Thomas Henry Allsup Sr. (abt. 1846 - 1922)

Born about 1846 in Talbot, Maryland, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Mar 1922 at about age 76 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

Thomas Allsup Sr. is a part of US Black heritage.

Thomas was born in Maryland about 1846. He passed away in 1922. He served for many years in the 10th Cavalry Regiment, United States Army, one of the regiments associated with the Buffalo Soldiers, and was involved in the unit’s move from Camp Supply to Fort Sill. He retired from the Army in December 1897 as a First Sergeant.

He participated in the Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877. He remained at the supply camp and later led a rescue effort to find Captain Nolan and his men after Sergeant Umbles declared them to be lost.

Sources

• "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJD5-B1LR : 3 March 2021), Thomas H Allsup, 25 Nov 1867; citing p. 21, volume 065, Baltimore, , Maryland, United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 33; FHL microfilm 350,339.
• "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRQD-M6N : 12 March 2018), Thomas N Allsup, 25 Nov 1872; citing p. 20, volume 72, Fort Sill, , , United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 38; FHL microfilm 350,344.
• "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRQ8-1ZV : 12 March 2018), Thomas H Allsup, 25 Nov 1877; citing p. 47, volume 72, Fort Concho, , Texas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 38; FHL microfilm 350,344.
• "United States Census, 1880", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFJX-SV3 : Thu Aug 03 09:57:36 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas Althrop, 1880.
• "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDR-36P7 : 3 March 2021), Thomas H Allsup, 25 Nov 1882; citing p. 27, volume 078, Fort Davis, , Texas, United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 41; FHL microfilm 350,347.
• "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRQD-P1G : 12 March 2018), Thomas H Allsup, 25 Nov 1887; citing p. 15, volume 84, San Carlos, , , United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 44; FHL microfilm 1,319,377.
• "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDR-W9S2 : 3 March 2021), Thomas H Allsup, 25 Nov 1892; citing p. 13, volume 088, Fort Keogh, , Montana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 46; FHL microfilm 1,319,379.
• "United States Registers of Enlistments in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QJDR-WR9P : 3 March 2021), Thomas H Allsup, 25 Nov 1897; citing p. 29, volume 090, Fort Assinabonine, , Montana, United States, NARA microfilm publication M233 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 47; FHL microfilm 1,319,380.
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MM5Q-12L : Wed Aug 02 23:12:50 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas H Allsup and Sadie Allsup, 1900.
• "United States Census, 1910", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLC3-NLP : Tue Jul 18 21:24:16 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas H Allsop and Sadie H Allsop, 1910.
• "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F33Q-WQN : 2 March 2021), Thomas H. Alsup in entry for Thomas H. Alsup, Jr. and Birdella Johnson, 25 Nov 1917; citing Marriage, Havre, Hill, Montana, various county courthouses, Montana; FHL microfilm 1,902,811.
• "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M83R-S6S : Fri Aug 25 03:18:15 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas H Allsup and Mrs Sadie H Allsup, 1920.
• "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGK9-XC7Y : 1 March 2021), Thomas Henry Allsup in entry for Elnora Johnson, 1933.
• "California, County Marriages, 1850-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8JY-6F5 : 9 March 2021), Thos H Allsup in entry for William Dewey Allsup and Lucille Dugan, 20 Mar 1937; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,114,019.
• "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VG5R-YDM : 26 November 2014), Allsup in entry for William Dewey Allsup, 29 Dec 1951; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
• "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6K4L-KL96 : 11 February 2023), Thomas H Allsup in entry for Thomas Henry Allsup, .
• Obituary, California Eagle, 01 April 1922, p. 5 https://www.newspapers.com/article/california-eagle-obituary-for-thomas-h/130754679/
• Carlson, Paul H., The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877, Texas A&M University Press, College Station, Texas, 2003, pp. 76, 80, 113-114, 116, 142.
• Hooker, Forrestine Cooper, Child of the Fighting Tenth, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Oklahoma, 2011, p. 62.