s/o A.A. Tomlinson
h/o Helen Simpson Landrum - m. 11 Nov 1886
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TOMLINSON, EDGAR A.
Prominent among the representatives of the business interests of Bellville and of Austin County is recorded the name of Edgar A. Tomlinson, a lumber merchant. He has been identified with this line of work throughout the years of his business activities, and since coming to Bellville, in December of 1883, he has been in the lumber business and is now at the head of the largest lumber establishment in Austin County. During the first years of his residence here he managed the lumber interests of Mark Wiess, he being later succeeded by the firm of J. G. Wessendorff, and Mr. Tomlinson continued the management of the latter corporation until the business was sold to the Austin County Farmers' Alliance Association, still retaining the management until in 1897 he bought his employers' interests and the business has since been conducted under the name of E. A. Tomlinson. He handles all kinds of lumber and building materials. In October of 1909 he was one of the organizers of the Austin County State Bank, and he is numbered among the stockholders and directors of that bank.
Mr. Tomlinson was born in Patterson, Louisiana, December 10, 1851, a son of Augustus A. and Mary Leonizeile (Hartman) Tomlinson, and the ancestors on both sides are old American families. Augustus A. Tomlinson, a native son of Georgia, when a young man in 1849 made the overland trip to California, and later returning to Louisiana he was an overseer on a sugar plantation there for a few years or until moving with his young wife to Marshall, Texas, where he became identified with wholesale and retail mercantile pursuits. In 1860 he joined the Texas Rangers, and he was stationed at Ringgold Barracks when the Civil war was inaugurated. Enlisting in the Confederate army, he served until the close of the war, and was made captain of the scouts in Colonel T. B. Likens' Regiment. In 1865 he resumed his mercantile pursuits at Harrisburg, and he continued there for several years, but his death occurred at Bellville on the 3d of July, 1898, when sixty-eight years of age.
Leaving the Harrisburg public schools when sixteen years of age, Edgar A. Tomlinson entered upon a clerkship in a dry goods store, and in 1869 he was made shipping clerk in a saw and lumber mill at Harris burg. From 1876 until 1880 he was associated with the lumber interests of Columbus, Texas, from 1880 until 1882 operated a sawmill on the Houston, East and West Texas Railroad in San Jacinto county, and since December of 1883 he has been numbered among the leading and influential business men of Bellville.
In January of 1883 Mr. Tomlinson was married to Helen Simpson, a daughter of J. H. Simpson, of Columbus, Texas, and their three children are Helen, Hanley and Virginia. Mr. Tomlinson is a member of the time-honored order of Masons, affiliating with the Bellville lodge and chapter, and at the present time he is serving his chapter as its high priest. (Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
h/o Helen Simpson Landrum - m. 11 Nov 1886
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TOMLINSON, EDGAR A.
Prominent among the representatives of the business interests of Bellville and of Austin County is recorded the name of Edgar A. Tomlinson, a lumber merchant. He has been identified with this line of work throughout the years of his business activities, and since coming to Bellville, in December of 1883, he has been in the lumber business and is now at the head of the largest lumber establishment in Austin County. During the first years of his residence here he managed the lumber interests of Mark Wiess, he being later succeeded by the firm of J. G. Wessendorff, and Mr. Tomlinson continued the management of the latter corporation until the business was sold to the Austin County Farmers' Alliance Association, still retaining the management until in 1897 he bought his employers' interests and the business has since been conducted under the name of E. A. Tomlinson. He handles all kinds of lumber and building materials. In October of 1909 he was one of the organizers of the Austin County State Bank, and he is numbered among the stockholders and directors of that bank.
Mr. Tomlinson was born in Patterson, Louisiana, December 10, 1851, a son of Augustus A. and Mary Leonizeile (Hartman) Tomlinson, and the ancestors on both sides are old American families. Augustus A. Tomlinson, a native son of Georgia, when a young man in 1849 made the overland trip to California, and later returning to Louisiana he was an overseer on a sugar plantation there for a few years or until moving with his young wife to Marshall, Texas, where he became identified with wholesale and retail mercantile pursuits. In 1860 he joined the Texas Rangers, and he was stationed at Ringgold Barracks when the Civil war was inaugurated. Enlisting in the Confederate army, he served until the close of the war, and was made captain of the scouts in Colonel T. B. Likens' Regiment. In 1865 he resumed his mercantile pursuits at Harrisburg, and he continued there for several years, but his death occurred at Bellville on the 3d of July, 1898, when sixty-eight years of age.
Leaving the Harrisburg public schools when sixteen years of age, Edgar A. Tomlinson entered upon a clerkship in a dry goods store, and in 1869 he was made shipping clerk in a saw and lumber mill at Harris burg. From 1876 until 1880 he was associated with the lumber interests of Columbus, Texas, from 1880 until 1882 operated a sawmill on the Houston, East and West Texas Railroad in San Jacinto county, and since December of 1883 he has been numbered among the leading and influential business men of Bellville.
In January of 1883 Mr. Tomlinson was married to Helen Simpson, a daughter of J. H. Simpson, of Columbus, Texas, and their three children are Helen, Hanley and Virginia. Mr. Tomlinson is a member of the time-honored order of Masons, affiliating with the Bellville lodge and chapter, and at the present time he is serving his chapter as its high priest. (Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
s/o A.A. Tomlinson
h/o Helen Simpson Landrum - m. 11 Nov 1886
*************
TOMLINSON, EDGAR A.
