Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Thomas Jefferson Tilson

Full Name: Thomas Jefferson "Tile" Tilson
Birth date: November 16, 1847
Death date: October 27, 1942

(1) Democrat. Biennial Report of the Secretary of State of the State of Texas: List of Senators and Representatives .
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.

48th Legislature, R.S., HSR 28, 1/19/1943, pp. 89-90. Resolutions - Memorial .

Obituary, "Pioneer Texas Legislator Dies," 10/29/1942, p. 3. Col. T.J. Tilson, born 11/16/1847 in West Virginia, "pioneer Texas legislator who was instrumental in legislation that created the railroad commission and made cutting of barbed wire fences a penitentiary offense in Texas." Tilson was elected to the 18th Legislature in 1882, 22nd Legislature in 1890, and again in 1914, 1916, and 1918. Amarillo Daily News .
Thomas Jefferson Tilson, birth date 11/16/1847, death date 10/27/1942. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
T.J. Tilson, birth date 11/16/1847, death date 10/27/1942, burial in Plainview Cemetery, Plainview, Hale County. Find a Grave .
Occupation and religious affiliation, 34th Legislature. "Occupations of Members of Legislative House," 3/14/1915, p. 4. Galveston Daily News .
Biographical sketch, p. 255. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83 1883.