Background
Tompkins, Daniel A. was born on October 12, 1852 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. Son of DeWitt Clinton and Hannah Virginia (Smyly) Tompkins.
Tompkins, Daniel A. was born on October 12, 1852 in Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States. Son of DeWitt Clinton and Hannah Virginia (Smyly) Tompkins.
South Carolina. College. Civil Engineer Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1873. Unmarried. Learned machinist’s trade in Bessemer steel works of John A. Griswold & Company, Troy, New York, and 10 years with Bethlehem Iron Works, Pennsylvania, under John Fritz, as machinist, draftsman, head draftsman and assistant to master machinist.
Master machinist Crystal Plate Glass Works and Crystal Railway Company, Crystal City, Missoury, 1880-1882, building large addition to plant.
At Charlotte, North Carolina, since 1882, as contracting engineer, constructing many cottonsed oil mills and refineries, cotton mills, electrical light works, acid phosphate works, et cetera President Doctorate. A. Tompkins Company, manufacturers, engineers and contractors.
President High Shoals and Atherton cotton mills, et cetera President Underwriters Fire Insurance Company of Greensboro, North Carolina.
Director Equitable Assurance Society of the United States.
President Doctorate. A. Tompkins Company, manufacturers President High Shoals and Atherton cotton mills, et cetera President; director Equitable Assurance Society of the United States Member.
Member of the United States Industrial Commission.