Biography of Thomas H. Tomlinson, page 945.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Thomas H. Tomlinson, Auditor of De Kalb County, Ind., is a native of 
Ireland, and was born at Arklow, Wicklow County, Sept. 14, 1837, a son of 
John and Mary Tomlinson. Before he was three years of age his father died, 
and thus at a very early age he was obliged to battle with the world. When 
he was ten years of age, in 1847, he came with his mother to the United 
States and settled in Wilmington Township, De Kalb Co., Ind., near the 
present site of Butler.  When a mere boy he worked out as a day laborer, and 
thus maintained and educated himself.  In 1862, at Butler, he enlisted in 
the Union army as a private in Company A, Eighty-eighth Indiana Infantry, 
and served till the close of the war.  He was mustered out in 1865.  After 
his return home he taught school during the winter and worked as a farm hand 
the rest of the year. In November, 1882, he was elected on the Democratic 
ticket, Auditor of De Kalb County for a term of four years.  He is well 
qualified for the position, and makes an efficient officer.  In the spring 
of 1866 Mr. Tomlinson was married to Mary E. Freman, who died in September, 
1877, leaving three children---Martha I., Laura A. and George.  In 
November, 1879, he was married to Mary Teutsch.  They have one daughter---
Dette Leola.

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