When Dora C Thompson was born in November 1884, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States, her father, James Vandiver Berry Thompson, was 30 and her mother, Susan Kirby, was 27. She married John Edward Bagwell about 1904, in Greenville, South Carolina, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. She lived in Dunklin Township, Greenville, South Carolina, United States in 1900. She died on 9 April 1977, at the age of 92.