Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-03-17

years, and not making but little over
expenses, resigned 1t, and now holes
government office in this county. His
brother, John TomlinsOD, accompanied
him to Arizona, and assisted in carrying
on the business there. He was an ex-
Confederate, and, il the report OF his
comrades.in-arms be true, nObler or
Drawer soldier never wore the gray. be
wss aid to General Ferguson, .snd while
bssring an important dispatch during
the progress of one OF the severest bat
ties Of the war, ran into regiment OF
Federals, mlstaking them for part OF
Ferguson's men, when one OF them
seized bis horses bride. Thinking that
be might escape during the confusion OF
the fight, be shot the soldier dead, and
was soon after captured and taken be-
fore General sherman, who cursed
him. and threatened to nave
him Immediately shot, and would
doubtless have executed bis threat had
il not been for the influence OF General
Belknar, who was an intlm ate acquain-
lance OF another sister Of TOmlinsOD's
living in Keokuk, Iowa, then Mrs. Col
onel Worthington 1.-THE wife OF Federal
officer afterwsrd killed in battle in
Misscuri) now Mrs. Robert Bower, OF
Keokuk, and also the mother-in-laW
OF Henry Clews, the New York banker.
Johu Tomlinson wSs then cent to Fort
Delaware, where he suffered the usual
fortunes of northern prison for many
long months before he was exchanged.
He was also one Of the last men to part
with his chieftain, and Ihave sesn tears
ia his ewes as he related the ciIcum'
stance of his farewell hand-shaklng
with President Davis. He died of con-
sumption in HarrodsbuIg about year
ago, mis- death making the fourth one IN
the family of brothers and sisters OF the
same disease. The statement that he or
any of his brothers ever "killed three
men in Harrods6urg," or one, is false.
They are brave and chivalrous, but were
never known to seek difficulty.
Miss Carrie Tomlinson was real Sc
csssionist, and never hesitated to speak
her sentiments even when it was dam
gercus TO DO so. 1t was during visit TO
q sister la Keokuk Mrs. Worthington)
that she formed the acquaintance OF
General Bslknap, and not until long
after the capture and exchange OF her
Confederate brother. The circumstances
of her marriage to General Belknap, and
her death, are already familiar to the
public.
Miss Puss Tomlinson, as she was called
by her acquaintance here before her
marriage, was the youngest of the sis
tiers. She, too, met her first husband,
Mr.. John F. Bower, in Keokuk. They
were married in HsrrodsbuTg and re-
moved to Iowa, and afterWard to Gin
cinnatI, where Mr.. Bower became
partner in wholesal house. He died
on his return from Cuba, where he went
for the benefit Of his health, leaving his
wife what fortune he had, besides life
insurance policy Of twenty thousand
dollars.
Hon. George H. Pendleton, of Ohio,
a friePd and distant relative, became
Mrs. Bowers trustee, and it is said that
he SO successfully managed her estate as
to increase Its value to one hundred
thousand dollars. In politics she sided
with her twin brother, James A. Tom
linson, and sympathiZed with the boys
in blue. She once presented a Union
flag, made with her own hands, to Col
onel Landrum's regiment, and made a
public speech on the occasion, the first
ever made by female in our Centen-
NAL town, can add nothing to what
has been already said Of her since her
marriage to General Belknap.
Inc character OF the TWO bisteTS HueH
they resided among us plain country
folks was unexceptionable. They were
ladies OF cultivated tastes and refine
ment, aud admired extrsvagantly; and
the fact of their erring after their elevs-
ton to the highest social circle in the
land should rather be attributed to their
surroundings, their intimate relations
with leaders of rings and cliques, than
TO their earlier associations.
1 have mentioned, believe, every
membar of the family now living except
one, and she is at this writing lying at
the point of death. l allude to Mrs. A.
H. Bowman, wife of Collector Bowman,
of this district. She is reported to be
dying, and her brother, DR.. VIM. Tom.
linson, now in Washington, and other
relatives have bsen telegraphed to. A
reply from DR.. TOmlinson states that be
will be here by Monday night, though
the friends OF Mrs. Bowman have no
hope of her surviving mora than few
hours longer. Hers will add another
to the list Of deaths frnn consumption
in the TOmlinson family. lizard.