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Date of death: 31 Jan
1918
Subject: Emeline
(Dobbs) Tilson
Source: Maryville
MO newspaper, 1 Feb 1918
Mrs. Emiline Tilson,
mother of W. R. Tilson of Maryville, died at 8:30
last night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. G. L. Markley, in St. Joseph, as
the result of a long illness of paralysis. Funeral services will be held at 10 o'clock, tomorrow in St. Joseph. The body will be taken to Rosendale for
burial.
Mrs. Tilson was over 70 years old and is well known
in Maryville, having spent several months here at the
home of W. R. and John Tilson. She is survived of
twelve children, who are: W. R. Tilson, Maryville,
Mrs. William Burks of near Pickering; Mrs. William Turner and Mrs. Samuel
Pettigrew, Bolckow; John, Alice, James, Lester, Roscoe and Loren Tilson, and Mrs. G.L. Markley,
all of St. Joseph.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Tilson and Mrs. William Burks
left this afternoon for St. Joseph to attend the funeral.
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Date of death: 14
Oct 1914
Subject: William Harvey Tilson
Source: Savannah newspaper, Oct 1914
William Harvey Tilson was born
in Franklin County, Indiana, September 6, 1839, and died at his home in Rosendale, October
14, 1914. When
seven years of age he came to Missouri with his parents and located near Savannah. He was married to Emaline
Dobbs June 25, 1863.
Of this union fourteen children were born, eight
sons and six daughters, one son and one daughter dying in infancy. Seven sons
and five daughters with the mother survive him. He moved to Nodaway County in 1880 and returned to Andrew County about 1892. Since that time this has been
his home.
In August 1861 he enlisted in the State Militia and later on he re-enlisted
in Company B, 61st Missouri Regiment, of which he was the captain. He was
mustered out in the summer of 1865. He has been a member of the Christian
Church for more than fifty years. The funeral was conducted from the
Rosendale Christian Church by Rev. A. R. Hunt, and interment was in the Coffman Cemetery.
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