William Fentress "Wrong Font" Thompson (1863-1926), born and raised in Michigan, worked for newspapers all over the western United States in the 1880s and 1890s. In 1898 he helped establish the Dawson Daily News in Dawson, Yukon, and later published his own Dawson newspaper, the Yukon Sun. He entered the newspaper business in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1906, and in 1909 became editor and publisher of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, a position that he held until his death in 1926. He married Helen (Nell) Mulrooney Noble in 1912 and had three children: William (b. ca. 1914), Richard (b. ca. 1916), and Marian (1918-1988).
From the description of W. F. Thompson family collection, ca. 1920-1984. (University of Alaska, Fairbanks). WorldCat record id: 489540064
