Tarrant County, Texas -- Tomlin Cemetery ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** TOMLIN CEMETERY Transcribed: February 2002 First revision, March 2002 Richard W. "Rick" Atkinson rick.atkinson@chase.com 907 Purdue Dr., Arlington TX 76012 Location: The west dead-end of Tomlin Ln. from N. Davis Dr., Arlington, Tarrant Co., TX, 76012. From Fort Worth, exit I30 at Fielder, turn north to Lamar Dr., east to Davis, then north on Davis. From Dallas, exit I30 at Cooper and turn west on Lamar to Davis, then north on Davis. From north of Arlington, go south on FM 157 (Industrial/Collins), west on Green Oaks Blvd to Davis, then south on Davis. On Davis Dr., find the city street sign for 2300 N. Davis and turn west on Tomlin Ln. The cemetery is about a half mile west of Davis; Tomlin Ln. dead- ends at the cemetery's private parking area. Wrought Iron Arch over the Cemetery Entrance: "TOMLIN CEMETERY IN REMEMBERENCE OF BESSIE T. HENDERSON" Texas State Historical Marker: "TOMLIN CEMETERY THIS CEMETERY WAS FIRST USED IN THE 1870s BY THE WILKINSONS, A PIONEER FAMILY WHOSE GRAVES ARE MARKED BY CLUSTERS OF ROCKS. MEMBERS OF THE ANGEL FAMILY ARE ALSO BURRIED HERE. THE OLDEST DATED GRAVESTONE IS THAT OF VIRGINIA NATIVE SOLOMON TOMLIN (B.1825), A HORSEMAN AND FARMER WHO MIGRATED WITH HIS FAMILY TO TEXAS IN THE 1860s. HE DIED ON JULY 9, 1884. HIS SON JAMES TIVES "BUCK" TOMLIN (1852-1934), A NOTED BREADER OF FINE RACING HORSES, BOUGHT THE CEMETERY PROPERTY IN 1888. IT HAS SINCE BEEN DESIGNATED TO SERVE THE DECENDENTS OF THE TOMLIN FAMILY. (1982)" Family Name Listing: ANGEL FANNING HAMLIN METCALF SOUDER ARWINE FAULKNER HARRISON MOAK SOUTHERLAND BRAY FRANKS HART PRIKRYL STROTHER BREWER FULLER HASTING REECE TOLLIVER BRISLAWN GARRETT HENDERSON ROBERTS TOMLIN CAMPBELL GRAHAM HURST ROBEY WEST DUNCAN GRIFFIN KNOTT ROBINSON WILKINSON ELKINS GRIMMETT LIGHT ROWLING WILSON ELLINGTON GRUBBS MATHIS SHOEMAKE Headstones: Note: 1. Transcriber's notes are in [brackets] and in lower case. All marker information is capitalized; all names standardized as last name first; all dates standardized as month/day/year; some punctuation added for clarity. No additional inscription data included unless helpful to genealogical research. 2. The headstone rows run generally south to north. The transcription begins at the southwest corner of the cemetery [Row 1] with markers listed from south to north. Each additional row is to the east. 3. Thanks to Margie Elaine (Wilkinson) O'Neal for information on the six unidentified WILKINSON and ELLINGTON family graves in Row 9. [Southwest Corner of Cemetery, Beginning South End of Row 1] BREWER, BRADLEY WAYNE, APR 27,1964 - MAY 21, 1983 TOMLIN ROBERT OSCAR, JUL 6, 1921 - JUL 11, 1991 ISABEL E. AROZAMENA NOV 1, 1921 - JUN 9, 1976 GRIFFIN, GARLAND, MAR 2, 1936 - OCT 19, 2000 WEST, JARED ADAM, JAN 8, 1993, SON OF JERRY & PENNIE WEST [Infant style marker] MATHIS, PAUL RAY, NOV 16, 1938 - SEP 5, 1983 [Beginning South End of Row 2] MOAK (MOTHER) MARY MARTHA (ROBINSON) APR 28, 1916 [No other date] GRUBBS MARY ANDREWS (MOM), JAN 11, 1922 - MAY 27, 2001 