Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
"Memorial Record of Alabama", v.2 pp.610-611
THOMAS TATE TUNSTALL was born in Baldwin county, Ala., April 8, 1823. His
father was George Tunstall, a native of Virginia, who died at Montgomery Hill,
Baldwin county, Ala., July 28, 1842. He was a newspaper man by profession, and
once editor of the Nashville Whig, and was the first man to publish an American
newspaper in the state of Florida. The paper was the Floridian, and published
in Pensacola. The father of George Tunstall was Edmund Savage Tunstall, a
native of Virginia, who died in the state of Kentucky, wither he had gone at an
early day. The Tunstall family are lineal descendants of Sir Brian Tunstall,
who was killed at the battle of Flodden Field in 1573, in the war between
England and Scotland, so graphically described in Scott's Marmion, where he is
styled "Tunstall of the white plume, Tunstall the undefiled." The mother of
Thomas T. Tunstall was Elouisa Tate, daughter of David Tate (of Tate's Shoals,
of the Alabama River), who was the son of Col. Tate of the British army, who
was a native of Scotland. She was the niece of the celebrated Creek warrior,
Weatherford, the hero of the Massacre of Ft. Mims, who fought with Gen.
Jackson, the battles of Talledega, Tallushatchee, Emukfau and Tohopaka, and is
the hero of Alexander B. Meek's poem, The Red Eagle. She died in 1878, at an
advanced age. Thomas Tate Tunstall completed his education at Chapel Hill
college, North Carolina. He then studied law, and distinguished himself, at the
age of twenty-three, by an address to the legislature of Alabama in advocacy of
the claim of citizens of Indian blood to the right of suffrage. He removed to
Texas in 1851, where he practiced law several years and returned to Alabama in
1854. In 1856, he was appointed United States consul at Cadiz, Spain, by
President Pierce, where he resided until 1861, when he was removed by President
Lincoln. He was subsequently arrested at Tangier, Morocco (February, 1862), at
the instigation of the Federal consul, and confined for days in irons till
called for and carried to sea on the United States corvette, Ino. He was
transferred a few days after to a merchant ship bound to Boston, where he was
finally landed, the irons removed from his limbs after fifty-seven days, by a
blacksmith in the United States marshal's office, and then committed to Fort
Warren by order of Secretary Seward. He was subsequently released
unconditionally, by order of Mr. Seward. He repaired to Washington, and after
a lapse of several months, obtained a permit from Mr. Stanton, the secretary of
war, to return to his home in the south. His southern blood and sympathies
soon, however, got him into another dilemma. He procured a pass to run the
blockade from the Confederate secretary of war, with a view to render some
service to the now lost cause, when he was captured in the Federal lines and
taken to the Old Capitol prison in Washington, where he was confined for six
months as a spy, but was finally released upon condition that he would go to
Europe and remain till the war was over. He honorably abided by his parole
and returned to Alabama in 1866, having been absent two years. In 1867, he
went to Texas, where he remained two years, returning to Alabama in 1869, and
his residence since has been divided between Baldwin county and Mobile. Since
1869, he has devoted his time and attention to life insurance and has ranked as
a first-class agent. Early in President Cleveland's administration he was
appointed consul to Ascension, Paraguay, but declined the position. In 1888,
he was appointed consul to San Salvador, Central America, and remained there
till 1890, when he was removed by President Harrison. He is a master Mason,
initiated at Gilbralter in 1857. He was married January 24, 1871, to Miss
Josephine Crossland, who is his present wife. They have two sons -- Thomas
Tate, Jr., and Bryan, named after the gallant knight slain at the battle of
Flodden. His home is now permanently in Mobile, where he is at present engaged
in the government service in deepening the harbor.
The Mobile Daily Register
Thursday, April 27, 1922
Page 3 column 5
DR. TUNSTALL DIES SUDDENLY AT OFFICE
Dr. Thomas Tate Tunstall, 55, a native of Tensaw, Baldwin county, Ala., for years one of the best known dental surgeons in South Alabama, died suddenly in his office in the Van Antwerp Building Wednesday afternoon shortly before 1 o'clock. Dr. Tunstall was serving B. Grimes, of Daphne, Ala., one of his patients, at the time that he suffered a stroke of heart trouble and died almost instantly.
