Person:Noah Tomlinson (6)

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Noah Tomlinson
b.13 Oct 1824 Hendricks Co, Indiana
d.22 Feb 1918 Hamilton Co, Indiana
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m. 25 Sep 1819
  1. Milton Tomlinson1820 - 1899
  2. Martha TomlinsonBet 1822 & 1823 - 1852
  3. Noah Tomlinson1824 - 1918
  4. Allen Tomlinson1827 - 1899
  5. Jesse TomlinsonAbt 1829 - 1843
  6. Asenath Tomlinson1831 - 1909
  7. Jane Tomlinson1835 - 1928
  8. Levi B. Tomlinson1837 - 1885
  9. Esther Tomlinson1841 - 1936
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Name Noah Tomlinson
Gender Male
Birth[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][31] 13 Oct 1824 Hendricks Co, Indiana
Residence[21][7] 1837 Hamilton Co, Indianaon a farm with his parents
Residence[22][38] Abt 1845 Hamilton Co, IndianaFarm
Occupation[2][23][24][39] From 1850 to 1860 Hamilton Co, IndianaFarmer
Religion[25][26][40] 31 Mar 1859 Hamilton Co, Indianasigned a petition for formation of Chester Friends Church
Occupation[27] 1880 Hamilton Co, Indianafarmer and lumber dealer
Residence[2] Westfield, Hamilton Co, IndianaNorth of Westfield
Death[1][2][8][9][10][32] 22 Feb 1918 Hamilton Co, Indiana
Burial[11][12][13][33] Aft 22 Feb 1918 Hamilton Co, Indiana
Other[28][41] Sep 1927 Hamilton Co, Indianawas mentioned and his photograph was in a newspaper article Misc
Other[16] Hamilton Co, IndianaMisc
Other[17][35] Hamilton Co, Indianaheaded a petition for Range Line Pike road Misc
Other[18][36] Hamilton Co, Indianaheld several township offices Misc
Other[19][20][7][37] Hamilton Co, Indianawas a Republican Misc
Religion[14][15][7][34] Hamilton Co, Indianaa Quaker

"Noah, born 1824, died 1918, was not physically strong but did his best to be counted with the men that made things go." [Tomlinson Family Tree - Acc898, page 19]

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 ID0016 - Myron Foulke Robbins, Sr.
    Family sheet of Robert Tomlinson ID0060.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 ID0016 - Myron Foulke Robbins, Sr.
    Family Sheet of Noah Tomlinson ID0765.
  3. ↑ Sidney H. Tomlinson, Jr. ID1467, Sidney Halstead Tomlinson, A Memorial Read by Sidney H. Tomlinson, Jr. (Springfield 14 aug 1949).
  4. ↑ Tombstone Inscription.

    Tomlinson/Noah Tomlinson/1824 - 1918/Age 93Y/Abigail Tomlinson/1824 - 1892/Age 68Y/Mother Father

    Photo/Scan: Photo 2/102205-020.jpg - Location: RH archives/Photo 8/102205/
    Property of Preparer

  5. ↑ Database On-line
    Ancestry.com. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: Various Indiana county death records indexed by the Indiana Works Projects Administration. Indiana: circa 1938-1941.

    Acc781

    Location: RH Archives/SB7/Folder 20

  6. ↑ Portrait and Biographical Record of Madison and Hamilton CountiesIndiana. (Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1893,
    page 751.

    Acc794

    Location: SB7/Folder 21

  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Cline & McHaffie, (i)The People's Guide: A business, political and religious directory of Hamilton Co., Ind . . . (/i) (Indianapolis, Ind: I
    p 282.

    Tomlinson, Noah; farmer; 1 ½ m n Westfield. Born in Ind. 1824; settled in H. C. 1837. Rep. Friend.

  8. ↑ Tombstone Inscription.

