Tommy
Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) at
Atterbury Brothers Circus in United States

Biography
dead elephant ☨ ♂ Tommy  dead elephant
Identification
Description
Species:Asian elephant (Elephas maximus)
Sex and age:Male ♂
Origin
Born:* wild
Birth place:
Death
Dead: †1919
Death reason: pathological: tetanus, after stepping on a rusty nail?
Locations - owners
Present / last location:Atterbury Brothers Circus, in United States
Date of arrival
Atterbury Brothers Circus
from Albert Monroe Cauble
1911-00-00Albert Monroe Cauble
from William P. Hall Animal Farm
1910-00-00William P. Hall Animal Farm
from John Robinson Circus
John Robinson Circus
from Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
Carl Hagenbecks Tierpark (Stellingen)
from Firma Carl Hagenbeck
Record history
History of updates2007-04-05
Latest document update2021-10-17 07:44:15
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† Tommy is a dead Male ♂ Asian elephant (Elephas maximus), , who died 1919 at Atterbury Brothers Circus, in United States, . Official death reason described as tetanus, after stepping on a rusty nail?.

Origin

Tommy was born wild .


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Records about Tommy from Bob Cline

TOMMY
Male Asian 1907 to 1908 - John Robinson Circus
1909 - Wm. P. Hall bought from John Robinson in Feb. 1909 per Hall papers @ CWM
1909 - leased to Fred Buchanan by Hall for $2200.00 with Queen per Hall papers @ CWM.
1910 - Monroe's Mighty Shows
1911 to 1915 - A.M. Cauble Wagon Shows
1915 to 1919 - Atterbury Bros. Circus
Died in 1919 with Tetanus after stepping on a nail.


Bob Cline, author of the book "Americas elephants".

In 1910 Hall traded some baggage stock to the John Robinson Circus for two elephants, some other animals, and one of the famous Robinson cottage cages.

According to Richard E. Conover in his excellent book, Give 'Em a John Robinson (Conover, 1965), "the cage never toured again and rotted down at the Hall Farm."

One of the elephant's names was Tommy.

In 1911, A. M. Caubte returned to the Hall Farm to purchase the elephant Tommy along with some other animals. This elephant died on the Atterbury Circus in 1919.
Reference list

References

Koehl, Dan, (2025). Tommy, Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) located at Atterbury Brothers Circus in United States. Elephant Encyclopedia, available online retrieved 6 February 2025 at https://www.elephant.se/database2.php?elephant_id=2303. (archived at the Wayback machine)

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