Dr. Tunstall was a son of Peyton Randolph Tunstall and Laura Lee Slaughter Tunstall and came to Mobile 38 years ago. He has been a practicing dentist in this city since he was a very young man. He is survived by his wife, Martha McCurdy Tunstall; two sons, Thomas Tate Tunstall, Jr., of Mobile, and Wheeler McCurdy Tunstall, of Daphne; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Mary McGowan and Mrs. Frank Bryars, of Latham, Ala., one brother, C. C. Tunstall, of Mobile, a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives. The funeral will take place Friday morning from the Tunstall home, 922 Dauphin street. Dr. Tunstall was a member of Mobile Lodge 67, Knights of Pythias and a delegation from that organization will attend the funeral.
"Memorial Record of Alabama", v.2 pp.610-611
THOMAS TATE TUNSTALL was born in Baldwin county, Ala., April 8, 1823. His
father was George Tunstall, a native of Virginia, who died at Montgomery Hill,
Baldwin county, Ala., July 28, 1842. He was a newspaper man by profession, and
once editor of the Nashville Whig, and was the first man to publish an American
newspaper in the state of Florida. The paper was the Floridian, and published
in Pensacola. The father of George Tunstall was Edmund Savage Tunstall, a
native of Virginia, who died in the state of Kentucky, wither he had gone at an
early day. The Tunstall family are lineal descendants of Sir Brian Tunstall,
who was killed at the battle of Flodden Field in 1573, in the war between
England and Scotland, so graphically described in Scott's Marmion, where he is
styled "Tunstall of the white plume, Tunstall the undefiled." The mother of
Thomas T. Tunstall was Elouisa Tate, daughter of David Tate (of Tate's Shoals,
of the Alabama River), who was the son of Col. Tate of the British army, who
was a native of Scotland. She was the niece of the celebrated Creek warrior,
Weatherford, the hero of the Massacre of Ft. Mims, who fought with Gen.
Jackson, the battles of Talledega, Tallushatchee, Emukfau and Tohopaka, and is
the hero of Alexander B. Meek's poem, The Red Eagle. She died in 1878, at an
advanced age. Thomas Tate Tunstall completed his education at Chapel Hill
college, North Carolina. He then studied law, and distinguished himself, at the
age of twenty-three, by an address to the legislature of Alabama in advocacy of
the claim of citizens of Indian blood to the right of suffrage. He removed to
Texas in 1851, where he practiced law several years and returned to Alabama in
1854. In 1856, he was appointed United States consul at Cadiz, Spain, by
President Pierce, where he resided until 1861, when he was removed by President
Lincoln. He was subsequently arrested at Tangier, Morocco (February, 1862), at
the instigation of the Federal consul, and confined for days in irons till
called for and carried to sea on the United States corvette, Ino. He was
transferred a few days after to a merchant ship bound to Boston, where he was
finally landed, the irons removed from his limbs after fifty-seven days, by a
blacksmith in the United States marshal's office, and then committed to Fort
Warren by order of Secretary Seward. He was subsequently released
unconditionally, by order of Mr. Seward. He repaired to Washington, and after
a lapse of several months, obtained a permit from Mr. Stanton, the secretary of
war, to return to his home in the south. His southern blood and sympathies
soon, however, got him into another dilemma. He procured a pass to run the
blockade from the Confederate secretary of war, with a view to render some
service to the now lost cause, when he was captured in the Federal lines and
taken to the Old Capitol prison in Washington, where he was confined for six
months as a spy, but was finally released upon condition that he would go to
Europe and remain till the war was over. He honorably abided by his parole
and returned to Alabama in 1866, having been absent two years. In 1867, he
went to Texas, where he remained two years, returning to Alabama in 1869, and
his residence since has been divided between Baldwin county and Mobile. Since
1869, he has devoted his time and attention to life insurance and has ranked as
a first-class agent. Early in President Cleveland's administration he was
appointed consul to Ascension, Paraguay, but declined the position. In 1888,
he was appointed consul to San Salvador, Central America, and remained there
till 1890, when he was removed by President Harrison. He is a master Mason,
initiated at Gilbralter in 1857. He was married January 24, 1871, to Miss
Josephine Crossland, who is his present wife. They have two sons -- Thomas
Tate, Jr., and Bryan, named after the gallant knight slain at the battle of
Flodden. His home is now permanently in Mobile, where he is at present engaged
in the government service in deepening the harbor.
