TAKE, SOPHIE (nee ALDRUP)/Source: Edwardsville Intelligencer, Wednesday, January 11, 1893

Mrs. Sophie Take, nee Aldrup, died on Tuesday, 3rd inst., aged 76 years and 23 days. She was the widow of William Take who died in 1881. The funeral took place from the residence of her son-in-law- H. F. Dankenbring on Thursday. The ceremony was unostentatious but not less impressive. Around the bier stood assembled with the mourners, her seven daughters with their husbands and her only son and his wife. The daughters are: Mrs. Sophie Giese, Maria Bardelmeier, Louise Frickenstein, Lena Dankenbring, Catherine Hoge, Minnie Bode, Mathilda Schaeffer; the son is Hy Take, and his wife, Louise Stahlhut. She leaves besides these 34 grandchildren and 4 great grandchildren. The services were conducted by Rev. Carl Kunzman, who delivered a forcible sermon. The passbearers were six grandchildren, Edward Giese, Ed Bardelmeier, Julius Bardelmeier, Rudolph Frickenstein, H. Bankenbring and Julius Bode. A large concourse of friends accompanied the remains to their resting place and paid the last tribute of respect to the venerable lady. She was a native of Germany, and came to this county over fifty years ago. Her husband, William Take, preceded her two years. Together they labored faithfully and in course of years acquired a compotency. The character of the parents was transmitted to the children, and they too have become useful and esteemed members of the community. It can well be said that her life had been one of activity and toil, but that God's blessing lead her safely.

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TAPPAN, H. V. A., HON./Source: Alton Weekly Courier, July 9, 1852

We deeply regret to learn that H. V. A. Tappan, a well-known and most worthy citizen of Bunkerhill, Macoupin Co., was drowned during night before last in Wood river, at the crossing beyond Upper Alton. His body was found yesterday morning. Any of the attending circumstances of the case, we have been unable to learn, and it is probable they are unknown. The general opinion is that Mr. Tappan, while proceeding home, missed the bridge or proper crossing in the darkness, or, some of the bridge planking may have been carried off by the sudden freshet. It is difficult to realize that the talented, gentlemanly and kind hearted Tappan has gone forever from our midst. We cannot realize that the kind friend who left our office, after a pleasant social chat at 4 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, was in an hour or two numbered with the dead. How suddenly does death sometimes come among us, and youth, virtue, or talent, as in the case of Tappan, find no exemption from the dread destroyer.

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TAYLOR, STELLA (nee HARSHBERGER)/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, December 1, 1920

Mrs. Frank Taylor, of 524 Belle street, died at St. Joseph's Hospital at 7:25 this morning. Although she has been ill for several months, it was not thought she was in so serious a condition, and her death comes as a great shock to her family and friends. She was highly esteemed by all who knew her. Mrs. Taylor came to Alton from the Petersberg (Ill.) neighborhood about ten years ago and has resided here since that time. Her maiden name was Stella Harshberger. She was about 48 years of age. She is survived by her husband, Frank Taylor; her mother, Mrs. Virginia Harshberger; two sisters, Mrs. William David and Miss Helen Harshberger; and by two brothers, Dick and Herbert Harshberger. She leaves no children. No funeral arrangements have been made.

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THEISON, EVA/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, October 19, 1922

Mrs. Eva Theisen, widow of Jacob Theison, died Wednesday night at 6:30 o'clock at the Nazareth home where she has been making her home for a number of years. She was born in Germany but has resided in Alton and vicinity since the age of nine. Death resulted from a stroke of paralysis. She is survived by four daughters and a son. The funeral will be held at nine o'clock Friday morning from the Nazareth Home Chapel.

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TELGMAN, ANTON/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, March 1, 1911
Aged Resident of Brighton Road Dies Tuesday Night at Home of His Son After Long Illness
Anton Telgman, aged 79, died Tuesday evening at the home of his son, Henry Telgman, on the Brighton road, north of Godfrey. Mr. Telgman had been ill a long time and his death was expected. He leaves two daughters, Mrs. Lizzie Friedrich of Beloit, Wisconsin, and Mrs. Cornelia Reeder, of Upper Alton; also two sons, John and Henry Telgman of Godfrey. He leaves also a sister, Mrs. Henry Lageman and a brother in Strassburg, Germany. The funeral will be Friday afternoon at 1 o'clock from the home and at 2 o'clock from the Godfrey Congregational church, Rev. Johnson of St. Louis officiating.

