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-
,,,o,.rovv morning at II o'clock from St.
\ psuIs church in Richmond. Interment
nrobabl will be at his old home in Gull
pepper county, Virginia.
Mr. Thompson was born in Virginia
June 10. 1853 He took his first posi-
ZION at the age of twenty as a clerk In
,he general supecintendents office OF
The Virginia Midland railway, after
ward resigning to become assistant
auditor Of the freight and passenger
denartments Of the Long Island rail-
way 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
4 ant general freight and passenger agent
of the Virginia Midland division and
subsequently also OF the Washington
and ohio division of the Richmond and
DanviIe road. on August 1, 1887, he
was made division freight ana passen-
.er agent Of the same divisions, and
soon afterWard became superintendent
of the same lines
His Rise in Rail World.
In rapid succession he was maze as
4 sistant to the general manager OF Tue
Il entire road superintendent OF the ttlci
mond and Danville, Virginia MlulailC :
and Washington and Ohio divisions OF
the road, and when the Rlchmolo ai on
Danville was succeeded by the Soutn-
arn he became superintendent Of the
first division. From 1895 to l9Ou ne
4 Mas assistant general superintendent OF
the same road.
He came 10 Atlanta in 1900 as gem
Il eraI agent Of the Southern, being after
ward promoted to assistant to the
president Of the road, He retired from
4 railroad service in 1910.
IL Atlanta he was a member OF the
4 Capital City and the Piedmont Driving
Il clubs and Of many other social organ
Il i2aUons.
He was Il nephew Of the late United
i States Senator John S. Barbour, OF
4 Virginia, for whom he was named. His
wife is a daughter of the late Colonel
n Morton Marye, auditor of the state OF
A Virginia He had no children.