The Mobile Daily Register
Thursday, April 27, 1922
Page 3 column 5
DR. TUNSTALL DIES SUDDENLY AT OFFICE
Dr. Thomas Tate Tunstall, 55, a native of Tensaw, Baldwin county, Ala., for years one of the best known dental surgeons in South Alabama, died suddenly in his office in the Van Antwerp Building Wednesday afternoon shortly before 1 o'clock. Dr. Tunstall was serving B. Grimes, of Daphne, Ala., one of his patients, at the time that he suffered a stroke of heart trouble and died almost instantly.
Dr. Tunstall was a son of Peyton Randolph Tunstall and Laura Lee Slaughter Tunstall and came to Mobile 38 years ago. He has been a practicing dentist in this city since he was a very young man. He is survived by his wife, Martha McCurdy Tunstall; two sons, Thomas Tate Tunstall, Jr., of Mobile, and Wheeler McCurdy Tunstall, of Daphne; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Mary McGowan and Mrs. Frank Bryars, of Latham, Ala., one brother, C. C. Tunstall, of Mobile, a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives. The funeral will take place Friday morning from the Tunstall home, 922 Dauphin street. Dr. Tunstall was a member of Mobile Lodge 67, Knights of Pythias and a delegation from that organization will attend the funeral.
Author: Brant & Fuller (1893)
"Memorial Record of Alabama", v.2 pp.610-611
THOMAS TATE TUNSTALL was born in Baldwin county, Ala., April 8, 1823. His
father was George Tunstall, a native of Virginia, who died at Montgomery Hill,
Baldwin county, Ala., July 28, 1842. He was a newspaper man by profession, and
once editor of the Nashville Whig, and was the first man to publish an American
newspaper in the state of Florida. The paper was the Floridian, and published
in Pensacola. The father of George Tunstall was Edmund Savage Tunstall, a
native of Virginia, who died in the state of Kentucky, wither he had gone at an
early day. The Tunstall family are lineal descendants of Sir Brian Tunstall,
who was killed at the battle of Flodden Field in 1573, in the war between
England and Scotland, so graphically described in Scott's Marmion, where he is
styled "Tunstall of the white plume, Tunstall the undefiled." The mother of
Thomas T. Tunstall was Elouisa Tate, daughter of David Tate (of Tate's Shoals,
of the Alabama River), who was the son of Col. Tate of the British army, who
was a native of Scotland. She was the niece of the celebrated Creek warrior,
Weatherford, the hero of the Massacre of Ft. Mims, who fought with Gen.
