HAMILTON, Tilson DeWitt

Date of birth:  17 Jan 1886
Date of death: 26 Oct 1894 – Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, November 2, 1894,
Volume XXXV Number 17, page 5 column 3

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Died of Membraneous Croup.

Sherman Hamilton’s son, Tilson, aged eight years, died at his home near Beech Grove, this morning of memb­raneous croup. The funeral will occur at First Mt. Pleasant tomorrow at 10:00 o’clock.

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Link to Tilson DeWitt Hamilton’s grave

Note: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Death Index, 1882–1920, page 84, referencing Book H-18, page 24, records that Tilson Hamilton, an eleven-year-old [sic] white male, died 25 Oct 1894 [sic] in Johnson County.

Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry