Re: Thomas Jasper Tarpley
There is an entry on ancestryDOTcom that lists him with parents names and other information. born in 1834 in Tennessee and died in Floyd (County?) Texas in 1919. I cannot vouch for the accuracy of the information that someone has enter for him in that Tree, but it is a starting place. I presume you are not a member of Ancestry or you would have already turned that up in your search. They usually have a free trial period if you want to check it out.
Mike