Mrs. Eliza A. Tunstall is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Wiley J. Croom, who came from North Carolina in 1818, and settled near Mussel Shoals, Ala., where Mrs. Tunstall was born on March 4th, 1820. She was educated at Huntsville and LaGrange, and was at school at the former place when the stars fell in 1833. She came with her parents to Greensboro in 1836, where, two years after her arrival, she was married to Dr. James Tunstall of Virginia, and has since that date continuously resided in the town. She now makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. William B. Inge in Greensboro. Mrs. Tunstall is the mother of three children, viz: Col. Wiley C. Tunstall and Mrs. Wm. B. Inge of Greensboro, and the late Dr. James Tunstall, who died some years ago. She also had the responsibility of rearing five sisters, the parents having died, leaving the little girls in her care, and they made their home with her until their marriage. The eldest sister married Mr. Eugene Hill of Greensboro; the second, married Mr. Jack Chadwick of Texas; the third, Judge Wm. Rodman of North Carolina; the fourth, Mr. Luther Hill of Montgomery, and the fifth, Capt. Wm. Selden of Faunsdale.

Mrs. Tunstall joined the Presbyterian church in 1838, and has been a consistent member for the past seventy years. She is a woman of remarkably fine sense, and an honor to the community in which she has resided for so many years.

Yerby, William Edward Wadsworth. History of Greensboro, Alabama : from its earliest settlement
Montgomery, Ala.: The Paragon Press, 1908, p.173-174
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Montgomery Advertiser
Friday, October 27, 1911
Page 9

Mrs. Eliza A. Tunstall

GREENSBORO, ALA., Oct. 26 -- Mrs. Eliza A. Tunstall, one of Greensboro's most beloved women, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. William B. Inge this morning. Mrs. Tunstall was the mother of Colonel Wiley C. Tunstall, former Railroad Commissioner of Alabama, and Mrs. William B. Inge, both of this place. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wiley J. Croom, who came from North Carolina in 1818 and settled near Mussle Shoals, Ala., where Mrs. Tunstall was born on March 4, 1820. In 1836, she came with her parents to Greensboro, and two years later was married to Dr. James Tunstall of Virginia, and has lived in Greensboro continuously since that date.

Mrs. Tunstall joined the Presbyterian church in 1838, and has been for over seventy years a consistent member of that church. At the time of her death she had resided in Greensboro longer than any other person here, and was next to the oldest inhabitant of the town. Mrs. Tunstall was endowed with a strong intellect which she retained to the day of her death.

Until recently her health was exceptionally good and she might frequently be seen out driving.

In addition to her son and daughter, many grand-children, great-grand-children and other relatives are left to mourn her loss. The funeral services will be conducted from the Presbyterian Church Friday morning at 10 o'clock.