    Tomlinson/Noah Tomlinson/1824 - 1918/Age 93Y/Abigail Tomlinson/1824 - 1892/Age 68Y/Mother Father

    Photo/Scan: Photo 2/102205-020.jpg - Location: RH archives/Photo 8/102205/
    Property of Preparer

  9. ↑ Database On-line
    Ancestry.com. Indiana Deaths, 1882-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: Various Indiana county death records indexed by the Indiana Works Projects Administration. Indiana: circa 1938-1941.

    Acc781

    Location: RH Archives/SB7/Folder 20

  10. ↑ Book
    Index to Death Record Hamilton County [Indiana] 1882-1920, Vol 1 A-Z.

    Tomlinson, Noah - Male, White, 93 yrs old
    Date of Death: 22 Feb 1918
    Place of death: Washington Twp
    Cicero City Health Dept: Book H-5, page 40

    Compiled by Indiana WPA, 1942
    Repository: Hamilton East Public Library - Noblesville, Hamilton Co, Indiana - Call# 977.256 Deaths WOR

  11. ↑ ID0016 - Myron Foulke Robbins, Sr.
    Note 1, Family Sheet of Noah Tomlinson ID0765.
  12. ↑ Tombstone Inscription.

    Tomlinson/Noah Tomlinson/1824 - 1918/Age 93Y/Abigail Tomlinson/1824 - 1892/Age 68Y/Mother Father

    Photo/Scan: Photo 2/102205-020.jpg - Location: RH archives/Photo 8/102205/
    Property of Preparer

  13. ↑ Document, Misc
    Chester cemetery Listing - Hepl/Family History Vert Files/Hiatt, Tomlinson and Robbins.

    Row 7 Gravestone 5

    Acc919 RH Archives/SB7/Folder 31

  14. ↑ Portrait and Biographical Record of Madison and Hamilton CountiesIndiana. (Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1893,
    page 752.

    Acc794

    Location: SB7/Folder 21

  15. ↑ 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]

  16. ↑ Portrait and Biographical Record of Madison and Hamilton CountiesIndiana. (Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1893,
    Pg 752.
  17. ↑ 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]

  18. ↑ Portrait and Biographical Record of Madison and Hamilton CountiesIndiana. (Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1893,
    page 751.

    Acc794

    Location: SB7/Folder 21

  19. ↑ Portrait and Biographical Record of Madison and Hamilton CountiesIndiana. (Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1893,
    page 752.

    Acc794

    Location: SB7/Folder 21

  20. ↑ 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]

  21. ↑ T.B. Helm, (i)History of Hamilton County, Indiana, Reprint (/i) (Chicago, Evansville, IN: Kingman Brothers, Unigraphic, 1880, 1976)
    147.

    "Date of Settlement: 1837."

  22. ↑ Portrait and Biographical Record of Madison and Hamilton CountiesIndiana. (Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1893,
    page 751.

    Acc794

    Location: SB7/Folder 21

  23. ↑ , 1860 Census,,;.
    Year: 1860; Census Place: Washington, Hamilton, Indiana; Roll: M653_263; Page: 330; Image: 331.

    Ancestry.com. 1860 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Eighth Census of the United States, 1860. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1860. M653, 1,438 rolls.

    Acc749 Location: RH Archives/SB7/Folder 18

  24. ↑ 1850 Census
    : 1850; Census Place: Washington, Hamilton, Indiana; Roll: M432_148; Page: 7; Image: 336.

    Ancestry.com. 1850 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2005. Original data: United States of America, Bureau of the Census. Seventh Census of the United States, 1850. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1850. M432, 1,009 rolls.

    Acc779
    Location: RH Archives/SB7/Folder 20

  25. ↑ Portrait and Biographical Record of Madison and Hamilton CountiesIndiana. (Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL, 1893,
    page 752.

    Acc794

    Location: SB7/Folder 21

  26. ↑ John F Haines, (i)History of Hamilton County, Indiana.....(/i) (Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen, 1915)
    page 320-323.

