Thomas, born about 1805, is presumably named after the naval hero Horatio Nelson who dies in 1805 and his father's brother, Thomas Tripler.
In the 1850 federal census, Thomas H. Tripler is in New York City with his wife Julia and two children, Bryon and Rebecca.
Julia Tripler dies in about 1856 and is buried in Trinity church yard in New York City.
On April 19th 1857 Thomas H. Tripler who is 48 marries Charlotte E. Powers who is 41 at the Second Street Methodist church in New York City.