Thomas was the son of Daniel Henry Arline (1841 - 1919) and Missouri Virginia Wheeler Stephens (1860 - 1939).

Thomas first married Sarah Jane Rosalvia McBrayer on Oct 6, 1912. Sarah was born Mar 24, 1886 in Springfield, St Clair Co., AL and died Nov 5, 1930 in Mesa, AZ. She is buried next to her husband at location 0558-1-7.

Thomas next married Vera Permelia Horne on Dec 20, 1935. Vera was born in Mesa, AZ on Mar 29, 1897 and dies in Phoenix, AZ on Aug 17, 1986. She is buried near her husband at location 0558-1-5.

Thomas had the following brothers and sisters:
Daniel Harvey ARLINE: 9 Nov 1880 in Chiefland, Levy, FL – 23 Aug 1913
Willie Claude ARLINE (1881 - 1946) who married Bertha Gertrude Hudson
John Sylvester ARLINE: 3 Feb 1884 in Chiefland, Levy, FL - 3 Nov 1886
Josephine ARLINE: 5 Apr 1885 in Chiefland, Levy, FL - 13 Dec 1968
Hattie ARLINE: 22 Feb 1887 in Chiefland, Levy, FL - 8 Dec 1887
Grover Cleveland ARLINE: 28 Nov 1888 in Chiefland, Levy, FL - 26 Jan 1937
Thurmon Wheeler ARLINE: 13 Aug 1890 in Chiefland, Levy, FL - 24 Oct 1966
Pauline Annie Neal ARLINE: 11 Mar 1892 in Chiefland, Levy, FL - 10 Jun 1923
Susan ARLINE: 26 Mar 1894 in Chiefland, Levy, FL - 28 Feb 1979
Gertrude ARLINE: 18 Apr 1896 in Chiefland, Levy, FL - 3 Jan 1979
Sophronia ARLINE: 20 Dec 1897 in Chiefland, Levy, FL - ?
Leonard Lewis ARLINE: 22 Feb 1901 in Chiefland, Levy, FL - 18 Nov 1942

Thomas had the following half brothers and sisters with his fathers first wife Sarah Elizabeth Mansfield Johnson:
Henry Hartwell ARLINE: Feb 1864, Camilla, Mitchell Co., GA, - 29 Oct 1929.. Married Margaret R. Ricks.
James Jethro ARLINE: 10 Nov 1865, Camilla, Mitchell Co., GA - 4 Jul 1947, Jacksonville, Duval, FL. Married Sallie Surls.
Beulah Love ARLINE: 2 Apr 1869, Mitchell Co., GA - 25 Aug 1953. Married John Adams.
Eliza Livinia ARLINE: date unknown, Mitchell Co., GA - died in infancy.
Richard Arthur ARLINE: 12 Mar 1874, Mitchell Co., GA - 28 Nov 1942, Bold Springs, Thomas Co., GA.
Ida Elizabeth ARLINE: date unknown - died in infancy.