Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 February 1911 — Obituary of John H. Tilton. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of John H. Tilton.

John H. Tilton was born in White county, Indiana, March 18, 1842, and died at his home in Wheatfleld, Jasper county, Indiana, February 20,1911, aged .67 years, 11 months and 2 days. He was united in marriage at Medary—ville to Samantha Swisher in April, 1865. To this union were born eight children, four sons and four daughters, namely, Alfred J., George D. f Bert W., Mrs. Bessie T. Jensen, and Mrs. Sarah E. Stembel, of Wheatfleld; John W„ of Rensselaer; Mrs. Etta Melser, of South Bend, and Mrs. Francis Schwier, of Knox, who with the widow, thirty-seven gruud-child-ren, two brothers, namely,~W H. H. Tilton, of Medaryvllle, and A. P. Tilton, of Logansport, and two sisters, namely, Mrs. Richard Chap|»elaer, of Walton, and Mrs. M. R. Evans, of Brush, Colo., mourn the loss of a kind and loving husband, father, brother and grandparent. The deceased responded to the call of his country when the civil war was declared qjid enlisted in Company G, 46th Indiana, in the year 1861, and was discharged after two years’ service on account of poor health. He reenlisted in Company C, 29th Indiana, in' the year 1864, and seryed until the close of the war. He movedffrom Medaryville to Wheatfleld in the year 1885, where he engaged in the mercantile business for several years. He was In life an active business man, .taking great interest in the development of the country, and has held numerous offices of trust prior to his failing,health the past year, and in his deihise his family and the community at large have sutured the loss of a very much respected citizen. The funeral services were held Wed* nesday at the M. E. church, conducted by Rev. Charles Hickman, of Burnettsville. The burial services were in charge of Medaryvllle Lodge I. O. O. F., and Wheatfleld Lodge Knights of Fytiiias, of which organizations the deceased had been a member. Quite a number went to Parr on the milk train this morning to attend the big sale at the Thompson ranch, which Is given by Frank Foltz as administrator of the S. P. Thompson estate, and Firman Thompson and Frank Foltz as individuals. The girl who won’t flirt is only teasing you. Repentance comes readily when you see what your sin has cost you. The man who conserves his conversation always has something to say.