United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Savannah, 32.08354, -81.099831812/1882In 1850 William Tappan Thompson became the founding editor of the Savannah Daily Morning News. With the exception of a short period during the Civil War, he was the editor of the newspaper until his death.Image of a drawing of William Tappan Thompson. He is portrayed wearing a suit and small oval eyeglasses. Thompson gained national popularity as a writer of humorous stories. He was best known for creating the fictional character Major Joseph Jones, a down-to-earth Georgia planter who wrote dialect letters about his courtship, rural life, and travels.image/jpegGeorgia Photo File, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, GAhttp://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/william-tappan-thompson-1812-1882Forms part of: New Georgia Encyclopediahttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/CNE/1.0/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/william-tappan-thompson-1812-1882Forms part of: New Georgia EncyclopediaGeorgia Photo FileNewspaper editors--Georgia--SavannahEditors--Georgia--SavannahMen--Georgia--SavannahAuthors, American--Georgia--SavannahHumorists, American--Georgia--SavannahThompson, William Tappan, 1812-1882William Tappan ThompsonStillImage