William A. Thompson

1835 - 1917  (82 years)

• Name	William A. Thompson
  Nickname	Sawlog
  Birth	4 Jun 1835
  Gender	Male
  Death	24 Oct 1917	Attica, Fountain, Indiana
  Burial	26 Oct 1917	Attica, Fountain, Indiana   [1]
  Person ID	I57518	Scudder
  Last Modified	14 Feb 2015

  
  

  Family	Hannah Lamb,   b. 18 Jan 1833, Ohio d. 23 Feb 1919, San Diego, San Diego, California (Age 86 years)
  Children	1. Charles Thompson   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Omar C. Thompson,   b. 16 Mar 1864, Indiana d. 12 Oct 1934, San Diego, San Diego, California (Age 70 years)   3. Jessie May Thompson,   b. 18 Sep 1870, Indiana d. 10 Nov 1924, San Diego, San Diego, California (Age 54 years)   4. Elsa Thompson   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F20545	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  William was found dead in his chair by a waiter bringing over food from a local restaurant in Attica, California. He had lived there in an apartment over the Sheridan Grocery. His wife and daughter had moved to San Diego, California, to be near their son, Omer. William refused to go with them. William was left an orphan at an early age. He came west as a young man and for many years was a resident of Indianapolis. He was interested in the timber business and at one time owned a veneer factory on east Tenth street in Indianapolis, which he operated successfully for a number of years. He also acquired considerable property in that vicinity but suffered a heavy loss when the man to whom he sold most of it failed. From Indianapolis, William went to Thorntown, where he operated for a number of years, buying and shipping walnut lumber. After that section had been pretty well cleaned out he came to Attica about 1885, and took up the same work there. He bought and shipped many thousands of dollars worth of walnut logs, many of them going to the East for export to Europe. He frequently had as many as fifteen or twenty teams hauling logs at one time. He is said to have been one of the best judges of timber of any man that had ever operated in this vicinity and was widely known by the sobriquet "Sawlog Thompson." William finally retired from the timber business and opened a real estate and loan office which he conducted until failing strength rendered it impossible for him to continue. For many years he and his family owned and occupied the large brick house owned by Clint Jacobson, just north of Riverside cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1329] Find a Grave Index, 1600s to Current.