Background
Thompson, Thomas Clarkson was born on September 21, 1860 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Son of Hugh Smith and Eliza beth Anderson (Clarkson) Thompson.
Thompson, Thomas Clarkson was born on September 21, 1860 in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Son of Hugh Smith and Eliza beth Anderson (Clarkson) Thompson.
Educated Columbia Male Academy. Doctor of Laws, University of Chattanooga, 1913.
Began at 15, in cotton export business, Charleston, South Carolina. Connected with South. M. Inman Company cotton shippers, at Atlanta, Georgia., 1880-1890. In Boston, representing large cotton interests, 1890-1893, Chattanooga, 1893—: also manager National Life Insurance Company of Vermont, for Tennessee, since 1898.
Served as officer South Carolina. and Tennessee National Guard Elected mayor of Chattanooga, 1909.
Married Clara Mabelle Berry, June 15, 1887 (died 1912). Married second, Anna May Signaigo, June 1, 1915. Children: Thomas Clarkson, Hugh Smith, Benjamin Berry.