DR. WILLIAM E. THOMPSON HOME SITE

This was the residence of Dr. William Eberle Thompson (1835–1940), who became an active member of the Bethel Underground Railroad network as a teenager. Dr. Thompson guided freedom seekers from Bethel to the Elklick area near Williamsburg. He would, on occasion, shoot hounds tracking the freedom seekers. Dr. Thompson practiced medicine in Bethel for eighty years and was active in village government and social affairs.