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William is the son of William Tompkins and one of 7 children. After the death of his father, his mother remarried and moved to Kentucky. After his service in the War of 1812, he and his brother-in-law Aaron Stockton purchased land between Burning Springs and Kanawha Falls. He quickly set up a furnace and entered the salt business.
William married 1) Miss Stockton. All of their 5 children died in infancy. His wife died and, in 1831, he married 2) Rachel Maria Grant, daughter of Capt. Noah Grant, an officer of the Revolution and participant in the Boston Tea Party.
His land and the house he built upon that land he named Cedar Grove. Today, Cedar Grove is both a town in Kanawha, West Virginia and the Tompkins' house which still stands. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975.
In the 1840 census, William was living in Kanawha County, Virginia, with his wife and five young children. He was enslaving 17 people.[1]
In the 1850 census, the family was living in Kanawha County, Virginia. William was a farmer who owned real estate valued at $152,000.[2] He was enslaving 38 people.[3]
William died on 2 May 1857 and was buried at Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, Kanawha County, West Virginia.[4]
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