Sunday, April 28, 2013

Eph Thompson #1



Born in Ypsilanti, Mich. July 7, 1855
Learned elephant training from Stewart Craven while with the 4-Paw Show and later did all the training presented by Addie Forepaugh.
Said to have left 4-Paw Show in 1886 and spent the rest of his career in Europe.
1887 Circus Karl Hagenbeck.

Died in 1916.

1 comments:

Dick Flint said...

Thompson likely spent his later youth in Ypsilanti but his birth was in Canada to runaway slaves from Kentucky per the census.
Dick Flint
Baltimore