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Benjamin Goodloe Tompkins

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Benjamin Goodloe Tompkins

Birth
Mathews County, Virginia, USA
Death
8 Aug 1847 (aged 28)
Mathews County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Williams, Mathews County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Memorial ID
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# 1196 in Clan of Tomkyns

Parents:
Col Christopher Tompkins 1778–1838
Maria Booth Patterson 1794–1854

Half Siblings:
Martha Tompkins 1807–1842
Harriet Pauline Tompkins 1809–1842
Henry Armistead Tompkins 1811–1814
Christopher Quarles Tompkins 1813–1877

Siblings:
Elizabeth Patterson Tompkins 1816–1842
Maria Mason Tompkins 1831–1864
Capt Sally Louisa Tompkins 1833–1916

Married 1 Oct 1845 to Juliet Ann Latimer
Children:
Benjamin Latimer Tompkins 1846–1855
Clementine Tompkins 1848–1931

Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser, Richmond, Virginia, September 28, 1847: "In Mathews County, at Poplar Grove, the residence of his mother on the eighth of August, Mr. Benjamin G. TOMPKINS, in the twenty-ninth year of his age, leaving a wife, child and widowed mother, together with a numberous circle of reltives and friends, to mourn their loss. Mr. B. G. TOMPKINS was the youngest son of the late Colonel Christopher TOMPKINS, and like his lamented father, bade fair to become one of our most useful and respected citizens.
# 1196 in Clan of Tomkyns

Parents:
Col Christopher Tompkins 1778–1838
Maria Booth Patterson 1794–1854

Half Siblings:
Martha Tompkins 1807–1842
Harriet Pauline Tompkins 1809–1842
Henry Armistead Tompkins 1811–1814
Christopher Quarles Tompkins 1813–1877

Siblings:
Elizabeth Patterson Tompkins 1816–1842
Maria Mason Tompkins 1831–1864
Capt Sally Louisa Tompkins 1833–1916

Married 1 Oct 1845 to Juliet Ann Latimer
Children:
Benjamin Latimer Tompkins 1846–1855
Clementine Tompkins 1848–1931

Richmond Whig & Public Advertiser, Richmond, Virginia, September 28, 1847: "In Mathews County, at Poplar Grove, the residence of his mother on the eighth of August, Mr. Benjamin G. TOMPKINS, in the twenty-ninth year of his age, leaving a wife, child and widowed mother, together with a numberous circle of reltives and friends, to mourn their loss. Mr. B. G. TOMPKINS was the youngest son of the late Colonel Christopher TOMPKINS, and like his lamented father, bade fair to become one of our most useful and respected citizens.

Inscription

BENJAMIN GOODLOE TOMPKINS
Born
September 4th 1818
Died
August 8th 1847

Gravesite Details

Have added the stone photos taken by Katie P that are in Oak Hill Cemetery. Benjamin Goodloe Tompkins is on this stone shared with his wife and children but he is buried in Mathews Co.



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  • Created by: RF
  • Added: Nov 2, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/43866117/benjamin_goodloe-tompkins: accessed ), memorial page for Benjamin Goodloe Tompkins (4 Sep 1818–8 Aug 1847), Find a Grave Memorial ID 43866117, citing Poplar Grove Plantation Cemetery, Williams, Mathews County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by RF (contributor 47076918).