Thomas Workman Temple was born on 26 Nov 1846 at the Rancho La Puente, Los Angeles County, California to Francis Pliny Fisk Temple I and Antonia Margarita Workman. He married (1) on 1 Jan 1866, Maria Refugia Martinez at San Gabriel, Los Angeles County, California. He married (2) on 29 May 1876, Jeannette Friend at San Mateo County, California. He died on 11 Feb 1892 at Los Angeles County, California and is buried at El Campo Santo Cemetery which is located at the Workman-Temple Family Homestead Museum in the City of Industry, Los Angeles County, California.