Person:Allen Tomlinson (17)

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Allen Unthank Tomlinson
d.16 May 1879
m. 30 Dec 1771
  1. Joseph Tomlinson1772 - 1820
  2. Josiah Tomlinson1776 - 1779
  3. William Tomlinson1778 - 1780
  4. Josiah Tomlinson1781 - 1843
  5. Moses Tomlinson1783 - 1827
  6. Elizabeth Tomlinson1785 - 1860
  7. William Tomlinson1788 - 1808
  8. Martha Tomlinson1790 - 1843
  9. Robert Tomlinson1793 - 1875
  10. Zachariah Tomlinson1795 - 1833
  11. Allen Unthank Tomlinson1802 - 1879
  • HAllen Unthank Tomlinson1802 - 1879
  • W.  Rachel English (add)
m. 25 Jul 1832
  1. Allen Josiah Tomlinson1843 - 1900
Facts and Events
Name Allen Unthank Tomlinson
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][13] 13 Jan 1802 Randolph Co, North Carolina
Marriage 25 Jul 1832 to Rachel English (add)
Residence Randolph Co, North CarolinaLived in a log house
with Rachel English (add)
Education[6][15] Bush Hill, Randolph Co, North Carolina
Occupation[7][16] Bush Hill, Randolph Co, North CarolinaFarmer
Occupation[8][17] Bush Hill, Randolph Co, North CarolinaTanner
Occupation[9][18] Bush Hill, Randolph Co, North Carolinateacher
Death[4] 16 May 1879
Burial[5][14] Aft 16 May 1879 Archdale, Randolph, North Carolina
Reference Number ID0819

"Another link in the progress of Bush Hill was the organization of the first Bible school in North Carolina at Springfield in 1822. Of Allen Unthank Tomlinson,....it has been said, (quote) Few men ever accomplished more than he with the same means and environment. (unquote)" [Memorial - Acc793 - page 2]

"Allen J. Tomlinson now has a watch that Allen U. Tomlinson inherited from his father, William Tomlin­son. The watch is now over one hundred years old." [Tomlinson Family Tree - Acc898, page 8]

References
  1. ID0016 - Myron Foulke Robbins, Sr.
    Shows his sources as: Hinshaw and Springfield m.m. NC.
  2. ID0016 - Myron Foulke Robbins, Sr..
  3. Document, Misc
    A memorial read by Sidney H Tomlinson, Jr ID1467 14 Aug 1949.

    Memorial in honor of Sidney Halstead Tomlinson ID1461

    Acc793

    Location: RH Archives/SB7/Folder 21

  4. ID0016 - Myron Foulke Robbins, Sr.
    Shows his sources as: Hinshaw and Springfield m.m. NC.
  5. ID0016 - Myron Foulke Robbins, Sr.
    Family sheet of Allen Unthank Tomlinson ID0819.
  6. Document, Misc
    A memorial read by Sidney H Tomlinson, Jr ID1467 14 Aug 1949.

    Memorial in honor of Sidney Halstead Tomlinson ID1461

    Acc793

    Location: RH Archives/SB7/Folder 21

  7. Document, Misc
    A memorial read by Sidney H Tomlinson, Jr ID1467 14 Aug 1949.

    Memorial in honor of Sidney Halstead Tomlinson ID1461

    Acc793

    Location: RH Archives/SB7/Folder 21

  8. Document, Misc
    A memorial read by Sidney H Tomlinson, Jr ID1467 14 Aug 1949.

    Memorial in honor of Sidney Halstead Tomlinson ID1461

    Acc793

    Location: RH Archives/SB7/Folder 21

  9. Document, Misc
    A memorial read by Sidney H Tomlinson, Jr ID1467 14 Aug 1949.

    Memorial in honor of Sidney Halstead Tomlinson ID1461

    Acc793

    Location: RH Archives/SB7/Folder 21

  10.   ID0016 - Myron Foulke Robbins, Sr.
    Shows his sources as: Hinshaw and Springfield m.m. NC.
  11.   Document, Misc
    A memorial read by Sidney H Tomlinson, Jr ID1467 14 Aug 1949.

    Memorial in honor of Sidney Halstead Tomlinson ID1461

    Acc793

    Location: RH Archives/SB7/Folder 21

  12.   Asher K Tomlinson, (i)Family Tree of Robert and Lydia Kellum Tomlinson(/i) (Indiana: na, 1925, revised Aug 1967)
    See notes.

    [Acc898 RH Archives/SB7/Folder 28]

  13. Memorial - Acc793 -
    Page 2
    "...youngest son of William Allen...was born in 1802."
  14. Buried at Springfield m.m. at Archdale, NC [no source other than Myron ID0016]
  15. Memorial - Acc793 -
    page 2
    "..His duties prevented him from attending school regularyly so he studied at night by the light of th'the dip and the torch."
  16. Memorial - Acc793 - Page 2
    "Starting with a farm 'Almost too poor to sprout peas', he improved it until it became the best farm in the community."
  17. Memorial - Acc793 - Page 2
    " The Bush Hill community seeming such an ideal situation for a new venture, Allen Unthank Tomlinson started a tannery, with $20 borrowed capital. The tannery grew from a one-vat business to a thriving company - one of the largest in North Carolina."
  18. Memorial - Acc793 -
    Page 2
    "During the winter months he taught school, the usual teacher's wage in those days being $25 a quarter-year."

    Memorial - Acc793 - Page 2
    "...Started and taught the first school in Bush Hill, using a room over the [his] tannery for the purpose."