A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Kentucky > McCracken http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=2658 Also visit our new sister site: http://www.Genealogy101.com Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=41492 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: St. Louis Globe-Democrat Article Date: April 1 1886 Article Description: Obituary Dr. Joseph W. THOMPSON Article Text: Cairo, Ill., March 31.--Dr. Joseph W. THOMPSON, of Paducah, died yesterday morning at Citronelle, Ala. The deceased was one of the most prominent physicians in the State; served in the Confederate army as surgeon of the 3d Kentucky, and later for Forrest's command, and has been chief surgeon for the Chesapeake, Ohio and South-western Railroad for many years. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ KY-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com