Charles DuBose Thigpen business and family papers
Scope and Contents
The collection includes business papers pertaining to Thigpen's many ventures (he was a railroad agent, automobile dealer, and a parter with L.C. Thigpen and Company), including his work as Washington County Ordinary. Personal papers are from family and friends or are personal business (banking, insurance, etc.). Included is Senator Thomas Hardwick's correspondence regarding the 1918 senatorial election. Also references to World War I and the 1918 flu epidemic.
Dates
- 1916-1922
Creator
- Thigpen, Charles DuBose, 1859-1923 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Unrestricted
Biographical / Historical
Charles D. Thigpen was the son of Mary Nobles and Green B. Thigpen. Charles was a businessman in Washington County, Georgia, who ran his cotton farm and an automobile dealership and served as a railroad agent and as county ordinary. He married Leila Clarke (1869-1952) in 1886 and had seven daughters.
Extent
1 Cubic Feet
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Arranged by form, therein chronologically.
General
Cataloged as part of the Georgia Archives and Manuscripts Automated Access Project: A Special Collections Gateway Program of the University Center in Georgia.
- Title
- Charles DuBose Thigpen business and family papers
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Georgia Archives Manuscript Collections Repository
5800 Jonesboro Rd
Morrow GA 30260 United States