Tuhia he tohutoro mō tēnei wāhanga - Ko tana matua-tuakana, ko Raniera D. Tompkins, te tuaono o nga Perehitini o te Hononga o Amerika, ā, i mua atu, ko te Kawana o Niu Ioka. Ko tana tupuna, ko Colonel Daniel D. Tompkins, he paetahi o te 1820 o te United States Military Academy, he toa o te Pakanga o Mexico me te Pakanga a-Rohe. Ko te tuakana o Tompkins ko Colonel Selah "Tommy" Tompkins, he kaitohutohu mahi me te 7th Cavalry ko tana kaitohutohu kaitohutohu i te wa o te Punitive Expedition
I ārahi hoki ia i ngā ope o Amerika i te Pakanga Tuatoru o Ciudad Juarez i te tau 1919. Ko tana tuakana, ko Daniel D. Tompkins hoki tona ingoa, i noho hei koroneela i te Pakanga Tuatahi o te Ao.