The Tilson genealogy from Edmond Tilson at Plymouth, , 1638 to 1911; with brief sketches of the family in England back to 1066Also brief account of Waterman, Murdock, Bartlett [and other] families, allied with the parents of the author . .mux GEN. JOHN TILSON. TILSON GENEALOGY. 67 and which realized blessed protection of a husband and father soindulgent and devoted. In 1819 going to Illinois was more of an event than a trip now tothe most remote part of the world. No railroads and steamboats toannihilate time and distance, and the good people of Halifax werefurnished with a new to
The Tilson genealogy from Edmond Tilson at Plymouth, , 1638 to 1911; with brief sketches of the family in England back to 1066Also brief account of Waterman, Murdock, Bartlett [and other] families, allied with the parents of the author . .mux GEN. JOHN TILSON. TILSON GENEALOGY. 67 and which realized blessed protection of a husband and father soindulgent and devoted. In 1819 going to Illinois was more of an event than a trip now tothe most remote part of the world. No railroads and steamboats toannihilate time and distance, and the good people of Halifax werefurnished with a new topic of conversation when it was known thatJohn Tilson was going to Illinois. Some approving, others thoughtit a wild undertaking, and that he would find it so before he washalf through his journey. In the early days of being in Illinois, hewith two others kept bachelors hall. A small commencement atfirst, but a nucleus, for all the sick, homesick, newly arrived anderrant bachelors generally. All sought and took shelter at Bach-elors Hall. Among the arrivals that winter were Milton Shurtlefffrom Carver and William Porter of Middleboro, Mass. The carriagewhich John Tilson and wife journeyed to Illinois in was built atBedford, Mass., by his direction
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