Prominent among the representatives of the business interests of Bellville and of Austin County is recorded the name of Edgar A. Tomlinson, a lumber merchant. He has been identified with this line of work throughout the years of his business activities, and since coming to Bellville, in December of 1883, he has been in the lumber business and is now at the head of the largest lumber establishment in Austin County. During the first years of his residence here he managed the lumber interests of Mark Wiess, he being later succeeded by the firm of J. G. Wessendorff, and Mr. Tomlinson continued the management of the latter corporation until the business was sold to the Austin County Farmers' Alliance Association, still retaining the management until in 1897 he bought his employers' interests and the business has since been conducted under the name of E. A. Tomlinson. He handles all kinds of lumber and building materials. In October of 1909 he was one of the organizers of the Austin County State Bank, and he is numbered among the stockholders and directors of that bank.
Mr. Tomlinson was born in Patterson, Louisiana, December 10, 1851, a son of Augustus A. and Mary Leonizeile (Hartman) Tomlinson, and the ancestors on both sides are old American families. Augustus A. Tomlinson, a native son of Georgia, when a young man in 1849 made the overland trip to California, and later returning to Louisiana he was an overseer on a sugar plantation there for a few years or until moving with his young wife to Marshall, Texas, where he became identified with wholesale and retail mercantile pursuits. In 1860 he joined the Texas Rangers, and he was stationed at Ringgold Barracks when the Civil war was inaugurated. Enlisting in the Confederate army, he served until the close of the war, and was made captain of the scouts in Colonel T. B. Likens' Regiment. In 1865 he resumed his mercantile pursuits at Harrisburg, and he continued there for several years, but his death occurred at Bellville on the 3d of July, 1898, when sixty-eight years of age.
Leaving the Harrisburg public schools when sixteen years of age, Edgar A. Tomlinson entered upon a clerkship in a dry goods store, and in 1869 he was made shipping clerk in a saw and lumber mill at Harris burg. From 1876 until 1880 he was associated with the lumber interests of Columbus, Texas, from 1880 until 1882 operated a sawmill on the Houston, East and West Texas Railroad in San Jacinto county, and since December of 1883 he has been numbered among the leading and influential business men of Bellville.
In January of 1883 Mr. Tomlinson was married to Helen Simpson, a daughter of J. H. Simpson, of Columbus, Texas, and their three children are Helen, Hanley and Virginia. Mr. Tomlinson is a member of the time-honored order of Masons, affiliating with the Bellville lodge and chapter, and at the present time he is serving his chapter as its high priest. (Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
h/o Helen Simpson Landrum - m. 11 Nov 1886
*************
TOMLINSON, EDGAR A.
Prominent among the representatives of the business interests of Bellville and of Austin County is recorded the name of Edgar A. Tomlinson, a lumber merchant. He has been identified with this line of work throughout the years of his business activities, and since coming to Bellville, in December of 1883, he has been in the lumber business and is now at the head of the largest lumber establishment in Austin County. During the first years of his residence here he managed the lumber interests of Mark Wiess, he being later succeeded by the firm of J. G. Wessendorff, and Mr. Tomlinson continued the management of the latter corporation until the business was sold to the Austin County Farmers' Alliance Association, still retaining the management until in 1897 he bought his employers' interests and the business has since been conducted under the name of E. A. Tomlinson. He handles all kinds of lumber and building materials. In October of 1909 he was one of the organizers of the Austin County State Bank, and he is numbered among the stockholders and directors of that bank.
Mr. Tomlinson was born in Patterson, Louisiana, December 10, 1851, a son of Augustus A. and Mary Leonizeile (Hartman) Tomlinson, and the ancestors on both sides are old American families. Augustus A. Tomlinson, a native son of Georgia, when a young man in 1849 made the overland trip to California, and later returning to Louisiana he was an overseer on a sugar plantation there for a few years or until moving with his young wife to Marshall, Texas, where he became identified with wholesale and retail mercantile pursuits. In 1860 he joined the Texas Rangers, and he was stationed at Ringgold Barracks when the Civil war was inaugurated. Enlisting in the Confederate army, he served until the close of the war, and was made captain of the scouts in Colonel T. B. Likens' Regiment. In 1865 he resumed his mercantile pursuits at Harrisburg, and he continued there for several years, but his death occurred at Bellville on the 3d of July, 1898, when sixty-eight years of age.
Leaving the Harrisburg public schools when sixteen years of age, Edgar A. Tomlinson entered upon a clerkship in a dry goods store, and in 1869 he was made shipping clerk in a saw and lumber mill at Harris burg. From 1876 until 1880 he was associated with the lumber interests of Columbus, Texas, from 1880 until 1882 operated a sawmill on the Houston, East and West Texas Railroad in San Jacinto county, and since December of 1883 he has been numbered among the leading and influential business men of Bellville.
In January of 1883 Mr. Tomlinson was married to Helen Simpson, a daughter of J. H. Simpson, of Columbus, Texas, and their three children are Helen, Hanley and Virginia. Mr. Tomlinson is a member of the time-honored order of Masons, affiliating with the Bellville lodge and chapter, and at the present time he is serving his chapter as its high priest. (Historical Review of South-East Texas and the Founders, Leaders and Representative Men, Vol 2, by Dermot Hardy and Maj. Ingham S. Robert, by The Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, 1910
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