For at least a quarter of a century in the early history of Atlanta, the best known hotel man was Dr. Joseph Thompson. Dr. Thompson graduated from South Carolina Medical College in Charleston and then came to Decatur, in DeKalb Co. For twenty years, he was a practicing physician and was widely known in the area. Unfortunately he developed inflammatory rheumatism which forced him to give up his profession. It was then that he turned to the hotel business and became the proprietor of the hotel at Decatur. He continued there during the Civil War until the hotel was destroyed by Union forces under General Sherman. Thompson and his wife then moved to his wife's plantation in Houston Co. until the war was over.
Dr. Thompson married three times. His first wife was Mary Ann Tomlinson Young, the young widow of David Young, a prominent law in Decatur. By his first wife, he had Mary Ann Thompson, who married Richard Peters; George Harvey Thompson, who was for many years captain of the Gate City Guards; Joseph Thompson, Jr., a leading businessman and capitalist of Atlanta; Joan Thompson, who married Thomas M. Clark, a leading hardware merchant; and J. Edgar Thompson, a leading railroad man.
Dr. Thompson's second wife was Mrs. Jane A. Reeder, of South Carolina. They were married in 1851, but she died in 1854. In 1858, Dr. Thompson married as his third wife Mrs. E. H. Thompson.
Dr. Thompson's hotel in Decatur was headquarters for all the politicians and statesmen of the state. After its creation, Dr. Thompson was president of the Atlanta Medical College as well. He was also a charter member of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta.
(The above was extracted from the article "MEN WHO MADE ATLANTA/Dr. Joseph Thompson Physician, Surgeon, Hotel Proprietor and Capitalist," the Atlanta Constitution, 5 November 1905, page 2.)
Dr. Thompson married three times. His first wife was Mary Ann Tomlinson Young, the young widow of David Young, a prominent law in Decatur. By his first wife, he had Mary Ann Thompson, who married Richard Peters; George Harvey Thompson, who was for many years captain of the Gate City Guards; Joseph Thompson, Jr., a leading businessman and capitalist of Atlanta; Joan Thompson, who married Thomas M. Clark, a leading hardware merchant; and J. Edgar Thompson, a leading railroad man.
Dr. Thompson's second wife was Mrs. Jane A. Reeder, of South Carolina. They were married in 1851, but she died in 1854. In 1858, Dr. Thompson married as his third wife Mrs. E. H. Thompson.
Dr. Thompson's hotel in Decatur was headquarters for all the politicians and statesmen of the state. After its creation, Dr. Thompson was president of the Atlanta Medical College as well. He was also a charter member of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta.
(The above was extracted from the article "MEN WHO MADE ATLANTA/Dr. Joseph Thompson Physician, Surgeon, Hotel Proprietor and Capitalist," the Atlanta Constitution, 5 November 1905, page 2.)
For at least a quarter of a century in the early history of Atlanta, the best known hotel man was Dr. Joseph Thompson. Dr. Thompson graduated from South Carolina Medical College in Charleston and then came to Decatur, in DeKalb Co. For twenty years, he was a practicing physician and was widely known in the area. Unfortunately he developed inflammatory rheumatism which forced him to give up his profession. It was then that he turned to the hotel business and became the proprietor of the hotel at Decatur. He continued there during the Civil War until the hotel was destroyed by Union forces under General Sherman. Thompson and his wife then moved to his wife's plantation in Houston Co. until the war was over.
Dr. Thompson married three times. His first wife was Mary Ann Tomlinson Young, the young widow of David Young, a prominent law in Decatur. By his first wife, he had Mary Ann Thompson, who married Richard Peters; George Harvey Thompson, who was for many years captain of the Gate City Guards; Joseph Thompson, Jr., a leading businessman and capitalist of Atlanta; Joan Thompson, who married Thomas M. Clark, a leading hardware merchant; and J. Edgar Thompson, a leading railroad man.
Dr. Thompson's second wife was Mrs. Jane A. Reeder, of South Carolina. They were married in 1851, but she died in 1854. In 1858, Dr. Thompson married as his third wife Mrs. E. H. Thompson.
Dr. Thompson's hotel in Decatur was headquarters for all the politicians and statesmen of the state. After its creation, Dr. Thompson was president of the Atlanta Medical College as well. He was also a charter member of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta.
(The above was extracted from the article "MEN WHO MADE ATLANTA/Dr. Joseph Thompson Physician, Surgeon, Hotel Proprietor and Capitalist," the Atlanta Constitution, 5 November 1905, page 2.)
Dr. Thompson married three times. His first wife was Mary Ann Tomlinson Young, the young widow of David Young, a prominent law in Decatur. By his first wife, he had Mary Ann Thompson, who married Richard Peters; George Harvey Thompson, who was for many years captain of the Gate City Guards; Joseph Thompson, Jr., a leading businessman and capitalist of Atlanta; Joan Thompson, who married Thomas M. Clark, a leading hardware merchant; and J. Edgar Thompson, a leading railroad man.
Dr. Thompson's second wife was Mrs. Jane A. Reeder, of South Carolina. They were married in 1851, but she died in 1854. In 1858, Dr. Thompson married as his third wife Mrs. E. H. Thompson.
Dr. Thompson's hotel in Decatur was headquarters for all the politicians and statesmen of the state. After its creation, Dr. Thompson was president of the Atlanta Medical College as well. He was also a charter member of the First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta.
(The above was extracted from the article "MEN WHO MADE ATLANTA/Dr. Joseph Thompson Physician, Surgeon, Hotel Proprietor and Capitalist," the Atlanta Constitution, 5 November 1905, page 2.)
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