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Benjamin Davis Thompson

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Benjamin Davis Thompson

Birth
South Carolina, USA
Death
8 Sep 1854 (aged 36–37)
Camden, Wilcox County, Alabama, USA
Burial
Wilcox County, Alabama, USA GPS-Latitude: 32.0006603, Longitude: -87.2075663
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Dr Benjamin Davis Thompson was the oldest son of Rev James and Mary Unknown Thompson. He was born in 1818 in South Carolina

He married Frances Jane Catherine Rodgers 8 May 1838 in Camden, Wilcox, Alabama.

He received his license to practice Dental Surgery from Alabama Medical Society in 1849.

He owned a plantation in Camden, Wilcox, Alabama; a home in Selma, Dallas, Alabama; and farm land in Wilcox Co, Alabama at the time of his death with slaves, animals to farm it. He had a home next to the Masonic Lodge in Camden.

He was a Mason.

He and Frances had children: Mary Frances m to Duncan McRea Lang; Eleanor Malinda m to Henry Agustus Stollenwerck; Martha Branche m to a Mr Williams; Benjamin Walter m to 1)unknown and 2) to Louise 'Lou' Smith; George Rodger; Laura Louise m to Judge Philip Alexander Wood; Wilbur James Hughs m to Rebecca Jane Turnbough

Benjamin D Thompson is buried in Old Society Hill part of Society Hill Cemetery.


He had a practice of Dentistry in Camden and also in Selma.

Dr Benjamin Davis Thompson was the oldest son of Rev James and Mary Unknown Thompson. He was born in 1818 in South Carolina

He married Frances Jane Catherine Rodgers 8 May 1838 in Camden, Wilcox, Alabama.

He received his license to practice Dental Surgery from Alabama Medical Society in 1849.

He owned a plantation in Camden, Wilcox, Alabama; a home in Selma, Dallas, Alabama; and farm land in Wilcox Co, Alabama at the time of his death with slaves, animals to farm it. He had a home next to the Masonic Lodge in Camden.

He was a Mason.

He and Frances had children: Mary Frances m to Duncan McRea Lang; Eleanor Malinda m to Henry Agustus Stollenwerck; Martha Branche m to a Mr Williams; Benjamin Walter m to 1)unknown and 2) to Louise 'Lou' Smith; George Rodger; Laura Louise m to Judge Philip Alexander Wood; Wilbur James Hughs m to Rebecca Jane Turnbough

Benjamin D Thompson is buried in Old Society Hill part of Society Hill Cemetery.


He had a practice of Dentistry in Camden and also in Selma.


Inscription

In memory of Benj D. Thompson
who died in peace
Sept 8th 1854
in the 37th year of his age



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