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Thompson romance as meteoric as his career as financier
A long provincial profile of Josiah V. Thompson, Uniontown coal financier, detailing his rise from farmer’s son to coal baron, his lavish Oak Hill mansion, two marriages, alimony of 1.6 million, and public scrutiny as a controversial industrial modern figure amid the Uniontown boom and bust.
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Josiah van Kirk Thompson
Fayette
Greene Counties
Marth
Braddock
J. V
Alladin
Joe Thompson
Army Corps
Little Josiahs
Pennsylvania
J. W
Joe ‘Thompson
Steel Trust
America
Jasper Markle Thompson
Josiah Thompson
Washington and Jefferson College
Thompson
Mary Anderson
Fayette County
Andrew
John
Andy
Uniontown
Lida Nochall
Gerald Fitzgerald
Ireland
London
Prince of
Mr. Thompson