What Happened To Robert Tomlinson??
Robert Tomlinson was born July 25, 1889 in Marion Twp., Pike County, Ohio to Marshall Tomlinson (1846-1892) and Martha Ann SICKLES. Robert had 2 brothers, Frank, Born May 28, 1888 and Thurman Troy (1891-1978).
Robert married Mary Louise BENNETT on May 5, 1913 in Jackson County, Ohio.
Robert and Mary had 8 children:
Malissa Avenille 1910-1992
Thurman Edward 1911-1985
Delbert Delorse 1916-2001My Grandfather
Melvin Gail 1917-1998
Clifford Everett 1918-1997
Allen 1921-1975
Evelyn Florence 1924-2007
Margaret 1926-1996
Robert worked in the coal mines in and around Jackson County Ohio and West Virginia.
Sometime around 1927 Robert said he was going out to look for work and never returned, leaving his wife with 8 hungry children, 6 of whom were taken by the state and placed in the Greene County Children’s Home.
Someone in the family seems to remember a phone call was received sometime in the mid 1940’s stating that Robert was gravely ill and if the children wanted to see him they should come right away. That’s the last anyone has heard about him.