WILLIAM HERSCHEL (DADDY), DEC 12, 1920 - DEC 29,1997 [footmarker] WILLIAM H. GRUBBS, S SGT, U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS, WORLD WAR II, DEC 12, 1920 - DEC 29, 1997 [Beginning South End of Row 3] FULLER CLARENCE EARL, MAR 3, 1916 - OCT 3, 1986 LOLA PEARL, JAN 23, 1919 [No other date] TOGETHER FOREVER, MARRIED JUL 18, 1936 ROBINSON, WILLIAM HAMPTON (FATHER), APR 7, 1904 - JUL 26, 1989 ROBINSON, PEARL FRANCES (MOTHER), JUN 24, 1903 - DEC 6, 1965 GARRETT HELEN R., MAY 9, 1921 [No other date] HERMAN L., MAY 11, 1920 - JUL 24, 1993 GARRETT, INFANT SON OF HERMAN & HELEN, JUN 21, 1946 - AUG 4, 1946 ROBINSON, BEN F. (DADDY), 1876 - 1938 ROBINSON, MARY L. (MAMA), 1880 - 1963 SOUDER RICHARD J., FEB 21, 1898 - AUG 26, 1943 JAMES E., MAY 27, 1925 - DEC 10, 1927 WILLIAM D., JUL 23, 1922 [No other date] EMMA H. (ROBINSON), JAN 28, 1899 - JAN 5, 1998 R. J., NOV 10, 1920 - JAN 3, 1921 GRUBBS, WILLIAM H., S SGT U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS, WORLD WAR II DEC 12, 1920 - DEC 29, 1997 FAULKNER LELA ROBINSON, OCT 26, 1913 - JAN 8, 1998 LEONARD K., U.S. ARMY, JAN 6, 1913 - JUN 26, 1997 [Beginning South End of Row 4] TOMLIN HOMER L., SEP 23, 1915 - SEP 22, 1996 [Foot marker] HOMER LEE TOMLIN, U.S. NAVY, WORLD WAR II, SEP 23, 1915 - SEP 22, 1996 MARION W., SEP 16, 1915 - JAN 17, 1997 HURST JULINA M., APR 16, 1898 - FEB 4, 1978 WILLIAM R., NOV 15, 1894 - JAN 6, 1973 MARRIED FEB 10, 1917 TOMLIN, W.H., 1863 - 1927 TOMLIN, INA, 1880 - 1944 TOMLIN, JAMES E., 1906 - 1914 TOMLIN, JOE S., OCT 19, 1900 - MAY 2, 1954 TOMLIN, PAUL P., SR., JAN 8, 1912 - JUL 1, 1974 TOMLIN, JAMES T., TEXAS, PFC 138 INFANTRY 35 DIV, WORLD WAR I NOV 12, 1896 - NOV 15, 1951 TOMLIN SARAH ELLEN, DEC 10, 1872 - DEC 7, 1949 PHIL F., JAN 8, 1867 - MAY 10, 1941 TOMLIN, HENRY, 1898 - 1899 HASTING, MRS. NANCY, FEB 16, 1839 - FEB 4, 1914 HASTING, JAMES M., TEXAS, MASTER SGT. 59 INF. 4 DIV. MAY 10, 1934 [No other date] WILSON, KENNETH RONALD, NOV 17, 1963 - JAN 30, 1964 [Infant style marker] ROBEY, RICHARD LEE, JUL 25, 1966 [No other date; Infant style marker] WILSON, JOSEPH E., APR 27, 1898 - AUG 26, 1972 SOUTHERLAND, ETHEL TOMLIN, AUG 13, 1905 - JUN 28, 1994 [Beginning South End of Row 5] BRAY, WILLIAM DURWOOD ("BILLY"), JUN 24, 1972 - JUN 28, 1992, DEAR AND BELOVED SON OF ALICIA C. TOMLIN TOMLIN JOANNA, DEC 25, 1934 - FEB 27, 1991 TROY, JUL 10, 1938 [No other date] MARRIED DEC 30, 1970 TOMLIN VIOLA, NOV 18, 1913 - FEB 9, 1988 C. W. (RED), JUN 3, 1908 - MAY 23, 1997 MARRIED JUN 9, 1936 FANNING, J. R., NOV 21, 1923 - AUG 1975 [No day given] [Adjacent military marker] J. R. FANNING, WORLD WAR II NOV 21, 1922 - JUL 28, 1975 [Note: date variance] FANNING, MYRTLE C., MAR 2, 1905 - OCT 30, 1982 SOUDER, SUE, 1900 - 1973 HASTING, FLORENCE TOMLIN, MOTHER, 1875 - 1946 TOMLIN, JOE, JUL 29, 1861 - OCT 10, 1908 (WOODMEN OF THE WORLD MEMORIAL) TOMLIN, BERTA, DEC 25, 1899 - JAN 29, 1900 [Infant style headstone] TOMLIN, GRACIE, JAN 19, 1892 - JAN 26, 1900 [Infant style headstone] TOMLIN, EDWARD, 1917 - 1918 TOMLIN, SIMMI, OCT 27, 1888 - FEB 8, 1890 [Infant style