Obit-Gonzales Inquirer Feb. 27, 1896
Captain F. G. Tinsley
Utopia, Texas Feb. 16,---To the Galveston News: Again it becomes the duty of some one to record the death of an old Texan. Captain F. G. Tinsley departed this life on the morning of February 14, 1895, at his home near Benton City in Atascosa county, 20 miles south west from San Antonio. Mr. Tinsley was a Kentuckian by birth but came to Texas with his father, Dr. John T. Tinsley, at a very early date and settled at Gonzales in DeWitt's colony. He was there during the stirring times of the evacuation of Gonzales at the approach of Santa Anna. The Tinsley house was headquarters of General Houston during his short stay in Gonzales before the historic flight commenced.
Mr. Tinsley moved west before the commencement of the civil war and went into the stock business on the Hondo river in Medina county. He was inured to all the hardship and dangers of a frontier life; helped to bring in and bury his neighbors when killed by Indians, and was ever ready to mount his horse and pursue and fight the hostiles. He was typical old Texan and his house was always open to those who wished to snare his hospitality. He was one of the men under Big Foot Wallace who defeated the Indians on the Seco after a prolonged and desperate battle in 1860. The battleground, which has been visited by the writer, is located about ten miles northeast from Utopia, near the head of Seco creek, and two miles above where the Banfera road crosses the same. The marks of the bullets are still to be seen on the Spanish oak and Cedar trees where Wallace and the pioneers made their stand to receive the charge of the Indians. Mr. Tinsley served in Captian Rufus Taylors company during the civil war and was present at the battle of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill and other minor engagements. At Mansfield he drew his pistol and made a rich planter leave the ground who was cursing and abusing some federal prisoners who were being held in the court yard. A union officer who witnessed it drew out his pencil and notebook and took down the name of the man and the state he was from who took their part when they were unarmed and helpless. The writer being a son-in-law of Mr. Tinsley, knew him well, and while he had his faults he was generous, kind and his hand was ever ready to help those in distress.
Several years before his death he preached the gospel of Christ under the auspices of the Methodist church and died in the full hope of the resurrection to a life of eternal happiness with Christ in that mansion which he prepared for all those who put their trust in him. He was conscious to the moment and had them sing "When the Mist Has Cleared Away." He leaves of the household at home a wife and one unmarried daughter,. He has six married daughters namely Mrs. Cordelia Briggs, near Segler Post office; Mrs. Nannie Wildman, near Divine, Mrs. Mary L. Sowell, Utopia; Mrs. Emma Calk, San Antonio; Mrs. Sophia Price, San Antonio; Mrs. Almedia Sowell, San Antonio.
Mr. Tinsley was a brother of Mr. J. W. Tinsley of this city.
Fountain Gillespie Tinsley is the son of Dr. John Turner Tinsley and Nancy Willis.
Fountain Gillespie Tinsley is on the Civil War Muster Rolls with Company G 36th Texas Calvary. He started as a private and ended as a private.
Fountain Gillespie Tinsley married Sarah Almeda Davis on June 29, 1854 in Gonzales, Texas.
Other children of Fountain and Sarah Tinsley:
Mary Lillian Tinsley born: 1855 died: 1902
Sarah Almedia Tinsley born: 1861 died:
Emma Boone Tinsley born: 1866 died: 1951
Elizabeth Tinsley born: 4-21-1868 died: 1-21-1892 Atascosa County, Texas Buried: Benton City Cemetery.
Cordelia V. Tinsley born: 1871 died: 1924
Sophamisfa Tinsley born: 1873 died: 1902
Martha "Mattie" W. Tinsley born: 1875 died: 1962 Married: Emmett Huett
Eddie B. Tinsley born: 12-27-1881 died: 9-30-1884 Atascoa County, Texas. Buried: Benton City Cemetery.
Captain F. G. Tinsley
Utopia, Texas Feb. 16,---To the Galveston News: Again it becomes the duty of some one to record the death of an old Texan. Captain F. G. Tinsley departed this life on the morning of February 14, 1895, at his home near Benton City in Atascosa county, 20 miles south west from San Antonio. Mr. Tinsley was a Kentuckian by birth but came to Texas with his father, Dr. John T. Tinsley, at a very early date and settled at Gonzales in DeWitt's colony. He was there during the stirring times of the evacuation of Gonzales at the approach of Santa Anna. The Tinsley house was headquarters of General Houston during his short stay in Gonzales before the historic flight commenced.
