Background
Thigpen, Charles Alston was born on December 19, 1865 in Greenville, Alabama, United States. Son of Job and Martha Amanda (Watts) Thigpen.
Thigpen, Charles Alston was born on December 19, 1865 in Greenville, Alabama, United States. Son of Job and Martha Amanda (Watts) Thigpen.
Master of Arts, Howard College, Marion, Alabama, 1886. Doctor of Medicine Tulane University, 1889. Graduate study Royal London Ophthalmological Hospital, 1890-1891, U. Vienna, 1892, Augenclinic, Heidelberg, 1892.
Doctor of Laws, University Alabama.
Began practice at Montgomery, Alabama, 1893.
Served as major Medical corpus, United States army, 1917-1918. Trustee Bryce Hospital, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. American College of Surgeons fellow, American Medical Association, American Academy Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology.
Member State of Alabama Medical Association (president
Member board censors), Montgomery County Medical Association, World War Veterans, American Legion.
Married Daisie Lee Bissell, November 17, 1896. Children: Dorothy (Mistress Edmund B. Shea), Elisabeth (Mistress Wiley C. Hill, Junior.