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'''Burges Asbury Thompson''', ([[1850]]-[[1922]]), was Mayor of | '''Burges Asbury Thompson''', ([[1850]]-[[1922]]), was [[Mayor of Birmingham]] from [[1888]] to [[1890]]. He succeeded Judge [[A. O. Lane]] and was followed by [[David J. Fox]]. He was in office during the dramatic events following the [[Hawes murders]]. | ||
Thompson was the eldest son of builder [[Jesse S. Thompson]], and his wife [[Henrietta Thompson|Henrietta]], who came to the city at its founding in 1871 and the brother of [[T. C. Thompson]], founder and owner of the [[Thompson Brick Company]] in Birmingham and the [[Siluria Cotton Mill]] in [[Shelby County]]. Burges and Thomas were partners in the continuation of their father's contracting business for 18 months beginning in [[1873]]. | Thompson was the eldest son of builder [[Jesse S. Thompson]], and his wife [[Henrietta Thompson|Henrietta]], who came to the city at its founding in 1871 and the brother of [[T. C. Thompson]], founder and owner of the [[Thompson Brick Company]] in Birmingham and the [[Siluria Cotton Mill]] in [[Shelby County]]. Burges and Thomas were partners in the continuation of their father's contracting business for 18 months beginning in [[1873]]. | ||
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before=[[A. O. Lane]] | | before=[[A. O. Lane]] | | ||
title=[[ | title=[[Mayor of Birmingham]] | | ||
years=[[1888]] - [[1890]] | | years=[[1888]] - [[1890]] | | ||
after=[[David J. Fox]] | after=[[David J. Fox]] | ||
Revision as of 16:32, 6 February 2007
Burges Asbury Thompson, (1850-1922), was Mayor of Birmingham from 1888 to 1890. He succeeded Judge A. O. Lane and was followed by David J. Fox. He was in office during the dramatic events following the Hawes murders.
Thompson was the eldest son of builder Jesse S. Thompson, and his wife Henrietta, who came to the city at its founding in 1871 and the brother of T. C. Thompson, founder and owner of the Thompson Brick Company in Birmingham and the Siluria Cotton Mill in Shelby County. Burges and Thomas were partners in the continuation of their father's contracting business for 18 months beginning in 1873.
| Preceded by: A. O. Lane |
Mayor of Birmingham 1888 - 1890 |
Succeeded by: David J. Fox |
References
- Dubose, John Witherspoon (1887) Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama: Historical and Biographical. Birmingham: Teeple & Smith, Publishers.