Joshua E Tilson
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Joshua E Tilson
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Joel Tilson
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12/04/2014
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Joel Tilson
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12/10/2014
Joshua E Tilson photo in 1863 after enlistment in The Tennessee Union Calvary Militia. He served from February 1863 to September 1865. He was a private in the U.S. Army Calvary.
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TN was last out and first back in the union. Many men fought with the union, especially in East TN.
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You are right Brennan. My husbands family lived in KY. Five brothers fought in the Civil War, all came back alive. I find that amazing.
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My mother's grandfather was in the Yankee group that killed my father's Confederate great-grandfather, too old to fight, but who blew up the railroad on the north side of the Tennesse River that supplied the Yankees. Genealogy is fascinating.
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What a great picture from 1863! I wish I could find one like this for my g--g-grandfathers who fought in the Civil War!! What a find!!!
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A distant cousin of mine had a picture of my GG-GRANDFATHERS civil war photo. Also Also came acroos a picture of him and his whole regiment in a book at the book store in his hometown .
Dana Christian
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12/10/2014
If this picture were in color, you would see light, bright blue eyes. My dad had eyes like that and so did his paternal grandmother.
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The eyes make him appear so life-like. My gg-grandfather, William Lynn, fought for the north...would love to have a picture of him. I did send for his Pension Records and they answered many questions I had about him. Highly recommend it!
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Wish I could find a pic of my great, great, great grandfather who fought in the confederate army. Silas Overstreet, taken prisoner by Union forces, and released at the end of the war . He carried a paper declaring this this the rest of his life.
Joel Tilson
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12/11/2014
Grandpa Joshua eyes are like my brother Kevin Tilson.
Joel Tilson
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12/11/2014
Grandpa Joshua served in 1863-1865 in Tennessee Union Calvary Militia as a private.
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Joel Tilson
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12/11/2014
His Mother is Mary Erwin Tilson Direct Descendant of King Robert I Bruce of Scotland of Braveheart Fame.
Joel Tilson
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12/11/2014
My sister Martha has the original picture. It was lost until she finally found in a spare bedroom. His eyes are exactly like my brother Kevin. My brother Frank looks his 2nd Great Grandpa!
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priceless photo. I hope the family has it in their possession. The single bar on his collar indicates he was a lieutenant. The double breasted tunic was not too common. There were some Tennessee Federal sympathizers in the Northeast corner of Tennessee. Most of the State was staunchly Confederate.
Joel Tilson
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12/11/2014
2nd Great Grandpa Joshua Tilson was a private in the Union Army Calvary in 1863-1865. My sister has possession of this photo.
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UNION Militia! WTH? Where is Nathan Bedford Forest at to set this guy straight?!!!!!!!!!! :-(
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Tim Blosser
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04/15/2015
He is my 3rd Cousin 4 times removed. Awesome.
Tim Blosser
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04/15/2015
Joel Tilson - are you also aware that Joshua Tilson was a direct descendant of a number of Mayflower passengers?
His pedigree:
John Tilson (1788-1855)
His pedigree:
John Tilson (1788-1855)
Joel Tilson
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04/15/2015
Yes, I have the Tilson Grist Mill book which details the genealogy of the Tilson family. Grandpa Joshua Tilson is a descendant of numerous members of the original Mayflower settlers. Most notably John Alden and William Brewster. I have a account with ancestry which has Edmond Tilson and family leaving Wiltshire, England in 1628 to live in America at the Mayflower settlement.
Tim Blosser
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04/15/2015
Oops. Ancientfaces.com deleted the entire pedigree I typed up and posted.
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