Thomas Tennyson Luscombe
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
MOTHER:
Christina W. Orchard Luscombe
Birthplace: Canada
BROTHERS & SISTERS
Christine Luscombe Blair
Elizabeth Luscombe Post
Miss Maude Luscombe
Carl Blackwell Luscombe
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Thomas Luscombe was a merchant, in business with his father, Thomas T. Luscombe. His father came to this country in 1870 from Canada, settling in Seneca, where he discovered the deposits of Tripoli, the development of which he considered his most important work.
In 1877 he moved to Carthage, where for seven years he was engaged in the dry goods business, first alone, and later in partnership with C. F. McElroy.
In 1884 he established the Eagle Mills which manufactured kiln-dried corn meal hominy and grits. This was a new industry, there being only two similar establishments in the state.
Thomas was working for his father as a merchant in the family business. He suffered an untimely death at 33 years, 5 months & 9 days old when he was tragically killed when involved in a head on train collision and the train caught fire and many lives were lost.
Missouri Death Certificate
Thomas Luscombe was married to Elizabeth Rice Luscombe
In 1915 she remarried Mr. Willis Lehnhard
The stone in Park Cemetery - Carthage, MO is a memorial stone only. Actual burial in I.O.O.F. Cemetery located in Neosho, Newton county, Missouri
Thomas Tennyson Luscombe
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
MOTHER:
Christina W. Orchard Luscombe
Birthplace: Canada
BROTHERS & SISTERS
Christine Luscombe Blair
Elizabeth Luscombe Post
Miss Maude Luscombe
Carl Blackwell Luscombe
_____________
Thomas Luscombe was a merchant, in business with his father, Thomas T. Luscombe. His father came to this country in 1870 from Canada, settling in Seneca, where he discovered the deposits of Tripoli, the development of which he considered his most important work.
In 1877 he moved to Carthage, where for seven years he was engaged in the dry goods business, first alone, and later in partnership with C. F. McElroy.
In 1884 he established the Eagle Mills which manufactured kiln-dried corn meal hominy and grits. This was a new industry, there being only two similar establishments in the state.
Thomas was working for his father as a merchant in the family business. He suffered an untimely death at 33 years, 5 months & 9 days old when he was tragically killed when involved in a head on train collision and the train caught fire and many lives were lost.
Missouri Death Certificate
Thomas Luscombe was married to Elizabeth Rice Luscombe
In 1915 she remarried Mr. Willis Lehnhard
The stone in Park Cemetery - Carthage, MO is a memorial stone only. Actual burial in I.O.O.F. Cemetery located in Neosho, Newton county, Missouri
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