    See Notes

    Acc903 RH Archives/SB7/Folder 30

  27. ↑ T.B. Helm, (i)History of Hamilton County, Indiana, Reprint (/i) (Chicago, Evansville, IN: Kingman Brothers, Unigraphic, 1880, 1976)
    147.

    "Farmer and dealer in Lumber."

  28. ↑ Newspaper Article
    Noblesville Daily Ledger - Friday, 9 Sep 1927, page 3.

    "Pagent to Depict Early History of Hamilton County"
    See Notes

    Acc902 RH Archives/SB7/Folder 30
    Transcription: c/aaa/genealogy/Tomlinson/newspaper article-pageant_09101927.doc

  29.   ID0016 - Myron Foulke Robbins, Sr..
  30.   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]

  31. ↑ For Further information see "A Biographical Sketch of the Life of Noah Tomlinson 1824-1918, by his son Asher Kellum Tomlinson", dated 24 April 1931. The copy of this document was obtained from Myron F. Robbins ID0016 and is kept in the Tomlinson/Documents folder.
    2. Also see "Portrait and Biographical Record of Madison and Hamilton Counties, Indiana, 1893, Pgs 751, 752
    1. Born in a log cabin in Hendricks Co., IN
    ==========================================

    Indiana Deaths
    Name: Noah Tomlinson
    Date: 22 Feb 1918
    Location: Washinton Township
    Age: 93 yrs
    Male
    Race: White
    Source loctation: City Health Office, Cicero
    Book H-5, page 40
    ======================================
    Portrait and Biographical Record of Madison and Hamilton Counties, 1893 -
    page 751: shows birthdate as October 13, 1824 - second son of Robert and Lydia (Kellum) Tomlinson
  32. ↑ Indiana Deaths

    Name: Noah Tomlinson
    Date: 22 Feb 1918
    Location: Washinton Township
    Age: 93 yrs
    Male
    Race: White
    Source loctation: City Health Office, Cicero
    Book H-5, page 40
  33. ↑ Chester Friends Cemetery, Washington Twp, Hamilton Co, IN
  34. ↑ "...is a prominent member of the Friends Church..." [Portrait and Biographical of Madison and Hamilton Counties - Acc794, page 752]


    "These children were all members of the Friends Church and were interested in its welfare." [Tomlinson Family Tree - Acc898, page 22]
  35. ↑ "Another outstanding monument to the memory of the Tomlinson boys is the petitioning for, and the building of the Range Line pike road from Westfleld to a point six miles north. The county records show that Noah Tomlinson headed the petition. Milton Tomlin­son plowed the first furrow for the grade" [Tomlinson Family Tree - Acc898, page 23]
  36. ↑ Portrait and Biographical of Madison and Hamilton Counties - page 751, 752
    "Our subject has held with efficient discharge of duties several important township ofices..."
  37. ↑ "Politically a Republican..." [Portrait and Biographical of Madison and Hamilton Counties - Page 752]

    "Politically they were Republicans. The position that their parents took against Negro slavery was taken up by the children and when the Republican party was organized it imbibed so nearly the principles that they held that they threw their influence that way and the boys became charter members of the party." [Tomlinson Family Tree - Acc898, page 23]
  38. ↑ Portrait and Biographical of Madison and Hamilton Counties - page 751
    "Immediately after his marriage Mr Tomlinson settled upon forty acres of land which his gather gave him. He remained on that farm until 1868....."
  39. ↑ 1860 Census - Acc749 - Shows occupation as farmer