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TELGMAN, HENRY/Source: Edwardsville Intelligencer, September 9, 1932

The funeral of Henry Telgman, whose death following a long illness occurred Friday, September 3, at the infirmary in Alton, was held Monday afternoon at the Streeper Funeral Home in Alton, with interment in the Godfrey Cemetery. Rev. Peterson of the Congregational Church and Rev. Carleton of the Methodist Church officiated. Mr. Telgman was a life long resident of Godfrey Township in his 68 years. He was a farmer and later became a widely known stock buyer in southern Illinois. His wife, Dora Knoltruenes Telgman, and one sister with other relatives survive.

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TEMPLE, DORA/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, May 2, 1921

Mrs. Dora Temple, wife of Lee Temple, died at the family home in the Enos Apartments this morning at 2:30 o'clock after an illness which commenced Sunday morning at ten o'clock. The cause of death was given as hemorrhages of the stomach. The death of Mrs. Temple came as a very great shock to the many friends of the young woman, who, with her husband, attended the Rip Van Winkle dance at Turner Hall Saturday night. Mrs. Temple has not been in the best of health for a number of years, but was feeling as well as usual when she retired Saturday night. Mrs. Temple was married nine years ago, being before her marriage Miss Dora Wahle. For a couple of years Miss Wahle had a hair-dressing establishment on Piasa Street, and was a well known young business woman. She leaves her husband, but no children. Also her father, Joseph Wahle of Brighton; two sisters, Mrs. Mark Bethel of Brighton and Mrs. George Price of Otterville; and two brothers, Henry Wahle of Delhi and Adolph Wahle of Otterville. She was 30 years of age. The young husband has the sympathy of his many friends in the loss of his young wife, who had a host of admirers.

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THIELE, CHARLES/Source: Alton Telegraph, Thursday, November 23, 1893

At 10 o'clock Thursday night, Charles Thiele, a young man well known in Alton, died after a short illness at his home 644 East Second street, aged 20 years. His death was a surprise to his many friends, as up to yesterday morning he could be found at his brother's barber shop where he was employed. He was taken ill yesterday afternoon with a severe cold and died at the hour mentioned of a hemorrhage. He leaves a widowed mother, brother and sister to mourn his death.

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THOMAS, ETHEL/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, January 28, 1920

Ethel, the thirty months old child of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Thomas, died this morning at 3:10 o'clock at the family home at 5 Harriet Street, Yager Park. The little one has been sick for over two years. Besides her parents the little one leaves four sisters and one brother. The funeral will be held Thursday at 2 o'clock from the family home. Services will be conducted by Rev. Fred Stelzreide of the Washington Avenue Methodist church.

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THOMAS, JOHN/Source: Alton Telegraph, March 9, 1893

Mr. John Thomas, a farmer living in Foster township, two and a half miles from Upper Alton, was found dead in a field early this morning. Mr. Thomas went out Tuesday from his home and did not return either to dinner or supper. Search was made for him without avail last night, but he was found early this morning. It is not known at this writing what was the cause of his death. The coroner has been sent for. Mr. Thomas was 72 years of age, and was well known in Upper Alton and vicinity.

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THOMAS, JOHN E./Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, October 30, 1923

John Edward Thomas, 1224 Rodemeyer avenue, died last night from paralysis, aged 63. Mr. Thomas was for many years a quarry worker. About fifteen years ago he was blown up in a blast in the old Armstrong quarry, and in the same blast a son of his was killed. The loss of sight by Mr. Thomas was due to the injuries he suffered in the explosion. He had been a life long resident of Alton. Beside his wife, Mrs. Minnie Thomas, he leaves two daughters, Mrs. D. W. Bell and Mrs. Gladys Keiser, both of St. Louis. He had been helpless for four months as the result of a paralytic stroke. The funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family home and Rev. Mr. Kortkamp of the Pentecostal church will have charge. Burial will be at Melville.

