▁to ▁F t . ▁Gar land ▁with ▁their ▁heads ▁in ▁a ▁s ack . ▁ ▁Biography ▁Thomas ▁T ate ▁Tob in ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁St . ▁Louis , ▁Missouri , ▁on ▁May ▁ 1 , ▁ 1 8 2 3 ▁to ▁Bar th ol ome w ▁Tob in , ▁an ▁Irish ▁imm igr ant , ▁and ▁Sarah ▁Aut ob ees . ▁Sarah , ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁been ▁a ▁L ena pe , ▁had ▁been ▁wid owed ▁before ▁marry ing ▁Tob in . ▁She ▁brought ▁her ▁son ▁ ▁Charles ▁Aut ob ees ▁( l ater ▁Aut ob ee ) ▁into ▁the ▁marriage . ▁A ▁year ▁later , ▁the ▁couple ▁had ▁a ▁daughter ▁Catherine ▁together . ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁In ▁ 1 8 2 8 , ▁Charles ▁Aut ob ees , ▁then ▁ 1 6 ▁years ▁old , ▁went ▁west ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁a ▁be aver ▁tra pper . ▁He ▁returned ▁to ▁St . ▁Louis ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 7 . ▁That ▁year , ▁his ▁half - bro ther ▁Tom ▁Tob in , ▁then ▁ 1 4 ▁years ▁old , ▁left ▁with ▁Charles ▁and ▁his ▁colle ague ▁Cer an ▁St . ▁V rain ▁to ▁return ▁to ▁Ta os . ▁Tom ▁worked ▁as ▁a ▁tra pper ▁and ▁sc out ▁at ▁Bent ' s ▁Fort ▁and ▁in ▁Ta os . ▁ ▁Al ong ▁with ▁his ▁brother , ▁Tob in ▁worked ▁at ▁S ime on ▁Tur ley ' s ▁store , ▁mill , ▁and ▁dist illery ▁at ▁Ar roy o ▁H ondo . ▁He ▁accompanied ▁his ▁brother