ELDRIDGE ALEXANDER TOMLINSON

 

 

 

     Eldridge Alexander Tomlinson, b November 15, L853 in Conecuh County, Alabama, d August 7, 1936 ind buried in Clover Hill Cemetery at Lott, Falls County, Texas - was a son of James Kendrick and Sarah Jemima (Stallworth) Tomlinson, who came to rexas about 1858. Eldridge lived on the family farm on Deer Creek until he was grown.

     In 1886, Eldridge Alexander Tomlinson was married to Ella Louise Landrum, b May 8, 1860, d May 21, 1935 and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery at Lott - a daughter of Dr. Benjamin L. and Elizabeth (Park) Landrum, early settlers and large landowners in west Falls County, Texas. Her sister, Elizabeth Jane Landrum, married Eldridge's brother, Augustus Franklin Tomlinson.

     Eldridge farmed on the family estate, later purchasing 517 acres of land, and Ella Louise inherited 65 acres of land from her father's estate - as did each of her siblings. Eldridge was engaged in breeding French Coach and standard horses, and feeding about 100 head of cattle annually. They were members of the Christian Church.

     Eldridge A. and Ella Louise (Landrum) Tomlinson were the parents of six children - all born in Falls County, Texas:

     Isadore Tomlinson, b January 19, 1888 - married Joe A. McCaskill, and had Joe A. McCaskill, II - who married Lillian Cassard; Ella Louise McCaskill- who married E. H. Trick; and Martha McCaskill.

     Caroline Tomlinson, b December 19, 1889, d December 31,1940 and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery in Lott.

     Eva Tomlinson, b November 24, 1891 - married E. M. Brown, and had Joel Brown, and Shirley Brown.

     James A. Tomlinson, b ca 1894 - married Amelia Rowlette, and had James A. Tomlinson, Jr.

Clifton R. Tomlinson, b July 4,1896, d November 25, 1960 and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery in Lott- married Cora Jo Sills, b November 11, 1894 in Milam County, Texas - a daughter of George Sills, b 1854, d 1938 in Lott, and his wife, Corinth (maiden name unknown) Sills, b 1858, d 1929 in Lott. Cora's brother, Harvey E. Sills, b October 15, 1897 in Lott, d January 27, 1930, and a sister, Willie (Sills) Deer, b June 10, 1889 in Milam County, Texas, d November 28,1975- are both buried by their parents in Clover Hill Cemetery at Lott. Cora was a school teacher in Lott, while Clifton was a farmer and paint contractor. They made their in Lott, and then Cora moved to a retirement apartment in Waco, Texas. They had two sons: Clifton H. Tomlinson, and Harold Ray Tomlinson.

     Joseph L. Tomlinson, b February 3, 1899, d December 10, 1976 and buried in Clover Hill Cemetery in Lott.

 

 

Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing the biographies of these Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County", Compiled and Edited by the Falls County Historical Commission, page 454 column 2.  
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