George Washington Tarleton was born in Piermont, New Hampshire Feb. 12, 1800, the son of William Tarleton and Polly Melvin.
In 1825 he went to Montgomery, Alabama, and engaged in mercantile business, in company with his brother-in-law, John Goldthwaite. In 1830 he went to Mobile and took up the cotton commission business, which he followed the remainder of his life.
He married Margaret Brack (born near Savannah, Ga.) in Montgomery, Alabama in June of 1837.
At the beginning of the civil war he was senior partner in the firm of Tarleton, Whiting & Co., having a branch house in New Orleans, and doing a very successful business. He was a consistent Unionist during the war, but at its close, returned and resumed his business.
He died in Mobile May 16, 1874.
from "The Tarleton Family"
by Charles William Tarleton
In 1825 he went to Montgomery, Alabama, and engaged in mercantile business, in company with his brother-in-law, John Goldthwaite. In 1830 he went to Mobile and took up the cotton commission business, which he followed the remainder of his life.
He married Margaret Brack (born near Savannah, Ga.) in Montgomery, Alabama in June of 1837.
At the beginning of the civil war he was senior partner in the firm of Tarleton, Whiting & Co., having a branch house in New Orleans, and doing a very successful business. He was a consistent Unionist during the war, but at its close, returned and resumed his business.
He died in Mobile May 16, 1874.
from "The Tarleton Family"
by Charles William Tarleton
George Washington Tarleton was born in Piermont, New Hampshire Feb. 12, 1800, the son of William Tarleton and Polly Melvin.
In 1825 he went to Montgomery, Alabama, and engaged in mercantile business, in company with his brother-in-law, John Goldthwaite. In 1830 he went to Mobile and took up the cotton commission business, which he followed the remainder of his life.
He married Margaret Brack (born near Savannah, Ga.) in Montgomery, Alabama in June of 1837.
At the beginning of the civil war he was senior partner in the firm of Tarleton, Whiting & Co., having a branch house in New Orleans, and doing a very successful business. He was a consistent Unionist during the war, but at its close, returned and resumed his business.
He died in Mobile May 16, 1874.
from "The Tarleton Family"
by Charles William Tarleton
In 1825 he went to Montgomery, Alabama, and engaged in mercantile business, in company with his brother-in-law, John Goldthwaite. In 1830 he went to Mobile and took up the cotton commission business, which he followed the remainder of his life.
He married Margaret Brack (born near Savannah, Ga.) in Montgomery, Alabama in June of 1837.
At the beginning of the civil war he was senior partner in the firm of Tarleton, Whiting & Co., having a branch house in New Orleans, and doing a very successful business. He was a consistent Unionist during the war, but at its close, returned and resumed his business.
He died in Mobile May 16, 1874.
from "The Tarleton Family"
by Charles William Tarleton
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