Wayne County IN Archives Biographies.....Tillson, Hosea December 15, 1830 - 
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Author: History of Wayne County, Indiana;Volume II, (1884)

Centre Township
p. 367 & 368

Hosea Tillson, M.D., was born in Darke County, Ohio, Dec. 15, 1830, a son of 
Gresham Palmer and Nancy (Stewart) Tillson, his father a native of Vermont, 
and his mother of New Jersey His parents moved to Ohio in an early day, and 
were married in Summerville, Butler County, but afterward moved to Darke 
County, near Richmond, Ind. They subsequently moved to Decatur County, Ind. 
When eighteen years of age, Hosea Tillson left home and taught school four 
years, in the meantime devoting his leisure hours to the study of medicine. He 
began his practice at Abington, Ind., in 1853, continuing there and in 
Hartsville till Nov. 18, 1861, when he enlisted as a private in Company D, 
Fifty-seventh Indiana Infantry. Jan. 9, 1863, he was promoted to Hospital 
Steward; Feb. 25, 1863, was mustered as Assistant Surgeon of the Fifty-seventh 
Indiana Infantry; Nov. 14, 1863, promoted to Surgeon, and Aug. 15, 1864, 
appointed Chief Surgeon of the Second  Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Army 
Corps, and served till mustered out. He returned home at the close of the war 
and located at Centreville and a year later went to Philadelphia, Hancock 
County, and remained six years. In 1872 he returned to Centreville, where he 
has since been actively engaged in the practice of his profession. Dr. Tillson 
is a member of the Wayne County Medical Society, and has served as President 
of that body. He has been Examining Surgeon U. S. Pensions since 1872. He is a 
popular man socially and politically, as well as professionally, forming 
lasting friendships with those with whom he comes in contact. He has served 
six years on the School Board, two years in the City Council, and is serving 
his third year as Secretary of the Board of Health. He is a Master Mason, and 
has held all the offices in his lodge, of which he is now Worshipful Master. 
He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and has been a Trustee, and 
Superintendent of the Sunday-school several years. Dr. Tillson was married in 
April, 1854, to Indiana J., daughter of Ferdinand Weber. They have two 
daughters---Cora K., wife of John M. Gentry, and Maud H., a teacher in the 
public schools. For twenty-eight years Dr. Tillson has not lost a day on 
account of sickness.

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