Jackson, the battles of Talledega, Tallushatchee, Emukfau and Tohopaka, and is
the hero of Alexander B. Meek's poem, The Red Eagle. She died in 1878, at an
advanced age. Thomas Tate Tunstall completed his education at Chapel Hill
college, North Carolina. He then studied law, and distinguished himself, at the
age of twenty-three, by an address to the legislature of Alabama in advocacy of
the claim of citizens of Indian blood to the right of suffrage. He removed to
Texas in 1851, where he practiced law several years and returned to Alabama in
1854. In 1856, he was appointed United States consul at Cadiz, Spain, by
President Pierce, where he resided until 1861, when he was removed by President
Lincoln. He was subsequently arrested at Tangier, Morocco (February, 1862), at
the instigation of the Federal consul, and confined for days in irons till
called for and carried to sea on the United States corvette, Ino. He was
transferred a few days after to a merchant ship bound to Boston, where he was
finally landed, the irons removed from his limbs after fifty-seven days, by a
blacksmith in the United States marshal's office, and then committed to Fort
Warren by order of Secretary Seward. He was subsequently released
unconditionally, by order of Mr. Seward. He repaired to Washington, and after
a lapse of several months, obtained a permit from Mr. Stanton, the secretary of
war, to return to his home in the south. His southern blood and sympathies
soon, however, got him into another dilemma. He procured a pass to run the
blockade from the Confederate secretary of war, with a view to render some
service to the now lost cause, when he was captured in the Federal lines and
taken to the Old Capitol prison in Washington, where he was confined for six
months as a spy, but was finally released upon condition that he would go to
Europe and remain till the war was over. He honorably abided by his parole
and returned to Alabama in 1866, having been absent two years. In 1867, he
went to Texas, where he remained two years, returning to Alabama in 1869, and
his residence since has been divided between Baldwin county and Mobile. Since
1869, he has devoted his time and attention to life insurance and has ranked as
a first-class agent. Early in President Cleveland's administration he was
appointed consul to Ascension, Paraguay, but declined the position. In 1888,
he was appointed consul to San Salvador, Central America, and remained there
till 1890, when he was removed by President Harrison. He is a master Mason,
initiated at Gilbralter in 1857. He was married January 24, 1871, to Miss
Josephine Crossland, who is his present wife. They have two sons -- Thomas
Tate, Jr., and Bryan, named after the gallant knight slain at the battle of
Flodden. His home is now permanently in Mobile, where he is at present engaged
in the government service in deepening the harbor.
The Mobile Daily Register
Thursday, April 27, 1922
Page 3 column 5
DR. TUNSTALL DIES SUDDENLY AT OFFICE
Dr. Thomas Tate Tunstall, 55, a native of Tensaw, Baldwin county, Ala., for years one of the best known dental surgeons in South Alabama, died suddenly in his office in the Van Antwerp Building Wednesday afternoon shortly before 1 o'clock. Dr. Tunstall was serving B. Grimes, of Daphne, Ala., one of his patients, at the time that he suffered a stroke of heart trouble and died almost instantly.
Dr. Tunstall was a son of Peyton Randolph Tunstall and Laura Lee Slaughter Tunstall and came to Mobile 38 years ago. He has been a practicing dentist in this city since he was a very young man. He is survived by his wife, Martha McCurdy Tunstall; two sons, Thomas Tate Tunstall, Jr., of Mobile, and Wheeler McCurdy Tunstall, of Daphne; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Mary McGowan and Mrs. Frank Bryars, of Latham, Ala., one brother, C. C. Tunstall, of Mobile, a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives. The funeral will take place Friday morning from the Tunstall home, 922 Dauphin street. Dr. Tunstall was a member of Mobile Lodge 67, Knights of Pythias and a delegation from that organization will attend the funeral.
"Memorial Record of Alabama", v.2 pp.610-611
THOMAS TATE TUNSTALL was born in Baldwin county, Ala., April 8, 1823. His
father was George Tunstall, a native of Virginia, who died at Montgomery Hill,
Baldwin county, Ala., July 28, 1842. He was a newspaper man by profession, and
once editor of the Nashville Whig, and was the first man to publish an American
newspaper in the state of Florida. The paper was the Floridian, and published
in Pensacola. The father of George Tunstall was Edmund Savage Tunstall, a
native of Virginia, who died in the state of Kentucky, wither he had gone at an
early day. The Tunstall family are lineal descendants of Sir Brian Tunstall,
who was killed at the battle of Flodden Field in 1573, in the war between
England and Scotland, so graphically described in Scott's Marmion, where he is
styled "Tunstall of the white plume, Tunstall the undefiled." The mother of
Thomas T. Tunstall was Elouisa Tate, daughter of David Tate (of Tate's Shoals,
of the Alabama River), who was the son of Col. Tate of the British army, who
was a native of Scotland. She was the niece of the celebrated Creek warrior,
Weatherford, the hero of the Massacre of Ft. Mims, who fought with Gen.
