Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1914-06-16
DEATH OF CAPTAIN ].
B. THOMPSON OCCURRED
ON SUNDAY MORNING
FORMER PROMINENT BUSINESS
NAN OF CORPUS cARlsrL
Was Picnser rssan saNina Lived Va
fhw state S,aes lass -Funetal
Services az cusre.

capiain James q Thompson Il plo
noer TEXAN avid rsiisn, 1T Curpus /
Chusu fm INV past IS wears ai,0 /
SUNDAY motuins 80 o',losA IA hh 4
rrsiteucv spi North Nanr'ahaa .t.vet .
captain fhampson had h,tn tr r.lol
hcAith fut ths past two ,.afs tna lui
thf Past few ueeks Relatives anA .
Intends had nsaNaed that his caual.
ilon was ssitsus and tnai tbs end was
n,ar
20, lisiN was nhlppf,l Go Cncro SEE I
iwdaN mofninF uNti iht Sam Ante
nio tnd Nuusa. i8sa and th, funslal
wHs breed in that oitf yesterday sf,t
n.aan at v.sio,h Nrv Henry ~ AVS
Ho tf ihis Gas pastor el ue FH-i
lrsshNirran Church afUoHunr A.
nmptn'lug $50 ,maius tom hrtr
vru Nisa Nsu rnompsUn ond Mtn
B. D. kiftpntfith dauFhteia uf So
uh,ni aul Edward H Nlfhere .nu.
Wells % e. Wbu, Caesar
Nirnsff and Mu lame- u Wolfe
sW,eiue Relatives atr two daushi,rs
Miss nan Thompson oi this cas- and
Mta Mshih klttpatnrh of iuuia
Biographical
luf sixty une Ntafs Chplin lhamp
su0 bad mads n.s hum, in 'rc,aa 90
.smr 90 rssHa 500 1858 nam i.owsNus
keutu,hA where he was born Iui,
t1 1855 lh pau,utH wrrr captain
James and Mrs NpnD luandi Thamp
.on tnpt Iamea Thompson was
natn, 90 mnn,id Mass. ana came
West when ,uulh ani pioneered as
ft.lmi.a'mHu on th, UhiH aua Me.
H.lNu lN,r
Itu,s U Thompson WOE tc N,ars .f
NFt when h, .amf Co., T,sas lir Naf
rrsii,.s aua aInwuuns fo a,fumrHrh
s.mnMuF fuf hmstu Boo mis w.riH
tnI mnaiur at ltHt lata.a hs eni.f
'd Goo commission husinesa at uhlt
pls,r ha panther of IS b i.., bud 81,
maln,d n su,n Wofh unul ih, war
heiwecni th, states vhsn ho learn
90 Uf thr organization 81 Wplhef 81
miilnu at iirmpsiead in Waller
Commits Texas aud mode hla wa, !.
mat pu.ni nud culHird ln zoe, SEE
ti,D ~ ths OunfedernN
mr Thompson srrDrd 900 thr Arm,
for rnrn, felrs .n i.tnrnna hnd At
hnnHaH tuuug whnh umo d, paul.
IIaii,d boz toe nerrs of hnlnam cp
/ .astmvniH tlst rhtn,toufod ths Rcd
RIVER ,ampniFn eud resulted io th, de
ieni and r,u of RANKS Army
tiisf ths war Me Thompson return
ed Go luu lAtaot and aHs,.aiaico
himself in husmrss with o. o. iuos.
fmau The nre nrm continued in
nutlnrs 900 row iHsH,H unuI asa
whom the removed 40 indhnais ABOUT
lms nmr the preaeut nunca 81 shr
Southern raanD wac being nuut aud
! ihc nuu upruod 900 Establishment at
Victoria nui ne thr road progressed.
thn Boa ltla went intn Cuero
u 1886 ths nrm 90 Hlossman ana
rhnmp.on waH 1issnIf,a aud Me-
rhpmpson w'ut to Gaheriun where De-
\ namsd partnership ulnh 49, o.
+ ltbfnuk Bog ihr cotton naslnraa
n ihtt hr returned io Custo aud
uan thrrc extensively snHaNsd boz
merchandising until 1853 whom be-
eame to corpus Chflstl ana hcramr "a
member of thr firm ~ b 81 Wousnan
and Company Later ihe firm was con
Quoted under ihs name 30 liinnsman aud
Thompson Arou, nt. wears aEo Nr
I Thompson retired from business and
nus since been making hla hamo in
mis- clif
ln 1890 Captain Thompson married
( Nisa nnsnn. ihr eecund oldest chla
uf o. O. moaHmsn She died in 1879
l'atinr three daughters Eiauna
sla Is nou tifh Mrltin kitkpairich ~
PARSE Nanri AZ deceanel ln 1896 sna
Mics Mari Lse fh' isiier resident
70 mss rty
a friend ~ Captain Thompaou's has
nld
"Ncyer waa there more l0fabie
character than Uncle Jimmy Thomp-
-on Pew more active nnd cnerreflc
business men ever hted Boz Trsns Hr
was essentially hunlue-f mon. never
,fprcd 90 political nrefefmrnt or po.
utiosl hDnors nnd his succesa Boa ne
VIVA entirely duo Co ms energy es
sresEife enterprise and ruRged hon
rstb 30 held the iofe confidence snd
F esirem ~ every polnon vino knew
him"