National Republican., 1883-06-21
DEATH OF noN. T. L. TuLLooK.
The city Postmaster Dies st Atlantic
City-sketch OF His Life.

city-sketch OF His Life.
HonlThomas L. Tullocb, the city postmas-
ter, who has for some time been in i'll health,
and who went to Atlantic City, N. j., about
q mouth ago. hoping to recover his strength,
died at tho Seabright house. at that place,
Yesterday morning at $50 o'clock. His i'll
health dates from about the middle Of last
March, when he had an attack of pneumonia,
which confined him 10 his house for about ton
days. Upon coming out he had relapse,
from which he never fully recovered. In
April, hoping TO be benefited, he went to Will
mington N. c., where he remained few
weeks, but obtained no relief. He then re-
turned here. and on tho twenty third of May
left for Atlantic City, where, as already stated,
his death took place.
Mrs Tullock and her son Henry were pres
ent with him at the time of his death, and
his son, Seymour Tullook, reached there
shortly afterward. Mr.. Tullock was sixty
three years of age.
When the telegram announcing his demise
was received by Assistant Postmaster f. B..
Conger yesterday morning 1t caused deep re-
gret among the officers and employees of the
office with whom Mr.. Tullock had been for so
many years associated. Mr.. Tullock had
served under his predecessors for some years
as the financial clerk of the office, and was
appointed TO succeed Col. Anger November
25 last. During his short term of Office he
had continued the improvements in the local
mail service which were begun by his prede-
cessor and he had made many improvements
In carrying out his plans he often worked fit-
teen OF sixteen hours n day. and IL is likely
that oyerwork contributed to the causes that
led to his death. Mr.. George II. Plant, jr.,
chief clerk of the postoffice, was dispatched
at once by Mr.. Conger to make necessary ar
rangements for tho funeral. Tho city post
office building and the stations at Georgetown
and Capitol hill were appropriately draped in
mourning and the flag on the main building
placed at half mast.
Thomas Logan Tullock was born in Ports
mouth, n. H.. Feb. II, 1920. His father was
native of Stromness, Scotland. He was ed
ucated at the public schools of Portsmouth.
His first business in life was that of n clerk in
an auctioneer's counting room. When he left
this employment he became the confidential
clork Of Col. Samuel Gooken, postmaster at
Portsmouth, which was then one of the five
distributing postofices in New England.
He remained in that position until 1912,
when ho resigned and went to New York
city, where he was employed as publishing
agent in a newspaper establishment. In 1916
he was principal bookkoeper in wholesale
importing hardware house in the city of New
York. lie continued to fill such positions
from time to time until 1s46, when he was
made the principal clerk of the postoifice Of
New York city by q postmaster of opposite
politics.
He was also connected with other business
enterprises. From May, 1549, to May, 1858
no was postmaster ut Portsmouth. From
May, 1858, to June, 1858, he was the treasurer
of the Portsmouth aud Concord railway. In
1850 he was elected by the New Hampshire
legislature secretary of state, and held that
otfico three years.
From May, 1861, to August, 1865 Mr. Tul-
lock was navy agent at Portsmouth, n. H.,
whore many vessels of war were built, re.
paired, and equipped during his term of
Office. In 1865 he was elected secretary of
the Union republican congressional committee
at Washington, ID. G. He was subsequently
elected to the same position in 1870 and 1892
and also treasurer in 1850, but, owing to press
of other business he had to decline the ap-
pointments.
In March, 1869, he was appointed chief OF
the appointment division of tho United States
treasury under Secretary Boutwell,, and in
the following August was appointed collector
of internal revenue for the District of Column
bia. He held this office until the district was
consolidated with the third revenue district
of Maryland, 1876. On the eighth of October
1877, he was appointed assistant postmaster
by Postmaster Edmunds of this city, and re-
mained in that post until he took charge OF
The financial department of the Office in Au-
gust, 1880. In November last when Mr.. Ain
ger was removed, he was appointed postmaster
of Washington. Since Mr. Tullock has made
his home in Washington, in 1866, he
has been engaged in many public enterprises
and his name figures in the directory OF
some Of the most important business concerns
of the city. Mr.. Tullock became a member
of the Methodist Episcopal church in 1S4l
aud since his residence here was an active
member of the Metropolitan Methodist Epis
copal church. He was Mason, and had at
taned almost the highest honors of the order
T,,n alr kry,oa ,a1 10 HAas
his first wife, who was Miss Emily Estel
Rogers, of Philadelphia, in 1874. This lady
died in January, 1855, leaving two children
His second wife, the present Mrs. Tullock
whose name before marriage was Mirandf
Barney Swain, ho married in January, 1866
dispatch was received from Mr.. Seymou
w. Tullock that his fathers remains woult
leave Atlantic City for Washington this morn
ing, arriving here about o'clock this after
noon.