headstone] TOMLIN, BENNIE F., FEB 24, 1901 - JUL 5, 1906 TOMLIN, SOLOMON, 1825 - 1884 TOMLIN, JULINA J., WIFE OF SOLOMON TOMLIN, JUN 14, 1832 - JUL 3, 1915 TOMLIN, FRANK SOLOMON, 1866 - 1891 GRAHAM MARY EUNICE, FEB 1, 1910 [No other date] THOMAS E., JUL 14, 1909 - MAY 12, 2001 ONE SON, JONNIE B. HART, JUN 14, 1941, INFANT SON OF MR. & MRS. J. E. HART ELKINS, MARY E., JUL 27, 1847 - APR 13, 1885, WIFE OF J. W. ELKINS TOMLIN FRIEDA, MAR 3, 1922 - JUL 8, 2001 JACK F., AUG 3, 1926 - OCT 13, 1989 [Beginning South End of Row 6] TOMLIN JAMES ARDELL, NOV 4, 1904 [No other date] [Mason, 32nd Degree Mason and Shriner emblems] ELFRIEDA (KEETA), MAR 20, 1911 - MAR 15, 1998 [Order of the Eastern Star emblem] MARRIED DEC 31, 1930 TOMLIN JOHN WILLIAM, AUG 3, 1882 - MAY 9, 1964 MINNIE BELL, MAR 21, 1881 - JUL 25, 1969 TOMLIN, JESSE MONTEVILLE, TEXAS, PVT. 129 M.G. BN. 35 DIV. AUG 21, 1932 [No other date] TOMLIN MARTHA E., OCT 24, 1862 - NOV 11, 1948 JAMES T., MAR 27, 1852 - MAR 30, 1934 LIGHT, LEE, 1866 - 1933 LIGHT, MARY YOUNG, JUN 19, 1816 - JAN 25, 1901 HARRISON, TOMLIN, INFANT SON, APR 4, 1924 HARRISON PEARL, DEC 7, 1893 - MAR 14, 1975 [Foot marker] MAMMA W. LESLIE, NOV 11, 1893 - MAR 21, 1971 [Foot marker] DADDY MARRIED MAY 30, 1915 HARRISON, MARTHA LOU, MAY 13, 1938 [No other date] TOMLIN GENEVA, 1907 [No other date] OSCAR, 1903 - 1981 MARRIED JAN 16, 1924 TOMLIN, JACK F., SGT U.S. MARINE CORPS, AUG 3, 1926 - OCT 13, 1989 TOMLIN BARBARA JOE, MAR 6, 1933 [No other date] DONALD JOE, JUL 18, 1932 - SEP 12, 2001 TOMLIN, LISA DONNELLE, OCT 22, 1970 - OCT 24, 1970 [Beginning South End of Row 7] DUNCAN, RONNIE J., JUN 16, 1964 - JUN 16, 1964 [Infant style marker] TOMLIN ETHEL, APR 5, 1898 - JUN 5, 1978, MOTHER HARVEY, NOV 4, 1896 - JAN 14, 1970, FATHER TOMLIN, RUSSELL FRANK, MAR 10, 1918 - MAR 14, 1985 REECE MILDRED T., DEC 4, 1920 [No other date] JESSE A., FEB 20, 1919 - DEC 16, 1995 MARRIED SEP 2, 1943, OUR SON JIM TOMLIN MARY EVELYN, JUN 15, 1913 [No other date] JOHN ROY, NOV 23, 1906 - APR 16, 1988 OUR CHILDREN: LINDA AND PATRICIA CAMPBELL, JACK ARNOLD, TEXAS, MAJOR, U.S. ARMY, VIETNAM OCT 1, 1935 - NOV 23, 1971, BSM-AM [Footmarker] JACK ARNOLD CAMPBELL, OCT 1, 1935 - NOV 23, 1971 307 [Unelevated concrete marker with painted number only] ROBERTS BESSIE L., AUG 3, 1905 - JAN 17, 1988 [Inscribed below] BESSIE T. HENDERSON [Note: Middle initial variance] JOHN H., APR 4, 1901 - NOV 7, 1953 HENDERSON, ROBERT LEE (BOB), FEB 12, 1906 - DEC 26, 1974 [Footmarker] ROBERT L. HENDERSON, TEC4, U.S. ARMY FEB 12, 1906 - DEC 26, 1974 HAMLIN, IVALEIGH, NOV 5, 1951 - MAR 26, 1960 DAUGHTER OF MARY HARRISON & LESTER HAMLIN HAMLIN MARY I., SEP 17, 1926 [No other date] LESTER F., NOV 16, 1923 - OCT 29, 1989 [Footmarker] LESTER F. HAMLIN, U.S. ARMY AIR CORPS, WORLD WAR II NOV 16, 1923 - OCT 29, 1989 [Beginning South End of Row 8] PRIKRYL GILBERT, NOV 15, 1934 [No other date] GLADYS CARYL, DEC 21, 1941 - AUG 21, 1983 MARRIED APR 6, 1960 OUR CHILDREN - JAY, CHRISTI, ROWDY SHOEMAKE, PEGGY, FEB 23, 1924 - AUG 24, 1986 FRANKS MAMIE HELEN (TOMLIN), MAR 21, 1902 - JUL 13, 1985 ROBERT W., APR 25, 