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 TOMLINSON

TOOMBS

Continentals (1896); Tecumseh's Young Braves (1897); Washington''s Yoimg Aide (1897); Boys li'ith Old Hickory (1898); Two Young Patriots (1898); Ward Hill the Senior (1898); Camping on the St. Lawrence (1899): A Jersey Boy in the Revolution (1899); In the Hands of the Redcoats (1901); TJie House Boat on the St. Laivrence (1901); Elder Soi'se (1902), and Under Colonial Colors (1902). He was residing in Elizabeth, N.J., in 1903.

TOMLINSON, Gideon, senator, was born in Stratford, Conn.. Dec. 31, 1780. He was a grand- son of the Tomlinson who was an officer in the army that effected the capture at Ticonderoga, May 10, 1775. He was graduated from Yale, A. B. , 1803; was admitted to the bar, and began prac- tice in Fairfield. Conn. He was a representa- tive from Connecticut in the 16th-19th congresses, 1819-27; was governor of Connecticut, 1827-31, and U.S. senator from Connecticut, 1831-37. He received the degree of A.M. from Yale, 1808, the degree of LL.D. from Trinity in 1827, and was a trustee of the Trinity college, 1832-36. He died in Fairfield. Conn.. Oct. 8. 1854.

TOMPKINS, Daniel D., vice-president of the United States, was born in Scarsdale, N.Y., June 21, 1774; son of Jonathan S. Tompkins, the patriot. Daniel was graduated from Columbia college in 1795, and practised law in New York city. He was a leader of the Anti-Federalist party in New York state, during the party struggle of 1799- 1801; was a delegate to the constitutional convention of 1801; a member of the state assembly; appointed associate justice of the state supreme court in 1804, and was governor of New York, 1808-13. On the abolition of the United States bank, and the intended establishment of the Bank of North America in New York, he prorogued the state legislature and thus temporarily delayed the establishment of the bank; but the legislature passed the bill at its next session. In 1812. Gov- ernor Tompkins was active in organizing troops, and contributed largely to the prosecution of the war with Great Britain. He advanced the means to maintain the U.S. Military academy at West Point, and to carry on the manufacturing of arms at Springfield, Mass. He was appointed by President Madison secretary of state to succeed James Monroe, but declined the appointment;

was nominated for Vice-President of the United States on the ticket with James Monroe for Pres- ident, elected in 1816, re-elected in 1820, serving, 1816-24. He was proposed for candidate for gov- ernor in 1820, and was a delegate to the state constitutional convention of 1821. During the political canvass of 1820, he was accused of em- bezzling funds during the war of 1812, and as a result of the charges his mind became unbal- lanced. He was a founder of the New York His- torical society and a regent of the University of the State of New York. He died on Staten Island, N.Y., June 11, 1825.

TOOLE, Joseph Kemp, governor of Montana, was born in Savannah, Mo., May 12, 1851; son of Edwin and Lucinda (Shepherd) Toole; and grand- son of Daniel and Marj' Elizabetli Toole. He at- tended the public schools of St. Joseph, Mo., and the Western Military academy. New Castle. Ky., 1867-69; studied law; removed to Helena. Mont., in 1870, and was admitted to the bar in 1871. He was district attorney of the third judicial district, 1872-76; a member and president of the Ter- ritorial legislature, 1879-83; a member of the constitutional conventions of 1883 and 1889, and a Democratic delegate to the 49th and 50th con- gresses, 1885-89, where he used his influence in securing the admission of the territories of Montana, Washington and the Dakotas into the Union. He was elected the first governor of IMontana in 1889, being the only Democrat elected on the state ticket, and served until Jan. 1, 1893. He was married. May 7, 1890, to Lily, daughter of Gen. William Starke and Anna Eliza Rose- crans. He was again elected governor of Mont- ana in 1900, by the regular Democrats and the People's party for the term expiring Jan. 1, 1905.

TOOMBS, Robert Augustus, statesman, was born in Wilkes county, Ga., July 2. 1810; son of Maj. Robert and Catherine (Huling) Toombs; grandson of Gabriel and Ann Toombs, and great grandson of William Toombs, who came to Vir- ginia from England about 1650. Gabriel Toombs, a soldier under Braddock, in 1755, died in 1801, leaving a widow, two sons, Robert and Dawson Gabriel, and four daughters. Maj. Robert Toombs commanded a Virginia regiment during the Revolution, rendering conspicuous service in Georgia against the British. He was awarded a grant of 3000 acres of land in Wilkes county in 1783, as a distinguished soldier of the Virginia line. When he came to Georgia to take posses- sion of this grant, he settled on Beaverdara Creek, five miles from the court house in Wash- ington. He had previously married Miss Sand- ers of Columbia county, who died childless, and after her death he visited Iiis old home in Vir- ginia, where he married, secondly, Miss Catlett, who bore him one son, and soon after died. He