Background
Thompson, Robert Leroy was born on February 25, 1873 in Ticonderoga, New York, United States. Son of Orlo and Emma A. (Preston) Thompson.
Thompson, Robert Leroy was born on February 25, 1873 in Ticonderoga, New York, United States. Son of Orlo and Emma A. (Preston) Thompson.
Preparatory education, Troy Conference Academy, Poultney, Vermont, 1893. Student Wesleyan University, Connecticut, 1893-1894. Bachelor of Arts, Middlebury (Vermont) College, 1899.
Doctor of Divinity, Wesleyan, 1922.
Entered Mechanical Engineering ministry, 1899. Pastor Brandon (Vermont), Granville, Johnstown and Troy (New York), 1901-1919. Superintendent Albany and Southern districts, Troy Conference of Methodist Episcopal Church Church, 1919-1923. Principal Troy Conference Academy, since 1923.
Member Delta Kappa Epsilon. Mason ( Knights Templar, Shriner). Member Modern Woodmen of America.
Married H. Lillian Adams, December 25, 1894. Children: Grace Lillian (Mistress.