1917 - DEC 13, 1987 ARWINE, EMMA METCALF, 1854 - 1898 METCALF, ANGEL, MAR 9, 1913, INF. DAU. OF WM. E. & ELIZA METCALF METCALF, OSCAR A., TEXAS PVT., 38 U.S. VOL. INF., APR 26, 1935 [No other date] GRIMMETT LELA ELLEN, DEC 28, 1895 - JUL 10, 1983 [Footmarker] LELA CHARLES C., JAN 9, 1893 - APR 7, 1971 [Footmarker] CHARLIE [Beginning South End of Row 9 - See Note Number 3] [WILKINSON] 132 [Unelevated concrete marker with painted number only] [Original native stone marker read: "M.W."] [Individual unknown: possible child of Daniel Taylor and Amanda Kate (ARWINE)WILKINSON] [WILKINSON] D.T.W. AGE 11 MO., 6 D [Original native stone marker read: "D.T.W. AGE 11 MONTHS 6 DAYS"] [Individual unknown: possibly Davis T. WILKINSON, infant son of Daniel Taylor and Amanda Kate (ARWINE) WILKINSON] [WILKINSON] 166 [Unelevated concrete marker with painted number only] [Original native stone marker read: "J.P.W."] [J. Pinkerton WILKINSON, brother of Willie A. (WILKINSON) ELLINGTON] [WILKINSON] 186 [Unelevated concrete marker with painted number only] [Original native stone marker read: "Infant of D.T. & A.K.W."] [Infant child of Daniel Taylor and Amanda Kate (ARWINE) WILKINSON] [ELLINGTON] 197 [Unelevated concrete marker with painted number only] [Original native stone marker read: "A.E."] [Allen ELLINGTON] [ELLINGTON] 208 [Unelevated concrete marker with painted number only] [Original native stone marker read: "W.A.E."] [Willie A. (Wilkinson) ELLINGTON, sister of Daniel Taylor WILKINSON] HARRISON RUTH CRIBBS, MAR 4, 1918 - JAN 21, 2000 [Foot marker] RUTHIE HERBERT W., MAR 15, 1920 [No other date] MARRIED OCT 20, 1943 1 [Unelevated concrete marker with painted number only] HARRISON MILDRED DENNING, AUG 8, 1936 [No other date] [Obverse: DUVCW, UDC, CSDIW, NSDU emblems] JAMES THOMAS, MAY 1, 1934 [No other date] [Obverse: U.S. Navy emblem] MARRIED DEC 29, 1956 [Beginning South End of Row 10] ANGEL, ELIZABETH DAVIS, 1798 - 1880 (GRANDMOTHER ANGEL) HARRISON, JAMES DWIGHT, DEC 3, 1957 [No other date] [Beginning South End of Row 11] ROWLING, ARTHUR LEE, APR 4, 1869 - NOV 16, 1951 124 [Unelevated concrete marker with painted number only] 123 [Unelevated concrete marker with painted number only] ANGEL, H.P. [No other discernible information. This pre-Tomlin ANGEL family grave is covered with three large native sandstone stones cut flat and angled downward at the edges. The name is scratched into the angled portion of the front stone. There are no other graves like it in the cemetery.] [Beginning South End of Row 12] BRISLAWN, CASSANDRA K. ("CASSIE"), MAR 27, 1966 [No other date] BRISLAWN, LINDA KAY, DEC 4, 1943 - MAY 26, 1997 HARRISON, WILLIAM JOSEPH, DEC 26, 1928 - MAY 26, 1982 [Foot marker] WILLIAM JOSEPH HARRISON, CPL U.S. MARINE CORPS, KOREA, DEC 26, 1928 - MAY 26, 1982 KNOTT, EDNA HARRISON, DEC 21, 1934 - AUG 23, 1993 TOLLIVER, JAMES WILLARD, JAN 14, 1948 - AUG 4, 1998 [Foot marker] JAMES WILLARD TOLLIVER, A1C U.S. AIR FORCE, JAN 14, 1948 - AUG 2, 1998 [Beginning South End of Row 13] STROTHER HAROLD, APR 20, 1924 [No other date] JEAN TOMLIN, JUL 16, 1926 - DEC 19, 2000