Humphrey A TOMLINSON

Birth: Mar. 15, 1824
Iredell County
North Carolina, USA
Death: Oct. 27, 1900

"Huphrey A. Tomlinson, a resident of Calhoun County, Hampton post-office, Polk Township, was born in Iredell County, N.C., March 15, 1824, the third child born to Archibald and Margaret (Claywell) Tomlinson, natives of Maryland and Virginia, respectively. THey settled in North Carolina and from there, in 1840, they moved to Fulton County, Ga., where they continued to reside until 1864. They then emigrated to Albany, Ga., where they both died in 1866. Our subject was raised in North Carolina, and partly in Georgia, and in both of these States he attended the common schools afforded. At the age of twenty-one, he began doing for himself. He first engaged in railroading, which he followed for thirteen years, then farmed for two years, and then returned to railroading, which pursuit he followed for twenty-one years. In March, 1862 he enlisted in the Confederate service and served as orderly sergeant under Capt. Williams, in the Nineteenth Arkansas Regiment, where he continued to serve until the close of the war. The principle engagement he was in, was the battles of Baker Creek and Big Black in 1863, when he was captured and taken to Fort Delaware, where he lay in prison for four months. From there he was carried to Point Lookout, Md., where he was confined in prison four months more. He was then carried to Richmond about one month, and from there returned to his home in Union County, Ark., when he was ordered to report, which he did, and served under Capt. John Meek, until the close of the war. Mr. Tomlinson was married in 1854, to Miss M. A. V. Harrison, a native of Georgia, daughter of William and Nancy Harrison. To this union were born thirteen children, eight of whom are living. They are as follows: William A., Georgia M., Margaret C., Humphrey A., Nettie, Robert L., Rollin A and Irma. Since 1865 our subject has been engaged in farming, at which he has been unusally successful. He and his son, William A., own 300 acres of land, with 100 under cultivation. Mrs. Tomlinson died November 4, 1880. Mr. Tomlinson and seven of the family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In his political views he affiliates with the Democratic party, and takes an active part in politics. Mr. Tomlinson is a member of the Masonic fraternity, which he joined in Griffin, Ga., in 1845. He is also a leading member of the Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union of Calhoun County. He takes a deep interest in all public enterprises, and is held in high esteem by his neighbors and all who know him." (Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Southern Arkansas - Goodspeed Publishing Company - Chicago, Nashville and St. Louis - 1890)

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