William Harrison Tilson

Full Name: William Harrison Tilson
Date of birth: March 26, 1837
Date of death: October 6, 1909

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	5	Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 9, 1883	16th ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Texarkana / Bowie		Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris
H	8	Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874	13th ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾	Democrat	Boston / Bowie		Bowie, Marion, Davis (Cass)

(1) Democrat, 11/17/1880, p. 2. Galveston Daily News.
(2) Hightower District 4, Tilson District 5. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(4) Hightower District 4, Tilson District 5. Pocket Directory of the Seventeenth Legislature of Texas, 1881.
(5) 17th Legislature, Regular Session - Hightower district number not listed with roll call, Tilson is District 4, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(6) Democrat, 1/14/1879, p. 1. Galveston Daily News.
(7) 16th Legislature, Regular Session - Roll call of newly elected Senators, oath of office administered, 1/14/1879, p. 3. Senate Journal.
(8) Boston, Bowie County. Directory of the Members of the Thirteenth Legislature of the State of Texas, 1873.
(9) Census of 1860 - William H. H. Tilson, Beat No. 3, DeKalb post office, Bowie County. Census of 1870 - William H. Tilson, Precinct No. 3, Boston post office, Bowie County. Census of 1880 and 1900 - William H. Tilson, Texarkana, Bowie County. FamilySearch. 1860 1870 1880 1900
(10) Boston is the county seat of Bowie County, though the county courthouse is actually located in New Boston. The original Boston, now Old Boston, was the county seat from Bowie County's organization in 1841 to the mid-1880s when it was briefly relocated to Texarkana. Handbook of Texas Online. Handbook of Texas Online
(11) Boston, Cass County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(12) Cass County. Texas House of Representatives: A Pictorial Roster 1846-1992, 1992.

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Senate District 5
Jan 14, 1879 - Jan 9, 1883
Legislatures: 16th ⁽⁶⁾ ⁽⁷⁾ 17th ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Texarkana / Bowie
Counties in district: Bowie, Cass, Marion, Morris

House District 8
Jan 14, 1873 - Jan 13, 1874
Legislatures: 13th ⁽⁸⁾ ⁽⁹⁾ ⁽¹⁰⁾ ⁽¹¹⁾ ⁽¹²⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Boston / Bowie
Counties in district: Bowie, Marion, Davis (Cass)

Biographical Information top

Biographical Sketches

Biographical sketch, W.H. Tilson, born 3/26/1837 in Washington County, Virginia. F.A. Battey and Company, Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas: Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889, pp. 833-834, crediting Fannin County Historical Commission. Biographical Souvenir of the State of Texas, Containing Biographical Sketches of the Representative Public, and Many Early Settled Families, 1889.
TILSON, WILLIAM HARRISON (1837-1909). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, p. 240. Texas Legislative Manual, 1879-80, 1879.

Military Service Notes

Confederate States Army, Crump's Battalion and 32nd Texas Cavalry. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

W.H. Tilson, birth date 3/26/1837, death date 10/6/1909, burial in Read Hill Cemetery, New Boston, Bowie County. Find a Grave.
Obituary, Col. W.H. Tilson, The Bryan Daily Eagle and Pilot, 10/11/1909, p. 1. Death date 10/6/1909. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
William H. Tilson of Texarkana, Texas, born 1837, died 10/6/1909. Tilson Geneaology, 1911.

Photographs

Photograph. W.H. Tilson, 17th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. W.H. Tilson, 13th Legislature, DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs
Photograph. W.H. Tilson, 13th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, west wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
13th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.
17th session composite photo of Senate members (Texas State Library and Archives Commission). Texas State Library and Archives Commission.
Pictorial Monogram of the State Government of Texas 1873 (DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Collection). DeGolyer Library, SMU, Lawrence T. Jones III Texas Photographs.

Committee Information top

17th R.S. - 1881 Commerce and Manufactures Constitutional Amendments Educational Affairs Enrolled Bills Finance Judiciary No. 1 Private Land Claims (Chair) Statistics of Industries, Public Health, and History of Texas
16th R.S. - 1879 Committee Rooms Constitutional Amendments Counties and County Boundaries (Chair) Educational Affairs Internal Improvements Judiciary No. 1 Penitentiary Private Land Claims State Affairs Statistics of Industry, Public Health and History of Texas Stock and Stock Raising
13th R.S. - 1873 Finance Judiciary No. 2 Land Office, Examine Books and Railroad Certificates Public Lands and Land Office Redistricting State Cemetery (Chair) Tax Laws, Laws Regulating Fees of Office, and Costs Arising in Judicial Proceedings Towns and City Corporations

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