Hunt Co, Tx - Hugh C. Tilson

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TILSON - Greenville, Tex., Aug. 24 - Hugh C. Tilson died of 

heart failure at 3:10 o'clock yesterday afternoon at his 

home in Campbell. Mr. Tilson was an old-time citizen of Hunt 

County and has long been prominent in public affairs of the 

county. He was a native of Virginia and when the war broke 

out he joined the Confederate army and served during the 

conflict with bravery and credit. In his early life Mr. 

Tilson taught school. He was married to Miss Bettie Palmer 

and is survived by no children, but has one brother living, 

he being Capt. T. J. Tilson of Plainview.  Mr. Tilson was a 

member of the Baptist Church and the funeral services were 

conducted this afternoon by Rev. A. A. Duncan, pastor of the 

First Baptist Church of Greenville, after which burial took 

place in the Brigham Cemetery, north of Campbell.