    1850 US Census - Acc779 - Occupation: Farmer
  40. ↑ Robert and Lydia signed a petition to establish Chester Friends Church 31 March 1859
    "We, the Undersigned members of the Westfield Monthly Meeting, request the privilege of holding a meeting for worship and a preparative among ourselves to be known by the name of Chester, two miles north of the town of Westfield, in the county of Hamilton, in the state of Indiana. Said meeting to be held on the first and fourth day of each week, except first day of quarterly and fourth day of monthly meeting weeks. The preparative meeting to be held on fourth day before the last seventh day in each month.
    The petition was signed by Robert Tomlinson, Peter Rich, David Stalker, John Stalker, Joseph Moore, William Baldwin, Lydia Tomlinson, Prudence Jessup, Amy Rich, Annie Stalker, Deborah Moore, Mary Baldwin, Noah Tomlinson, Allen Tomlinson, Eli Carey, Isom Hiatt, Jonathan Carey, David Fodrea, Abigail Tomlinson, Martha A Tomlinson, Mary Carey, Asenath Hiatt, Eliza A Carey and Tamer Fodrea."
    "The ground upon which the meeting house was built was donated to the church by Allen Tomlinson to Joseph Moore, Allen Tomlinson and Noah Tomlinson, as trustees, in 1859." [History of Hamilton Co, Indiana - Haines, 1915 Acc903, page 320-323] -

    "...is a prominent member of the Friends Church..." [Portrait and Biographical of Madison and Hamilton Counties - Acc794 - page 752]
  41. ↑ Noblesville Daily Ledger - 9 Sept 1927, Page 3 - Acc902 -
    PAGENT TO DEPICT EARLY HISTORY OF HAMILTON COUNTY

    Activities of Underground Railroad Are to be Shown
    CAST MADE UP OF TOMLINSON FAMILY
    Will Be Given on Tomlinson Homestead Near Westfield

    A most unique pageant of ante-bellum days in Hamilton county will be staged Saturday evening at the home of Esther Tomlinson, a couple of miles north of Westfield and a half mile west of Chester church. It will be a story of John Rhodes, a slave and the underground railroad activities in Hamilton county during the middle of the forties. The scenes depicted in this pageant were arranged by
    [Picture of Robert Tomlinson and Wife]
    Asher Tomlinson and will represent actual incidents in Hamilton county which occurred in 1844.
    There will be a bi-annual reunion at the Esther Tomlinson home, Saturday
    [Picture of Noah Tomlinson]
    For the members of the family and friends who may happen in and the usual big dinner at the noon hour will ???? and the affair will be continued until
    [Picture of Milton Tomlinson]
    Evening when the occasion will be featured by the pageant, which will start at 7 o'clock.
    The public is invited. No admission will be charged. The entire cast will be composed of relatives of the Tomlinson family; This will be unusual in view of the fact that the members of the pioneer Tomlinson family in this county were very prominent in underground railroad activities.
    The story of John Rhodes is interesting and occurred in the western part of the county in 1844. Rhodes was originally a slave in Missouri; escaped from his master, worked for a while in Illinois and finally reached Hamilton county, locating in a log cabin southeast of Baker's Corner. After his master learned of his location, he, with several other slave owners came to Hamilton county for the purpose of claiming Rhodes as their property and taking him back with them. He refused to go and the people of his community stood behind him. The slave hunters came to Noblesville to file a case in court claiming their property and wanted Rhodes brought here, their principal object at that time being to get him out of the neighborhood where he seemed to have so many friends.
    Rhodes, his wife and children were finally loaded into a wagon and during the ride they escaped, presumably being permitted to do so purposely, and hid in a hay stack on the farm of Robert Tomlinson. Later they sought refuge on the farm of Aaron Lindley.
    Later, the slave owners filed a suit in the federal court at Indianapolis for the possession of Rhodes. The court held that Rhodes was a free man by virtue of having lived in Illinois, which was a free state, for the time required by law. This closed the incident and Rhodes and his family returned to Hamilton county and spent the remainder of their days here. AT the time he came to this part of the state he had only one child, but later there were three children in the family.
    All of these incidents as nearly true to life as possible will be depicted in this pageant
    The Esther Tomlinson homestead, on which this pageant will be given, was first owned, so far as the family history shows, by Robert Tomlinson, in 1837. It has been in the family ever since.
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