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Colgrove-Woodruff Camp No. 22
Battle Creek, Michigan

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Young, Tilghman D. Oak Hill Cemetery
Battle Creek
PA 1 INF Co. A
LAST MAN ON THIS LIST WAS FIRST TO PUT ON THE UNIFORM [Alphetical list]
This Marshall blacksmith was living in Pennsylvania when Ft. Sumpter was attacked on April 18, 1861. The very next day he enlisted in the army, making him the first member of Post 166 to answer Lincoln's call for soldiers. [History of the G.A.R. Memorial Hall, Marshall, MI by Chris Czopek]

TILGHMAN YOUNG IS DEAD
Aged Man Dies While at Home at Home of His Daughter in Milwaukee
While visiting a daughter in Milwaukee, Tilghman D. Young of 37 North Michigan avenue, died yesterday morning. Mr. Young was 73 years old, but his death was sudden and a shock to his friends. Mr. Young's body will arrive in Battle Creek this morning, where it will be taken in charge of the Shaw & McLinden undertaking parlors, until the funeral which will probably be held at the G.A.R. hall on Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock, in charge of the Rev. W. S. Potter.

Mr. Young is survived by his widow, Mrs. Anna Young, five daughters, one sone, one brother, six grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Aside from the daughter in Milwaukee, Mrs. Will Freeman, with whom Mr. Young was staying at the time of his death, the other daughters are Mrs. Seward Chidester of this city, Mrs. J. H. Anderson of Portland, Ore., Mrs. Emma Baker of Portland, Ore., Mrs. Frank Brown of Los Angeles, Cal; the son is Dervie Young of Portland, Ore., and the brother, George Young of Milwaukee. [The Battle Creek Enquirer, Friday, June 4, 1915, p.2, c.5]


[Photo by Jim Jackson]

 

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