William Thompson of Tower City was born about 1839 or 1840 in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Alexander Thompson (1805-1873), an immigrant from Scotland who emigrated to America in 1828 to engage in various pursuits including flour milling, lumbering and mining.  William Thompson‘s mother was the first wife of Alexander, Isabella Stoddart Pennman (1816-1851).  … Continue reading William Thompson and Elizabeth Thompson Kimmel