Mr. Tinsley moved west before the commencement of the civil war and went into the stock business on the Hondo river in Medina county. He was inured to all the hardship and dangers of a frontier life; helped to bring in and bury his neighbors when killed by Indians, and was ever ready to mount his horse and pursue and fight the hostiles. He was typical old Texan and his house was always open to those who wished to snare his hospitality. He was one of the men under Big Foot Wallace who defeated the Indians on the Seco after a prolonged and desperate battle in 1860. The battleground, which has been visited by the writer, is located about ten miles northeast from Utopia, near the head of Seco creek, and two miles above where the Banfera road crosses the same. The marks of the bullets are still to be seen on the Spanish oak and Cedar trees where Wallace and the pioneers made their stand to receive the charge of the Indians. Mr. Tinsley served in Captian Rufus Taylors company during the civil war and was present at the battle of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill and other minor engagements. At Mansfield he drew his pistol and made a rich planter leave the ground who was cursing and abusing some federal prisoners who were being held in the court yard. A union officer who witnessed it drew out his pencil and notebook and took down the name of the man and the state he was from who took their part when they were unarmed and helpless. The writer being a son-in-law of Mr. Tinsley, knew him well, and while he had his faults he was generous, kind and his hand was ever ready to help those in distress.
Several years before his death he preached the gospel of Christ under the auspices of the Methodist church and died in the full hope of the resurrection to a life of eternal happiness with Christ in that mansion which he prepared for all those who put their trust in him. He was conscious to the moment and had them sing "When the Mist Has Cleared Away." He leaves of the household at home a wife and one unmarried daughter,. He has six married daughters namely Mrs. Cordelia Briggs, near Segler Post office; Mrs. Nannie Wildman, near Divine, Mrs. Mary L. Sowell, Utopia; Mrs. Emma Calk, San Antonio; Mrs. Sophia Price, San Antonio; Mrs. Almedia Sowell, San Antonio.
Mr. Tinsley was a brother of Mr. J. W. Tinsley of this city.
Fountain Gillespie Tinsley is the son of Dr. John Turner Tinsley and Nancy Willis.
Fountain Gillespie Tinsley is on the Civil War Muster Rolls with Company G 36th Texas Calvary. He started as a private and ended as a private.
Fountain Gillespie Tinsley married Sarah Almeda Davis on June 29, 1854 in Gonzales, Texas.
Other children of Fountain and Sarah Tinsley:
Mary Lillian Tinsley born: 1855 died: 1902
Sarah Almedia Tinsley born: 1861 died:
Emma Boone Tinsley born: 1866 died: 1951
Elizabeth Tinsley born: 4-21-1868 died: 1-21-1892 Atascosa County, Texas Buried: Benton City Cemetery.
Cordelia V. Tinsley born: 1871 died: 1924
Sophamisfa Tinsley born: 1873 died: 1902
Martha "Mattie" W. Tinsley born: 1875 died: 1962 Married: Emmett Huett
Eddie B. Tinsley born: 12-27-1881 died: 9-30-1884 Atascoa County, Texas. Buried: Benton City Cemetery.
Obit-Gonzales Inquirer Feb. 27, 1896
Captain F. G. Tinsley
Utopia, Texas Feb. 16,---To the Galveston News: Again it becomes the duty of some one to record the death of an old Texan. Captain F. G. Tinsley departed this life on the morning of February 14, 1895, at his home near Benton City in Atascosa county, 20 miles south west from San Antonio. Mr. Tinsley was a Kentuckian by birth but came to Texas with his father, Dr. John T. Tinsley, at a very early date and settled at Gonzales in DeWitt's colony. He was there during the stirring times of the evacuation of Gonzales at the approach of Santa Anna. The Tinsley house was headquarters of General Houston during his short stay in Gonzales before the historic flight commenced.
Mr. Tinsley moved west before the commencement of the civil war and went into the stock business on the Hondo river in Medina county. He was inured to all the hardship and dangers of a frontier life; helped to bring in and bury his neighbors when killed by Indians, and was ever ready to mount his horse and pursue and fight the hostiles. He was typical old Texan and his house was always open to those who wished to snare his hospitality. He was one of the men under Big Foot Wallace who defeated the Indians on the Seco after a prolonged and desperate battle in 1860. The battleground, which has been visited by the writer, is located about ten miles northeast from Utopia, near the head of Seco creek, and two miles above where the Banfera road crosses the same. The marks of the bullets are still to be seen on the Spanish oak and Cedar trees where Wallace and the pioneers made their stand to receive the charge of the Indians. Mr. Tinsley served in Captian Rufus Taylors company during the civil war and was present at the battle of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill and other minor engagements. At Mansfield he drew his pistol and made a rich planter leave the ground who was cursing and abusing some federal prisoners who were being held in the court yard. A union officer who witnessed it drew out his pencil and notebook and took down the name of the man and the state he was from who took their part when they were unarmed and helpless. The writer being a son-in-law of Mr. Tinsley, knew him well, and while he had his faults he was generous, kind and his hand was ever ready to help those in distress.
Several years before his death he preached the gospel of Christ under the auspices of the Methodist church and died in the full hope of the resurrection to a life of eternal happiness with Christ in that mansion which he prepared for all those who put their trust in him. He was conscious to the moment and had them sing "When the Mist Has Cleared Away." He leaves of the household at home a wife and one unmarried daughter,. He has six married daughters namely Mrs. Cordelia Briggs, near Segler Post office; Mrs. Nannie Wildman, near Divine, Mrs. Mary L. Sowell, Utopia; Mrs. Emma Calk, San Antonio; Mrs. Sophia Price, San Antonio; Mrs. Almedia Sowell, San Antonio.
