Asa B. Thompson (1828-1885) was born in Irasburg, Vermont, and died in Barnet, Vermont. He was a medical doctor who practiced in Barnet for over 30 years. In his later years he suffered from Bright's Disease, and after traditional medicine failed to cure him, he received Christian Science treatment through prayer from several Christian Science practitioners. In 1885, Mary E. Harris, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's, wrote to Eddy on behalf of Asa and Nancy N. Thompson, expressing their desire for their son, Frank B. Thompson, to study with Eddy.

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