Cumberland County, Maine - William S. Thompson, M.D.
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Biography
William S. Thompson, M.D.
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 688-689

William S. Thompson, M.D., an active medical practitioner of Standish, Me,. was
born in Kennebunk, York County, October 15, 1854, being a son of Melville C.
Thompson, who is a native of the. same town. His grandfather, William Thompson,
who owned and occupied a small farm in Kennebunk, was a lumberman, very expert
in the use of his axe, and for some years was employed in the shipyard. He was a
Republican in politics, and he attended the Free Will Baptist church. He lived
to an advanced age, rounding out full eighty-four years. To him and his wife, a
native of Wells, Me., whose maiden name was Mary Walton, ten children were born,
three of whom are now living, including Melville C., the fifth child.

Melville C. Thompson, born in October, 1825, was reared to manhood in Kennebunk,
and there learned the trade of a ship joiner, which he followed for many years.
He afterward established himself in the grocery business, forming a partnership
with Clement Littlefield, continuing this successfully for some time. He finally
disposed of his share of the business, and settled on his farm in Kennebunk,
where he is still living, contented and prosperous. He is a Republican in
politics, and religiously is liberal in his views, belonging to the Unitarian
church. He has been twice married. His first wife, to whom he was united in
1851, was Caroline, daughter of Calvin Stevens, of Kennebunk. She died in 1854,
shortly after the birth of her only child, William S: The father subsequently
married Miss Mary A. Locke, of Boston, Mass. The only child of the second
marriage, Edwin L., Dr. Thompson's half-brother, born March 31, 1861, married
Ella Paine, of Buxton, Me.

William S Thompson acquired the rudiments of his education in the common schools
of his native town, his studies being further advanced by attendance at the
Biddeford High School, from which he was graduated in 1875. In September of that
year he entered Dartmouth College, receiving his bachelor's degree there in
1879, then began the study of medicine with Dr. J. E. L. Kimball, of Saco,
afterward attending the Portland School for Medical Instruction, and the next
winter taking a course of lectures at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, this State.
In 1882 he received his degree of M.D. from the Dartmouth Medical School at
Hanover, N.H. After spending a short time in his native town, he established
himself in practice in Standish, where his professional knowledge and skill has
gained for him the confidence of the community.

Dr. Thompson was united in marriage June 23, 1883, with Imogene F. Edgecomb,
daughter of Major Edgecomb, of Hiram,. Me. Their only child, Ethel C., born
September 27, 1886, lived on earth but a brief time, passing to the home above
June 18, 1890. The Doctor is a Republican in. politics, and for many years has
served as a member of the School Committee of this town. Socially, he is
prominent in several organizations, belonging to Standish Lodge, No. 70, A. F. &
A M., of Standish; to Crescent Lodge, No. 20, Knights of Pythias, of this town;
and to Watchic Lodge, No. 3333, Knights of Honor, also of Standish. The Doctor
and Mrs. Thompson attend the Congregational church