Logan County, West Virginia Biography of EDWIN BRICE THOMPSON, M. D. This biography was submitted by Valerie Crook, E-mail address: ********************************************** ***The submitter does not have a connection*** ********to the subject of this sketch.******** ********************************************** This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II, pg. 578 Logan EDWIN BRICE THOMPSON, M. D., who is in charge of mine practice for the Cleveland Cliff Iron Company and the Wood Coal Company at Ethel, Logan County, was born at Lore City, Guernsey County, Ohio, on the 20th of October, 1890, and is a son of John A. and Mary A. (Todd) Thomp- son, both likewise natives of Guernsey County and repre- sentative of pioneer families of the Buckeye State. The father became one of the substantial farmers and influen- tial citizens of his native county, where he died in July, 1918, at the age of sixty-nine years, and where his widow still resides on the old homestead farm. Mr. Thompson achieved distinctive success in the breeding and raising of high-grade sheep, cattle and horses, and his authoritative knowledge of values led to his being frequently selected as judge at stock shows and similar exhibitions at county fairs. He was one of the founders and became president of the Byesville First National Bank, was a member of the Presbyterian Church from his early youth and served as an elder in the same, his widow likewise having long been a devoted member. William, eldest of their five sons, is vice president of the First National Bank at Byesville; Elmer is one of the principals in the Thompson Hardware Com- pany at Grandville, Ohio; James, a graduate of Wooster University, is agricultural agent of Guernsey County and is associated with his brother Frank in the management of the old home farm on which they were born. The preliminary education of Doctor Thompson was gained in the district school near the home farm, and in 1910 he graduated from the high school at Cambridge in his native county. He completed his technical course in the Medical College of Virginia at Richmond. He graduated as a member of the class of 1917, and after receiving his de- gree of Doctor of Medicine he gave several months of serv- ice at St. Vincent's Hospital, Norfolk, Virginia, where he gained valuable clinical experience. On the 1st of Novem- ber, 1917, he came to Logan County, West Virginia, after having passed examination before the State Board of Med- ical Examiners, and he is making here a most excellent rec- ord in his profession. He is a member of the Logan County Medical Society, is affiliated with the Benevolent and Pro- tective Order of Elks, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church. April 25, 1917, recorded the marriage of Doctor Thompson and Miss Nellie Cronley, daughter of James Cronley, of Frostberg, Maryland, and she is a popular fac- tor in the social life of the home community. She served three years as a nurse at Mercy Hospital, Baltimore Mary- land.