Thomson, Charles West, 1798-1879

The Rev. Charles West Thomson was a poet and Episcopal priest. He was born in Philadelphia into a Quaker family, and married Caroline Prescott on April 29, 1848, in Newburyport, Massachusetts. He served as Asst. Minister at Grace Church in Philadelphia, then served as Rector of St. John's Episcopal Church in York, Pennsylvania from 1848-1866. His principal works are " The Limner," prose sketches (1822); "The Phantom Barge, and other Poems" (1822) ; "Ellinor, and other Poems" (1826);" '"The Sylph, and other Poems" (1828); and "The Love of Home, and other Poems" (1845). He is buried at Prospect Hill Cemetery in York.