Tomzen's mother Mahala was the daughter of Thompson & Rebecca Hardesty-Porter. Tomzen was probably named after his maternal grandfather. He was a successful business man in Broughton with a dry goods store.
His father, Eli Gholson, lived for a time near Walpole before settling near the Gholson Cemetery which he established as well as being a part of the first subscription school that was built on the same land. He had one of the first grist mills in that section of Illinois. His untimely and early death at 33 left his eldest son Tomzen only ten years of age with the feeling of responsibility for his three younger brothers Wesley, John & Felix heavy on his young shoulders.
In 1850, March 6th just nineteen years old, he married first, Mary Elizabeth Gaines, daughter of his stepfather. Four babies followed in rapid succession and his wife died Nov. 7, 1875 in Hamilton Co. Il. On January 16th of that year he married a second time - the widow, Mrs. Nancy Permelia Dawes, whose maiden name was Clary. To this union two other children were born in 1879 and 1882.
His father, Eli Gholson, lived for a time near Walpole before settling near the Gholson Cemetery which he established as well as being a part of the first subscription school that was built on the same land. He had one of the first grist mills in that section of Illinois. His untimely and early death at 33 left his eldest son Tomzen only ten years of age with the feeling of responsibility for his three younger brothers Wesley, John & Felix heavy on his young shoulders.
In 1850, March 6th just nineteen years old, he married first, Mary Elizabeth Gaines, daughter of his stepfather. Four babies followed in rapid succession and his wife died Nov. 7, 1875 in Hamilton Co. Il. On January 16th of that year he married a second time - the widow, Mrs. Nancy Permelia Dawes, whose maiden name was Clary. To this union two other children were born in 1879 and 1882.
Tomzen's mother Mahala was the daughter of Thompson & Rebecca Hardesty-Porter. Tomzen was probably named after his maternal grandfather. He was a successful business man in Broughton with a dry goods store.
His father, Eli Gholson, lived for a time near Walpole before settling near the Gholson Cemetery which he established as well as being a part of the first subscription school that was built on the same land. He had one of the first grist mills in that section of Illinois. His untimely and early death at 33 left his eldest son Tomzen only ten years of age with the feeling of responsibility for his three younger brothers Wesley, John & Felix heavy on his young shoulders.
In 1850, March 6th just nineteen years old, he married first, Mary Elizabeth Gaines, daughter of his stepfather. Four babies followed in rapid succession and his wife died Nov. 7, 1875 in Hamilton Co. Il. On January 16th of that year he married a second time - the widow, Mrs. Nancy Permelia Dawes, whose maiden name was Clary. To this union two other children were born in 1879 and 1882.
His father, Eli Gholson, lived for a time near Walpole before settling near the Gholson Cemetery which he established as well as being a part of the first subscription school that was built on the same land. He had one of the first grist mills in that section of Illinois. His untimely and early death at 33 left his eldest son Tomzen only ten years of age with the feeling of responsibility for his three younger brothers Wesley, John & Felix heavy on his young shoulders.
In 1850, March 6th just nineteen years old, he married first, Mary Elizabeth Gaines, daughter of his stepfather. Four babies followed in rapid succession and his wife died Nov. 7, 1875 in Hamilton Co. Il. On January 16th of that year he married a second time - the widow, Mrs. Nancy Permelia Dawes, whose maiden name was Clary. To this union two other children were born in 1879 and 1882.
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