The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1911-05-26
JOHN Q. TILGHMAN
PASSES AWAY
Summons Came Suddenly at
His Home Wednesday
Night.
Was One of Palatka's Most Prominent
Business Men and Manufacturer.

Night.
/ Was One of Palatka's Most Prominent
Business Men and Manufacturers.
John Q. TiIghman is dead. That is
the substance of the sad message that was
communicated from one citizen 10 an
other as they met on the streets OF
Palatka Thursday morning.
Death had taken him suddenly at nine
o'clock Wednesday night.
The litany asks preservation from sud
den DEATH But TO a man of John O..
Tilghman's life of Christian prepared
ness nothing could be Sweeter than a
sudden summons from activity, without
wavering ill health or long decline. The
battle had been thoroughly, valiently
completed, and then came the silence.
John Q. Tilghman will be much miss
ed by all who knew his hearty voice
and hand grasp, his pleasant ways, his
kindly heart His death brings deep re-
gret from the citizens of the city and
county and all who had come within the
sphere of his social or business influence
wherever they may be.
Mr.. Tilghman was last seen on the
streets Tuesday evening, when with Mrs.
Tilghman in his automobile, he was
driven to the Howell Theater TO witness
the triumph of his second son, John Q.
Tilghman, Jr., who was to deliver an
address and receive his diploma as
member of the graduating class OF the
Palatka High school,
1t was while sitting in the auto in
front of the theater waiting for the exer-
ciSes to commence that Mr.. Tilghman
began to feel unwell. He felt so poorly
that he was taken home and went to his
bed. DR.. A. M. Steen the family ply
Sician was summoned but being out OF
town, DR.. Z. w. Warren was called. He
found Mr.. Tilghman suffering from
acute indigestion, and remained with
him all night, and in fact most OF the
next day. The patient had sinking spells
and then great difficulty in breathing.
BY one O'Clock on Wednesday there
was decided improvement and MIR.
Tilghman continued easy and cheerful
through the afternoon. DR.. Warren left
early in the evening, but called again.
By this time DR.. Steen had arrived and
was also present. About O'Clock Mr..
TiIghman again became restless, his
breathing was difficult, and about 2
O'Clock his brother, MIR. VIM. G. Thigh
man, and his son, Walter, lifted him TO
sitting posture, and the patient said 1t
was better. Then there was a quick
gasp, and he was dead.
The body has been prepared for burial
by Undertaken r. S. Mooney, and the
funeral will be held from the family
residence tomorrow morning, the delay
being occasioned by the absence of Mrs,
H. o. Hamm, Mr.. Tilghman's only sis
ter, who will arrive from Salisbury, Md,
this afternoon.
John 0. Tilghman was the business
manager of the firm of n. J. Tilghman
& Sons, manufacturers of cypress shin
giles, and of which firm he was the
younger son.
n. !. Tilghman and his sons, William
G. and John Q. came to Putnam county
from the eastern shore of Maryland in
1884, and engaged in the manufacture OF
lumber at Francis. They moved TO
Palatka 21 years ago and on the present
site of the Wilson Cypress Co.'S mill
engaged in the cutting of both cypress
and pine lumber. This business was
sold TO the Wilson Cypress Company in
1898, and soon after the Tilghman's en-
gagged in the manufacture of cypress
shingles, the product of their mill going
from Palatka 10 Baltimore and other
seaport cities of the north by schooner
cargoes loaded at the mill wharf.
Mr.. Tilghman was twice married. His
first wife died soon after moving to
Palatka. She was Miss Mary Moore ol
TyaSkin, Md, and she was the mother
of one son, Mr.. Walter Tilghman.
Several years after her death MIR. Thigh
man married Miss Addie l.. Parker
whose parents had winter home al
Drayton Island She, with one SON.
John D. Tilghman, Jr., and one
daughter, Miss Olive, survive.
Mr.. Tilghman is the younger son o
Rev. N. ]. Tilghman who was also hi
business partner, as also was hi
only brother, VIM. G. Tilghman. He
had one sister, Mrs. H. o. Hamm, also o
this city.
Mr.. Tilghman was consistent, active
Christian gentleman and since boyhooo
had been a member of the Methods
Episcopal church. He was also mem
ber of the Palatka Masonic lodge ant
the Order of the Eastern Star. He wa
in his 55th year.
The funeral services will be conduct
ed by his pastor, Rev. II. Dutill, and lh'
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