BIOGRAPHY:  DR. B. M. THOMPSON, Madison County, GA

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"Memoirs of Georgia: Containing Historical Accounts of the State's Civil,
Military, Industrial and Professional Interests, and Personal Sketches
of Many of Its People" Vol. 1 & 2, Atlanta, Georgia:  The Southern 
Historical Association, 1895 


DR. B. M. THOMPSON, a prominent physician of Madison county, Ga., whose 
home is at Thompson's Mills, near Five Forks, is a native of the county, 
a son of William and Mary (Tilman) Thompson, and was born in 1821. His 
paternal great-grandparents were natives, respectively, of Ireland and 
Scotland, and on coming to this country settled in Pennsylvania. His 
paternal grandparents were Alexander and Mary (Hodge) Thompson. He was 
born in Pennsylvania, was a soldier during the revolutIonary war, migrated 
to North Carolina and afterward to Georgia. Dr. Thompson's father was 
born in Burke county, N. C., and came to Georgia in 1790 with his parents, 
who settled in Wilkes (now Oglethorpe) county. The mother of Dr. B. M. 
Thompson was a daughter of William and Mary (Farrow) Tilman. He came 
from South Carolina and located in Georgia soon after the revolutionary 
war, and settled in Burke county, where he reared his family. He afterward 
moved to Madison county, where he died. Dr. Thompson was reared on a 
farm, and in 1850 married Amanda J. Carithers, daughter of William C. 
and Mary (Griffith) Carithers. Her father was a South Carolinian and 
moved to Georgia and lived in Madison county till his death. They have 
two children: William H. and Mary B. The mother was born in 1832 and 
died in 1875. She was a woman much loved and was a sincere Christian 
lady. Dr. Thompson began reading medicine in 1843 under Dr. Culbertson 
and has practiced for fifty years. He first attended the Jefferson 
Medical college, Philadelphia, in 1844-5, and was then graduated from 
the Atlanta Medical college in 1856. The doctor enjoys an extended 
reputation for professional skill and has a very large practice. He owns 
about 1,900 acres of choice land near Five Forks, and a big mill on 
South river. He is the owner of a mill built by his grandfather in 1790, 
it being the first mill erected in Madison county.