Mr. Tinsley was a brother of Mr. J. W. Tinsley of this city.
Fountain Gillespie Tinsley is the son of Dr. John Turner Tinsley and Nancy Willis.
Fountain Gillespie Tinsley is on the Civil War Muster Rolls with Company G 36th Texas Calvary. He started as a private and ended as a private.
Fountain Gillespie Tinsley married Sarah Almeda Davis on June 29, 1854 in Gonzales, Texas.
Other children of Fountain and Sarah Tinsley:
Mary Lillian Tinsley born: 1855 died: 1902
Sarah Almedia Tinsley born: 1861 died:
Emma Boone Tinsley born: 1866 died: 1951
Elizabeth Tinsley born: 4-21-1868 died: 1-21-1892 Atascosa County, Texas Buried: Benton City Cemetery.
Cordelia V. Tinsley born: 1871 died: 1924
Sophamisfa Tinsley born: 1873 died: 1902
Martha "Mattie" W. Tinsley born: 1875 died: 1962 Married: Emmett Huett
Eddie B. Tinsley born: 12-27-1881 died: 9-30-1884 Atascoa County, Texas. Buried: Benton City Cemetery.
Captain F. G. Tinsley
Utopia, Texas Feb. 16,---To the Galveston News: Again it becomes the duty of some one to record the death of an old Texan. Captain F. G. Tinsley departed this life on the morning of February 14, 1895, at his home near Benton City in Atascosa county, 20 miles south west from San Antonio. Mr. Tinsley was a Kentuckian by birth but came to Texas with his father, Dr. John T. Tinsley, at a very early date and settled at Gonzales in DeWitt's colony. He was there during the stirring times of the evacuation of Gonzales at the approach of Santa Anna. The Tinsley house was headquarters of General Houston during his short stay in Gonzales before the historic flight commenced.
Mr. Tinsley moved west before the commencement of the civil war and went into the stock business on the Hondo river in Medina county. He was inured to all the hardship and dangers of a frontier life; helped to bring in and bury his neighbors when killed by Indians, and was ever ready to mount his horse and pursue and fight the hostiles. He was typical old Texan and his house was always open to those who wished to snare his hospitality. He was one of the men under Big Foot Wallace who defeated the Indians on the Seco after a prolonged and desperate battle in 1860. The battleground, which has been visited by the writer, is located about ten miles northeast from Utopia, near the head of Seco creek, and two miles above where the Banfera road crosses the same. The marks of the bullets are still to be seen on the Spanish oak and Cedar trees where Wallace and the pioneers made their stand to receive the charge of the Indians. Mr. Tinsley served in Captian Rufus Taylors company during the civil war and was present at the battle of Mansfield, Pleasant Hill and other minor engagements. At Mansfield he drew his pistol and made a rich planter leave the ground who was cursing and abusing some federal prisoners who were being held in the court yard. A union officer who witnessed it drew out his pencil and notebook and took down the name of the man and the state he was from who took their part when they were unarmed and helpless. The writer being a son-in-law of Mr. Tinsley, knew him well, and while he had his faults he was generous, kind and his hand was ever ready to help those in distress.
Several years before his death he preached the gospel of Christ under the auspices of the Methodist church and died in the full hope of the resurrection to a life of eternal happiness with Christ in that mansion which he prepared for all those who put their trust in him. He was conscious to the moment and had them sing "When the Mist Has Cleared Away." He leaves of the household at home a wife and one unmarried daughter,. He has six married daughters namely Mrs. Cordelia Briggs, near Segler Post office; Mrs. Nannie Wildman, near Divine, Mrs. Mary L. Sowell, Utopia; Mrs. Emma Calk, San Antonio; Mrs. Sophia Price, San Antonio; Mrs. Almedia Sowell, San Antonio.
Mr. Tinsley was a brother of Mr. J. W. Tinsley of this city.
Fountain Gillespie Tinsley is the son of Dr. John Turner Tinsley and Nancy Willis.
Fountain Gillespie Tinsley is on the Civil War Muster Rolls with Company G 36th Texas Calvary. He started as a private and ended as a private.
Fountain Gillespie Tinsley married Sarah Almeda Davis on June 29, 1854 in Gonzales, Texas.
Other children of Fountain and Sarah Tinsley:
Mary Lillian Tinsley born: 1855 died: 1902
Sarah Almedia Tinsley born: 1861 died:
Emma Boone Tinsley born: 1866 died: 1951
Elizabeth Tinsley born: 4-21-1868 died: 1-21-1892 Atascosa County, Texas Buried: Benton City Cemetery.
Cordelia V. Tinsley born: 1871 died: 1924
Sophamisfa Tinsley born: 1873 died: 1902
Martha "Mattie" W. Tinsley born: 1875 died: 1962 Married: Emmett Huett
Eddie B. Tinsley born: 12-27-1881 died: 9-30-1884 Atascoa County, Texas. Buried: Benton City Cemetery.
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