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Tompkins was born and raised in NY. He attended Union College and became a lawyer. He practiced law with Daniel S. Dickinson in NY before moving to San Francisco, CA where he worked as a lawyer and California state senator. He became a friend of SSJ who wrote to WHS admiring the company of Tompkins. 

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Biography: 
Tompkins was born and raised in NY. He attended Union College and became a lawyer. He practiced law with Daniel S. Dickinson in NY before moving to San Francisco, CA where he worked as a lawyer and California state senator. He became a friend of SSJ who wrote to WHS admiring the company of Tompkins.
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Website
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https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/121794733
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Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 121794733
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 12:00
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BURIAL Mountain View Cemetery Oakland, Alameda County, California, USA PLOT Plot 9
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https://search.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=HqX1603&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-g&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=Edward&gsfn_x=1&gsln=Tompkins&gsln_x=1&msbdy_x=1&msbdy=1815&msddy=1872&msddy_x=1&catbucket=rstp&MSAV=1&uidh=if4&pcat=
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California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980
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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 - 12:00
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Source Citation California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images. Source Information Ancestry.com. California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2017. Original data: California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1830-1980. California Department of Public Health, courtesy of www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com. Digital Images.