Monmouth County NJ Archives Biographies.....Thompson, Charles Henry 1843 - 1912
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  THOMPSON, Charles Henry, M. D.,
  Physician, Surgeon, Public Official.
  
    With the death of the late Dr. Charles Henry Thompson, of Belmar, New Jersey,
  that town and section of the country lost one of its ablest and best beloved
  physicians and surgeons. Rich and poor alike sincerely mourned his passing away,
  for, while he was to the former an alleviator of their physical sufferings, he
  was to the latter a physician, fatherly friend and a helper in all periods of
  distress and trouble. His family was an ancient one.
  
    England and Scotland gave him his paternal ancestors. The name was originally
  Tomson, the first emigrant to this country bearing the name, being John Tomson,
  who came prior to 1650 and made his home either in Massachusetts or Rhode
  Island. From there he migrated to New Jersey, where he was one of the pioneer
  settlers. In 1667 he was one of the eighty-six original purchasers of that part
  of Monmouth county known then as Nawasink, Narumsunk and Poo-tapeck. One of his
  lineal descendants was
  
    William I. Thompson, born near the present town of Freehold, New Jersey, March
  19, 1779, the grandfather of Dr. Charles Henry Thompson, of this sketch. All his
  life was spent in the section of his birth, where he was occupied as a farmer.
  His religious faith was that of the Presbyterian denomination. He married,
  October 23, 1799, Margaret Denise, and had children: Catherine; Denise, of
  further mention; Joseph C, Cornelia, Sydney, William W.
  
    Denise Thompson, son of William I. and Margaret (Denise) Thompson, was born in
  Tennent Parsonage, near Freehold, New Jersey, September 23, 1802. He was also a
  farmer; at first a staunch supporter of Whig principles, he became a Republican
  upon the formation of that party; he was a member of the Dutch Reformed church,
  and a long time its treasurer at Freehold. He married, February 22, 1826,
  Cornelia Bergen, a member of an old family, and had children: Jacob B., William
  I., John B., Joseph C, Cornelia D., Stephen E., Tunis D., and Charles Henry, of
  further mention. The Bergen family came from Holland, where Jacob I. Bergen,
  father of Mrs. Thompson, was born November 9, 1782, a descendant of Hans Hansen
  Bergen, who came to America in 1633 and settled on Manhattan Island. He married
  Sara Ra-palie, the first white child born to European parents in the Colony of
  New Netherlands. Jacob I. Bergen married, February 4, 1806, Syche Bergen, and
  they had children: Cornelia, mentioned above; John W., Abram, Matthew E., Simon
  H., Sarah M.
  
    Dr. Charles Henry Thompson, son of Denise and Cornelia (Bergen) Thompson, was
  born near Marlboro, Monmouth county, New Jersey, August 23, 1843, and died in
  Belmar, in the same county, December 3, 1912. His preparatory education was
  acquired in the old Freehold Academy, conducted at Freehold. New Jersey, by
  Professor William W. Woodhull, and he then became a student at Rutgers College
  in i860, and was graduated from this institution in the class of 1864. Having
  decided to make the medical profession his lifework, he commenced reading
  medicine under the preceptorship of Dr. John Vought, of Freehold, and pursued
  his studies at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the city of New York, a
  part of what is now Columbia University, and was graduated with the degree of
  Doctor of Medicine, February 28, 1868. He commenced the active practice of his
  profession at Rosemont, Hunterdon county, New Jersey, remaining there for a
  period of four years, when he practiced in New York two years, then four years
  in South Amboy, New Jersey, and finally made a permanent location at Belmar,
  Monmouth county, New Jersey, with which town he was identified until his death.
  He kept well abreast of the times in medical progress, holding the wise opinion
  that a physician should never cease to be a student, and was faithful to this
  principle all through his life. He was frequently called in consultation by
  others in the medical profession, and established for himself an enviable
  reputation as a physician and surgeon, and as a citizen of the highest standard.
  While he ever gave his staunch and consistent support to the Republican party,
  he never sought office. He was, however, obliged to yield to the repeated
  solicitations of his party, and became its nominee for Assembly in 1890, but as
  the Democratic party was overwhemingly large, he was defeated. Later he served
  two terms as president of the borough commission of Ocean Beach, and two terms
  of two years each, as mayor of Belmar, greatly to the benefit of those
  communities. In matters connected with religion he was a leading spirit. He was
  one of the organizers, and the first senior warden of the Holy Apostles'
  Protestant Episcopal Church at Belmar, and when the church was dedicated, as
  incumbent of the office he held, it fell to his lot to present the church to the
  bishop of the diocese. Me was connected with a number of fraternal
  organizations, holding especially high rank in the Masonic fraternity. Among
  those with which he was affiliated were: Ocean Lodge, No. 89, Free and Accepted
  Masons; Goodwin Chapter, No. 36, Royal Arch Masons; Corson Commandery, No. 15,
  Knights Templar; Mecca Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine,
  of New York City; Improved Order of Red Men, of Belmar.
  
    Dr. Thompson married, May 23, 1865, Rhoda Ann Holmes, a daughter of Samuel and
  Marietta (Wiley) Holmes, of Pleasant Valley, New York. One child blessed this
  union: Fred V., born September 12, 1866, a well known physician of New Jersey,
  who commenced his practice at Asbury Park, and is continuing it at Belmar, New
  Jersey.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
  
  Extracted from:
  
  MEMORIAL CYCLOPEDIA OF NEW JERSEY
  
  UNDER THE EDITORIAL SUPERVISION OF MARY DEPUE OGDEN
  
  VOLUME III
  MEMORIAL HISTORY COMPANY NEWARK,  NEW JERSEY
  1917
  
  
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