Frank Thompson was born March 21, 1883 near Inez, Martin Co., Kentucky, the son of Henry and Mary Pollie Porter Thompson. Siblings: Lincoln, Jennie, Ben, Lizzie, Med, Lovie, Ivory, and two who died probably during infancy. Between 1900 and 1910, Frank, his mother, and siblings moved from Kentucky to Cabin Creek in Kanawha County. There, his mother Pollie ran a boarding house. Frank and his brothers became coal miners at local companies. On September 28, 1910, Frank (who was divorced) married Millie Sloan. The new couple moved to Republic, which was also up Cabin Creek. Their children: Violet, born March 4, 1915, Hurchel, born July 13, 1921, and Teddy, born September 12, 1923. In 1930, Millie became very ill and was emitted in Charleston General Hospital. On February 26, 1931, Millie Thompson died of septicemia due to chronic tubo-ovarian disease. Frank, in grief, embraced drinking. He became an abusive father and a terrible "ladies man." In 1937, Frank married Lunenna Eleanor Harper. Harper, later, stole Frank's car and took all of his money out of a bank and ran off. Frank Thompson's life was some what uneventful after that. After having a fight with his latest wife, he moved into his son Ted's house. In the early morning, Ted's wife found Frank on the floor of his room, pills spilt over his bed, and foam coming out of his mouth. Frank Thompson died November 7, 1952 at Kanawha Valley Hospital of a cerebral vascular accident.