from the Quincy Whig, Monday, May 23, 1853; originally from the Peoria Press:
Sudden Death.
On Thursday morning, Mr. Hinman, coroner, was called to hold an inquest upon the body of John Tillson, Esq., of Quincy, who was found dead in his room at the Peoria House. Mr. Tillson, who arrived on the Garden City the afternoon previous, was met by many of our citizens during the evening, and appeared to be in fine health and spirits. On Thursday morning, shortly after breakfast, Mr. Bailey, of this city, a friend and acquaintance of the deceased, who had made an appointment with him, called at the hotel, and not seeing him in the parlor or sitting room, went to his bed-room, and found the door fastened. Receiving no reply to his call, the door was forced upon when the deceased was found lying on the bed. From the position of the body, and the placidity of the countenance, he seemed to have died without a struggle. He had probably been dead three or four hours.
Intelligence of this melancholy event was immediately sent by telegraph to his relatives at different points.
Although there was no friendly hand to close his eyes in death, or wipe the cold damp from his brow, it may be a melancholy gratification to his relatives to know that those offices which kindness and humanity always prompt in such cases, were performed by his friends and the proprietor's of the house where he died.
To those who have known the deceased long and intimately, must be left the duty of paying a more deserved tribute of respect than we are prepared to do at this time. When such men die, they merit more than a brief passing notice. The deceased had been a citizen of Illinois for thirty years or more, and had taken an active and useful part in great measures of public policy which were designed to advance the best interests of the State. His efforts in behalf of public improvements in his immediate locality are well known and properly appreciated by his fellow citizens, and to them his death will be little less poignant than to his attached friends and relatives.
Per information provided by FAG member #46990380, the following web-site features a brief history of the Tillson family: www.lib.niu.edu/1997/ihfa9712.html
Sudden Death.
On Thursday morning, Mr. Hinman, coroner, was called to hold an inquest upon the body of John Tillson, Esq., of Quincy, who was found dead in his room at the Peoria House. Mr. Tillson, who arrived on the Garden City the afternoon previous, was met by many of our citizens during the evening, and appeared to be in fine health and spirits. On Thursday morning, shortly after breakfast, Mr. Bailey, of this city, a friend and acquaintance of the deceased, who had made an appointment with him, called at the hotel, and not seeing him in the parlor or sitting room, went to his bed-room, and found the door fastened. Receiving no reply to his call, the door was forced upon when the deceased was found lying on the bed. From the position of the body, and the placidity of the countenance, he seemed to have died without a struggle. He had probably been dead three or four hours.
Intelligence of this melancholy event was immediately sent by telegraph to his relatives at different points.
Although there was no friendly hand to close his eyes in death, or wipe the cold damp from his brow, it may be a melancholy gratification to his relatives to know that those offices which kindness and humanity always prompt in such cases, were performed by his friends and the proprietor's of the house where he died.
To those who have known the deceased long and intimately, must be left the duty of paying a more deserved tribute of respect than we are prepared to do at this time. When such men die, they merit more than a brief passing notice. The deceased had been a citizen of Illinois for thirty years or more, and had taken an active and useful part in great measures of public policy which were designed to advance the best interests of the State. His efforts in behalf of public improvements in his immediate locality are well known and properly appreciated by his fellow citizens, and to them his death will be little less poignant than to his attached friends and relatives.
Per information provided by FAG member #46990380, the following web-site features a brief history of the Tillson family: www.lib.niu.edu/1997/ihfa9712.html
from the Quincy Whig, Monday, May 23, 1853; originally from the Peoria Press:
Sudden Death.
On Thursday morning, Mr. Hinman, coroner, was called to hold an inquest upon the body of John Tillson, Esq., of Quincy, who was found dead in his room at the Peoria House. Mr. Tillson, who arrived on the Garden City the afternoon previous, was met by many of our citizens during the evening, and appeared to be in fine health and spirits. On Thursday morning, shortly after breakfast, Mr. Bailey, of this city, a friend and acquaintance of the deceased, who had made an appointment with him, called at the hotel, and not seeing him in the parlor or sitting room, went to his bed-room, and found the door fastened. Receiving no reply to his call, the door was forced upon when the deceased was found lying on the bed. From the position of the body, and the placidity of the countenance, he seemed to have died without a struggle. He had probably been dead three or four hours.
Intelligence of this melancholy event was immediately sent by telegraph to his relatives at different points.
Although there was no friendly hand to close his eyes in death, or wipe the cold damp from his brow, it may be a melancholy gratification to his relatives to know that those offices which kindness and humanity always prompt in such cases, were performed by his friends and the proprietor's of the house where he died.
To those who have known the deceased long and intimately, must be left the duty of paying a more deserved tribute of respect than we are prepared to do at this time. When such men die, they merit more than a brief passing notice. The deceased had been a citizen of Illinois for thirty years or more, and had taken an active and useful part in great measures of public policy which were designed to advance the best interests of the State. His efforts in behalf of public improvements in his immediate locality are well known and properly appreciated by his fellow citizens, and to them his death will be little less poignant than to his attached friends and relatives.
Per information provided by FAG member #46990380, the following web-site features a brief history of the Tillson family: www.lib.niu.edu/1997/ihfa9712.html
Sudden Death.
On Thursday morning, Mr. Hinman, coroner, was called to hold an inquest upon the body of John Tillson, Esq., of Quincy, who was found dead in his room at the Peoria House. Mr. Tillson, who arrived on the Garden City the afternoon previous, was met by many of our citizens during the evening, and appeared to be in fine health and spirits. On Thursday morning, shortly after breakfast, Mr. Bailey, of this city, a friend and acquaintance of the deceased, who had made an appointment with him, called at the hotel, and not seeing him in the parlor or sitting room, went to his bed-room, and found the door fastened. Receiving no reply to his call, the door was forced upon when the deceased was found lying on the bed. From the position of the body, and the placidity of the countenance, he seemed to have died without a struggle. He had probably been dead three or four hours.
Intelligence of this melancholy event was immediately sent by telegraph to his relatives at different points.
Although there was no friendly hand to close his eyes in death, or wipe the cold damp from his brow, it may be a melancholy gratification to his relatives to know that those offices which kindness and humanity always prompt in such cases, were performed by his friends and the proprietor's of the house where he died.
To those who have known the deceased long and intimately, must be left the duty of paying a more deserved tribute of respect than we are prepared to do at this time. When such men die, they merit more than a brief passing notice. The deceased had been a citizen of Illinois for thirty years or more, and had taken an active and useful part in great measures of public policy which were designed to advance the best interests of the State. His efforts in behalf of public improvements in his immediate locality are well known and properly appreciated by his fellow citizens, and to them his death will be little less poignant than to his attached friends and relatives.
Per information provided by FAG member #46990380, the following web-site features a brief history of the Tillson family: www.lib.niu.edu/1997/ihfa9712.html
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