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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

FRANK TOMLINSON.
    Frank Tomlinson, a cotton broker of Pine Bluff, was born in the city which
he still makes his home in the year 1874, his parents being Frank and Mary
(Bronson) Tomlinson. The father, a native of Florence, Alabama, was a son of Mr.
and Mrs. Moses Tomlinson, who lived for many years in the vicinity of Florence.
The father served with the Confederate army during the Civil war, joining the
troops when a mere boy and acting as orderly on the staff of one of the
generals. He served throughout the war and was wounded in action. Later in the
'60s he came to Pine Bluff and entered the employ of Jacob Fies. In 1870 he
established business on his own account as a general merchant and prospered as
the years passed by. He also accumulated extensive cotton acreage and was
prominently identified with the cultivation of that crop in his section of the
state. He wedded Mary Bronson, a daughter of Dr. Asa and Lucinda (Simpson)
Bronson. Her father was a native of Tennessee and was an extensive planter after
coming to Arkansas. Her mother was born in Fairfax county, Virginia. Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Tomlinson, Sr., became the parents of eight children, three of whom
are living: Louise, Asa and Frank. The others died in infancy. The daughter
married Will Nolan of New York and they had one son, Will, who served in the
World war. The father of this family died in 1SS8. The mother is living, now
making her home at Pine Bluff.

    Frank Tomlinson was educated in the schools of Pine Bluff and in Jordan's
Academy. He subsequently entered the coal business and later was engaged in
railroad office work. Since 1896 he has been engaged in the brokerage business
and in 1909 he entered the cotton business as a buyer and seller. He has made
for himself a creditable place in connection with the cotton industry in this
section of the country and he today has one thousand acres planted to cotton.
His business affairs are wisely and capably managed, owing to his diligence,
determination and laudable ambition.

    In 1897 Mr. Tomlinson was united in marriage to Miss Minnie Roane, a
daughter of Samuel C. and Minnie (Hunn) Roane. They have become parents of three
children: Frank Roane, May and Horace Hunn. Fraternally Mr. Tomlinson is
connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. During the World war he
served as county chairman of the Liberty Loan drives and as district chairman of
the War Savings Stamps campaign. He was also active on the County Council of
Defense and in connection with the Red Cross, doing everything in his power to
maintain the stability of the home lines, which constituted the financial
defense of the firing lines on the western front in Europe. Mr. Tomlinson has
always lived in Pine Bluff and his history is as an open book, which all may
read. Diligence, adaptability and perseverance have been marked features in his
success, which has increased year by year and which is the merited and
legitimate outcome of his personal effort.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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