George W. Tumlinson was born 1814 in Missouri. He entered the Texan Artillery under Almeron Dickinson on September 23, 1835. He took part in the Siege of Béxar and was discharged afterward. He reenlisted on December 14 for six months of service in Capt. William R. Carey’s artillery company. Sometime before the siege of the Alamo began, Tumlinson may have left for his home in Gonzales, returning to the Alamo on March 1, 1836, with the Gonzales Ranging Company of Mounted Volunteers. Tumlinson died in the battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836.
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