Thomas Arthur Walthall Jr.

b. 12 September 1878, d. 2 August 1937
  • Thomas Arthur Walthall Jr. was born on 12 September 1878 in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama.
  • Thomas Arthur Walthall and Mary LeGrand Weaver appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Thomas Arthur Walthall Jr., Margaret LeGrand Walthall and Margaret (?)
  • Thomas Arthur Walthall and Mary LeGrand Weaver appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Thomas Arthur Walthall Jr., Robert Kennon Walthall, Mary LeGrand Walthall, Milton Paul Walthall, Margaret LeGrand Cameron, Natalie R. Cameron and Eugenia LeGrand Cameron.
  • He married Melanie Pollard, daughter of George W. Pollard and Willie A. Smith, in 1901.
  • Thomas Arthur Walthall Jr. and Melanie Pollard appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Melanie Walthall, Thomas Arthur Walthall III, George W. Pollard and Mary E. Pollard.
  • He was self-employed as a cotton broker, according to the 1910 census.
  • Thomas Arthur Walthall Jr. and Melanie Pollard appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Melanie Walthall and Thomas Arthur Walthall III.
  • He was proprietor of a general store, according to the 1920 census.
  • Thomas Arthur Walthall Jr. and Melanie Pollard appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama. Other members of the household included Thomas Arthur Walthall III and Mary LeGrand Weaver.
  • He was employed as manager of a gin & warehouse, according to the 1930 census.
  • Thomas Arthur Walthall Jr. died on 2 August 1937 at age 58 in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama.
  • His wife Melanie Pollard became a widow at his death.
  • See "T. A. Walthall and Sons Records, 1912-1971," W.S. Hoole Special Collections Library, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa.
         Biographical/Historical Note: Thomas Arthur Walthall, Jr., the son of Thomas Arthur and Mary LeGrand Weaver Walthall, was born September 12, 1878, in Newbern, Hale County, Alabama. As a prominent member of the agricultural sector, he built a cotton gin in 1912, which served farmers from Hale and surrounding counties. T.A. Walthall, Jr. married Melanie Pollard in 1901 and produced three sons: T.A. Walthall III, George Pollard Walthall and Robert LeRoy Walthall. After T.A. Walthall, Jr. died in 1937, his three sons continued the family’s agricultural role in the community by operating, at different periods, two cotton gins and a dairy farm. Beyond these activities, the family sold cotton seed and fertilizer and provided cotton storage in their warehouse.
  • Last Edited: 15 Jan 2014

Family: Melanie Pollard b. 20 November 1877, d. 4 June 1939