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Thompson, William P

manufacturer, financier, was born Jan. 7, 1837, in Wheeling, W. Va. In 1882 he became secretary, and in 1884 succeeded Oliver H.

Payne as vice-president of the Standard Oil company, having general charge of the affairs of the company throughout the states west of Buffalo. The growing business of the corporation compelled his removal to New York city in 1887, and when the Standard Oil Trust was formed by a union of a number of separate companies, he became chairman of the domestic committee, having charge of its internal affairs.