Belington Progressive (W.Va)
26 April 1923
OLDEST B. & O. VETERAN DIES
Parkersburg, W. Va., April 22 -- The acknowledged oldest living former employee of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, the first railroad in the United States, died here tonight in his hundreth year. He is L. F. Thompson, who would have rounded out a century if he had survived until next fall. He was born in Prince William county, Virginia, September 22, 1823 and had been a resident of Parkersburg since 1862. After many years' service he was long ago placed on the retired list by the railroad, and only a few months ago was given a medal by the company and publicaly proclaimed its veteran of veterans. Mrs. C. A. Swenfingen of the city is a daughter. Homer P. Thompson of Cincinnati, Ohio, and George Thompson of Findlay, Ohio, are his sons.
Thompson had been employed by the Baltimore & Ohio for forty-five years and had been on pension fifteen years. At the time of his retirement he was passenger conductor between Parkersburg and Grafton.
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