Résumé

Draftsman / Architect, Thompson and Weigel, Architects, Salt Lake City, UT, 1890-1891. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Salt Lake City, Utah, City Directory, 1890, p. 599 and R.L. Polk and Company's Salt Lake City, Utah, City Directory, 1891, p. 686.) The Thompson and Weigel office stood at 128 South Main Street in 1892. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Salt Lake City, Utah, City Directory, 1892, p. 796.)

Clerk / Bookkeeper, Miller and Miller Company, Salt Lake City, UT, 1894-1899. After the closure of Thompson and Weigel, Charles Bennett Thompson became a clerk with Miller and Miller, a business that sold coal, grain and flour in Salt Lake City. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Salt Lake City, Utah, City Directory, 1894, p. 520 and R.L. Polk and Company's Salt Lake City, Utah, City Directory, 1899, p. 816.)

Partner, Thompson and Thompson, Architects, Seattle, WA, 1899-1927. Thompson and Thompson operated in Room #75 of the Dester Horton Bank Building in 1899. (See Polk's Seattle Directory Company's Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1899, p. 953.) The firm continued operating in the Maynard Building until at least 1912. Their names were not listed in the R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle City Directory Business listings for 1913 and 1914, but the pair were still practicing architects in the city. Their names were listed in each volume on p. 1557 and p. 1654. Their names were listed in Seattle business indices until Charles Lawton Thompson's death in 1927. C.B. Thompson's name appeared singly in 1928. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Seattle City Directory, 1928, p. 1827.)

High School

Charles Bennett Thompson was a high school graduate, according to the 1940 US Census. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation Year: 1940; Census Place: Seattle, King, Washington; Roll: m-t0627-04374; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 40-1, accessed 04/10/2024.)

Relocation

Charles Bennett Thompson was born on 06/16/1873 in Cawker City, KS, a farming town in the north-central part of the state. Cawker City was established about between 1872 and 1874, and incorporated in the latter year.

Charles may have relocated with his family to Salt Lake City, UT, by the 1883 or so, although his father did not begin his architectural practice until 1889 or 1890. Charles Bennett worked for his father's partnership, Thompson and Weigel, during 1890 (as a draftsman) and 1891 (listed in the city directory as an "architect). The Thompsons lived at 605 East 5th Street South in 1891. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Salt Lake City, Utah, City Directory, 1891, p. 686.) By 1892, Charles had moved out of the family residence into his own at 425 East 3rd Street South. (See Salt Lake City, Utah, City Directory, 1892, p. 698.) By 1893, he had moved back in with his parents. In 1897, he lived with his parents and sister at 72 West 5th Street South. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Salt Lake City, Utah, City Directory, 1897, p. 646.)

His father and mother moved to Seattle, WA, in 1899, while Charles Bennett Thompson continued to live in Salt Lake City, working for Miller and Miller. He resided on his own at 251 East 2nd Street South. (See R.L. Polk and Company's Salt Lake City, Utah, City Directory, 1899, p. 816.)

Charles Bennett rejoined his family in Seattle in either late 1899 or early 1900.

Between 1910 and 1940, Charles lived at 3321 West 72nd Street in Seattle's Ballard (Sunset Hill) neighborhood. (See R.L. Polk and Company''s Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1914, p. 1654.) Unlike the frequent moves that Charles Bennett had endured as a child and young man, he chose to stay in one house for over 30 years.

Charles Bennett Thompson passed away in Everett, WA, on 11/29/1956. He was buried in the Evergreen Cemetery in that city.

Parents

His father was the architect, stone mason and miner Charles Lawton Thompson (born 07/07/1942 in Halifax, MA-d. 09/12/1927 in Seattle, WA). Charles Bennett Thompson, Sr., worked with his father in partnership during the 1900s-1920s.

He had a sister Lillian Esther Thompson Orvis (born 03/23/1876 in Cawker City, KS-d. 07/06/1959 in WA).

Spouse

He wed Adrianna A. Abbott (born 1874-d. 1963) on 11/14/1901 in Seattle, WA. (See Ancestry.com, Source Information Ancestry.com. Washington, U.S., County Marriages, 1855-2008 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014, accessed 04/11/2024.)

Children

He and Adrianna had the following children: Charles Bennett Thompson, Jr., (born 09/24/1907 in Seattle, WA-d. 03/17/1942 in Richmond Highland, WA), Abbott L. Thompson and Adrianna Thompson Sutphen.

Charles, Jr., died of tuberculosis in 1942.