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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Calhoun County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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Huphrey A. Tomlinson, a resident of Calhoun County, Hampton post office. Polk Township, was born in Iredell County, N.C., March 15, 1824, the third child born to Archibald and Margaret (Claywell) Tomlinson, natives of Maryland and Virginia, respectively. They settled in North Carolina, and from there, in 1840, they moved to Fulton County, Ga., where they continued to reside until 1864. They then emigrated to Albany, Ga., where they both died in 1866. Our subject was partially raised in North Carolina, and partly in Georgia, and in both of these States he attended the common schools, and received such an education as these schools afforded. At the age of twenty- one, he began doing for himself. He first engaged in railroading, which he followed for thirteen years, then farmed for two years, and then returned to railroading, which pursuit he followed for twenty-one years. In March, 1862, he enlisted in the Confederate service, and served as orderly sergeant under Capt. Williams, in the Nineteenth Arkansas Regiment, where he continued to serve until the close of the war. The principal engagement he was in, was the battles of Baker Creek and Big Black in 1863, when he was captured and taken to Fort Delaware, where he lay in prison for four months. From there he was carried to Point Lookout, Md., where he was confined in prison four months more. He was then carried to Richmond and exchanged on parole. He then lay in Richmond about one month, and from there returned to his home in Union County, Ark., when he was ordered to report, which he did, and served under Capt. John Meek, until the close of the war. Mr. Tomlinson was married in 1854, to Miss M. A. V. Harrison, a native of Georgia, daughter of William and Nancy Harrison. To this union there were born thirteen children, eight of whom are living. They are as follows: William A., Georgia M., Margaret C, Humphrey A., Nettie, Robert L., Rollin A and Irma. Since 1865 our subject has been engaged in farming, at which he has been unusually successful. He and his son, William A., own 360 acres of land, with 100 under cultivation. Mrs. Tomlinson died November 4, 1880. Mr. Tomlinson and seven of the family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. In his political views he affiliates with the Democratic party, and takes an active part in politics. Mr. Tomlinson is a member of the Masonic fraternity, which he joined in Griffin, Ga., in 1845. He is also a leading member of the Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union of Calhoun County. He takes a deep interest in all public enterprises, and is held in high esteem by his neighbors and all who know him.

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This family biography is one of 67 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Calhoun County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Calhoun County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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