Jackson, the battles of Talledega, Tallushatchee, Emukfau and Tohopaka, and is
the hero of Alexander B. Meek's poem, The Red Eagle. She died in 1878, at an
advanced age. Thomas Tate Tunstall completed his education at Chapel Hill
college, North Carolina. He then studied law, and distinguished himself, at the
age of twenty-three, by an address to the legislature of Alabama in advocacy of
the claim of citizens of Indian blood to the right of suffrage. He removed to
Texas in 1851, where he practiced law several years and returned to Alabama in
1854. In 1856, he was appointed United States consul at Cadiz, Spain, by
President Pierce, where he resided until 1861, when he was removed by President
Lincoln. He was subsequently arrested at Tangier, Morocco (February, 1862), at
the instigation of the Federal consul, and confined for days in irons till
called for and carried to sea on the United States corvette, Ino. He was
transferred a few days after to a merchant ship bound to Boston, where he was
finally landed, the irons removed from his limbs after fifty-seven days, by a
blacksmith in the United States marshal's office, and then committed to Fort
Warren by order of Secretary Seward. He was subsequently released
unconditionally, by order of Mr. Seward. He repaired to Washington, and after
a lapse of several months, obtained a permit from Mr. Stanton, the secretary of
war, to return to his home in the south. His southern blood and sympathies
soon, however, got him into another dilemma. He procured a pass to run the
blockade from the Confederate secretary of war, with a view to render some
service to the now lost cause, when he was captured in the Federal lines and
taken to the Old Capitol prison in Washington, where he was confined for six
months as a spy, but was finally released upon condition that he would go to
Europe and remain till the war was over. He honorably abided by his parole
and returned to Alabama in 1866, having been absent two years. In 1867, he
went to Texas, where he remained two years, returning to Alabama in 1869, and
his residence since has been divided between Baldwin county and Mobile. Since
1869, he has devoted his time and attention to life insurance and has ranked as
a first-class agent. Early in President Cleveland's administration he was
appointed consul to Ascension, Paraguay, but declined the position. In 1888,
he was appointed consul to San Salvador, Central America, and remained there
till 1890, when he was removed by President Harrison. He is a master Mason,
initiated at Gilbralter in 1857. He was married January 24, 1871, to Miss
Josephine Crossland, who is his present wife. They have two sons -- Thomas
Tate, Jr., and Bryan, named after the gallant knight slain at the battle of
Flodden. His home is now permanently in Mobile, where he is at present engaged
in the government service in deepening the harbor.
The Mobile Daily Register
Thursday, April 27, 1922
Page 3 column 5
DR. TUNSTALL DIES SUDDENLY AT OFFICE
Dr. Thomas Tate Tunstall, 55, a native of Tensaw, Baldwin county, Ala., for years one of the best known dental surgeons in South Alabama, died suddenly in his office in the Van Antwerp Building Wednesday afternoon shortly before 1 o'clock. Dr. Tunstall was serving B. Grimes, of Daphne, Ala., one of his patients, at the time that he suffered a stroke of heart trouble and died almost instantly.
Dr. Tunstall was a son of Peyton Randolph Tunstall and Laura Lee Slaughter Tunstall and came to Mobile 38 years ago. He has been a practicing dentist in this city since he was a very young man. He is survived by his wife, Martha McCurdy Tunstall; two sons, Thomas Tate Tunstall, Jr., of Mobile, and Wheeler McCurdy Tunstall, of Daphne; three grandchildren; two sisters, Mrs. Mary McGowan and Mrs. Frank Bryars, of Latham, Ala., one brother, C. C. Tunstall, of Mobile, a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives. The funeral will take place Friday morning from the Tunstall home, 922 Dauphin street. Dr. Tunstall was a member of Mobile Lodge 67, Knights of Pythias and a delegation from that organization will attend the funeral.
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