Allen County IN Archives Obituaries.....Tilton, Josiah August 15, 1905
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Fort Wayne Weekly Sentinel, 23 August 1905
Josiah Tilton Dies from Infirmities of Age
Josiah Tilton, one of the pioneer railroad men of Fort Wayne, and who for more 
than half a century has been a resident of this city, died Tuesday night, 
August 16, at his home on Spring Street from the infirmities of age.
Mr. Tilton was born at Monmouth, ME, in 1826, and while yet a young man came 
west to seek his fortune. He took a railroad position and after a few years 
became an engineer, serving the Wabash and Pennsylvania railroads in that 
capacity from 1854 to 1885, when he retired to engage in the dairy business. 
The deceased in laying the first steel rails used on the Pennsylvania.
Surviving him are his wife and five grandchildren. His two children are dead. 
Mr. Tilton was a member of the Methodist Church and of Lodge No. 14, I.O.O.F.

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