John Thompson (108226610)
John C. Thompson, son of Thomas L. and Helen Coolidge Thompson was born in Schenectady, NY on 15 April 1845; his father died when he was six years of age. He attended various public schools and took a position in Cooper's general merchandise business in Watertown, NY. John left Watertown and went to West Virginia where he worked for a salt and coal mine company and at age 19 was appointed superintendent at a salary of five thousand dollars a year. His ambition took him to Cincinnati and a position in a commission house after which he opened a wholesale grocery business in Mobile; it is said that he made and lost a fortune in two years. Wending his way through various insurance companies he became the manager of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts with headquarters in Boston. The Eames Vacuum Brake Company had been organized in 1876 but it had been poorly managed and in 1884 its affairs were at a very low point. Thompson saw possibilities and bought a controlling interest in the business and changed the name to the New York Air Brake Company. It was under his management that all the buildings in the Watertown plant were constructed. At that time, 1,500 men worked in the plant and the company operated a large plant in Russia. The product was used globally wherever railroads were in operation. He married Julia Boyer, whose father, Joseph Boyer, was born in France. Joseph Boyer was a lawyer and at one time private secretary to Joseph Bonaparte as well as to La Ray de Chaumont, the owner of several large tracts of land in northern New York.
John C. Thompson, son of Thomas L. and Helen Coolidge Thompson was born in Schenectady, NY on 15 April 1845; his father died when he was six years of age. He attended various public schools and took a position in Cooper's general merchandise business in Watertown, NY. John left Watertown and went to West Virginia where he worked for a salt and coal mine company and at age 19 was appointed superintendent at a salary of five thousand dollars a year. His ambition took him to Cincinnati and a position in a commission house after which he opened a wholesale grocery business in Mobile; it is said that he made and lost a fortune in two years. Wending his way through various insurance companies he became the manager of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts with headquarters in Boston. The Eames Vacuum Brake Company had been organized in 1876 but it had been poorly managed and in 1884 its affairs were at a very low point. Thompson saw possibilities and bought a controlling interest in the business and changed the name to the New York Air Brake Company. It was under his management that all the buildings in the Watertown plant were constructed. At that time, 1,500 men worked in the plant and the company operated a large plant in Russia. The product was used globally wherever railroads were in operation. He married Julia Boyer, whose father, Joseph Boyer, was born in France. Joseph Boyer was a lawyer and at one time private secretary to Joseph Bonaparte as well as to La Ray de Chaumont, the owner of several large tracts of land in northern New York.
John Thompson (108226610)
John C. Thompson, son of Thomas L. and Helen Coolidge Thompson was born in Schenectady, NY on 15 April 1845; his father died when he was six years of age. He attended various public schools and took a position in Cooper's general merchandise business in Watertown, NY. John left Watertown and went to West Virginia where he worked for a salt and coal mine company and at age 19 was appointed superintendent at a salary of five thousand dollars a year. His ambition took him to Cincinnati and a position in a commission house after which he opened a wholesale grocery business in Mobile; it is said that he made and lost a fortune in two years. Wending his way through various insurance companies he became the manager of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts with headquarters in Boston. The Eames Vacuum Brake Company had been organized in 1876 but it had been poorly managed and in 1884 its affairs were at a very low point. Thompson saw possibilities and bought a controlling interest in the business and changed the name to the New York Air Brake Company. It was under his management that all the buildings in the Watertown plant were constructed. At that time, 1,500 men worked in the plant and the company operated a large plant in Russia. The product was used globally wherever railroads were in operation. He married Julia Boyer, whose father, Joseph Boyer, was born in France. Joseph Boyer was a lawyer and at one time private secretary to Joseph Bonaparte as well as to La Ray de Chaumont, the owner of several large tracts of land in northern New York.
John C. Thompson, son of Thomas L. and Helen Coolidge Thompson was born in Schenectady, NY on 15 April 1845; his father died when he was six years of age. He attended various public schools and took a position in Cooper's general merchandise business in Watertown, NY. John left Watertown and went to West Virginia where he worked for a salt and coal mine company and at age 19 was appointed superintendent at a salary of five thousand dollars a year. His ambition took him to Cincinnati and a position in a commission house after which he opened a wholesale grocery business in Mobile; it is said that he made and lost a fortune in two years. Wending his way through various insurance companies he became the manager of the Union Mutual Life Insurance Company of Massachusetts with headquarters in Boston. The Eames Vacuum Brake Company had been organized in 1876 but it had been poorly managed and in 1884 its affairs were at a very low point. Thompson saw possibilities and bought a controlling interest in the business and changed the name to the New York Air Brake Company. It was under his management that all the buildings in the Watertown plant were constructed. At that time, 1,500 men worked in the plant and the company operated a large plant in Russia. The product was used globally wherever railroads were in operation. He married Julia Boyer, whose father, Joseph Boyer, was born in France. Joseph Boyer was a lawyer and at one time private secretary to Joseph Bonaparte as well as to La Ray de Chaumont, the owner of several large tracts of land in northern New York.
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