Wood & Torbert Families - James Kendrick Tomlinson

James Kendrick Tomlinson

b. 1814, d. 1865

James Kendrick Tomlinson was born in 1814 in Georgia.
He married Sarah Jemima Stallworth.
James Kendrick Tomlinson and Sarah Jemima Stallworth appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in Conecuh County, Alabama. Also in the household were sons William (age 6) and Augustus (2), and daughter M. C. (4.)
He was a farmer, according to the 1850 census.
James Kendrick Tomlinson appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Marlin PO, Falls County, Texas. Also in the household were sons William (age 15), John (10) and E. (5), and daughters Amanda (13), Augusta (11) and S. E. (1.)
He was a farmer, according to the 1860 census.
James Kendrick Tomlinson died in 1865.
His wife Sarah Jemima Stallworth became a widow at his death.
He was interred at Beulah Cemetery, Falls County, Texas, between Marlin and Lott.
For additional information, see The Handbook of Texas Online.
In 2014, descendant Chris Tomlinson published Tomlinson Hill: The Remarkable Story of Two Families Who Share the Tomlinson Name - One White, One Black (New York: Thomas Dunne Books).