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THOMAS, WILLIAM/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, February 3, 1923

William Thomas, aged 71, for years a member of the Alton police force, died yesterday afternoon at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Walter Hill, in St. Louis, from heart trouble. For years Thomas had been blind. He started going blind some time before he left Alton to make his home in St. Louis. He is survived by his aged mother, Mrs. Sarah Thomas, who at the age of 93 still resides on Elm street in the North Side. He leaves three daughters and one son, also two sisters and one brother. He served on the Alton police force fourteen years and in those days he was regarded as a very efficient officer. The children are Scott Thomas, Philip Thomas, Mrs. Walter Hill, of St. Louis, Mrs. William Anthis, of Chicago, Mrs. Ed Hennessey of Youngstown, Ohio. The sisters are Mrs. M. E. Duffold of Alton, Mrs. Jerry Springer of St. Louis. John Thomas of Alton is a brother. The body will be brought to Alton for burial. The funeral will be Monday morning at 10 o'clock from St. Patrick's church.

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THOMPSON, HESTER/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, May 12, 1923

Mrs. Hester Thompson, aged 82, died at the Alton Woman's Home this morning at 9:35 o'clock after a stroke of paralysis. Mrs. Thompson has been an inmate of the old ladies home for four years. She had been in good health until one week ago when she was taken sick and on Friday she was stricken with paralysis. She had made all arrangements with an undertaker at Waterloo, Ill., to take charge of her body after her death and left instructions to whom to send notice. This she did two years ago. When she died, an undertaker at her old home in Waterloo, Ill., was summoned and he came over to take the body back there this evening. The funeral will be from the Evangelical church at Waterloo. Mrs. Thompson leaves three aged sisters. One of them, an inmate of a home in St. Louis, came yesterday to be with the dying woman in her closing hours. The two others are in Indiana and did not come here. Mrs. Thompson was a well known resident of Waterloo. It was her desire that she be laid beside her husband in the place where she had lived for many years.

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THOMPSON, MARIA/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, August 27, 1920

Mrs. Maria Thompson died at her home in Fosterburg Thursday afternoon of uraemic poisoning. If she had lived until September 22, she would have been 80 years of age. She was around as usual Wednesday and was taken ill during the night. Mrs. Thompson was one of our oldest native born citizens, having been a member of the old Pruitt family pioneer settlers of this county. Her husband, J. F. Thompson, died a little over a year ago. Mrs. Thompson was a good Christian lady; very kindly in all her doings, and had many friends who are sorry to hear of her death. She leaves three children, Harry Thompson and Miss Nellie Thompson, who lived with her, and Mrs. D. M. Bishop of Kirkwood, Mo.; also two brothers, Frank and Shields Pruitt, of Okla., besides numerous other relatives. Funeral arrangements are not complete at this time.

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THOMPSON, MOSES and his son RODNEY/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, February 17, 1922        Double Funeral at Fosterburg

The double funeral of Moses Thompson and his son, Rodney, will be held at Fosterburg at 1 o'clock on Sunday afternoon, according to arrangements completed today. The services will be held in Memorial hall and will be in charge of Rev. Frederick Webber, former pastor of the church. It was stated that William Thompson, aged 84, and a brother of Moses Thompson, was barely alive today, and his death was expected at any minute. The daughter from Colorado was being expected today on every train from St. Louis, as she was due to arrive in that city this morning. Mrs. Jack Campbell of Upper Alton, another member of the Thompson family, was reported somewhat better today. She was brought to her home in Upper Alton a few days ago on account of illness. She had been at the home of her father in Fosterburg, helping to take care of the sick people.

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THOMPSON, RODNEY/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, February 14, 1922

Rodney Thompson, aged 38, is dead, his father, Mose Thompson and his uncle, William Thompson, are in serious condition at the family home at Fosterburg. Pneumonia is the cause. The death occurred at 5 a.m. today. A sister of the dead man, Mrs. John Campbell of Alton, is sick too, after giving her services in helping another sister, Miss Randa Thompson, to take care of the patients. Father and uncle do not know of the death of Rodney Thompson. The fact that he had died was kept from them as it was feared that it might have a bad effect on their cases if they learned of it. The body of the dead man was quietly taken away from the house this morning and moved to the Streeper undertaking establishment in Upper Alton, to be held there until word can be received from Mrs. Guy E. Miller, of Craig, Colo., who may come to attend the funeral. The deceased leaves one brother, Jacob Thompson of Bethalto, and four sisters, Miss Randa Thompson of Fosterburg, Mrs. Guy E. Miller of Craig, Colo., Mrs. Marion Cope of Joplin, Mo., and Mrs. John Campbell of Alton. Announcement of the time of the funeral will be made later.

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THOMPSON, STELLE R./Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, January 4, 1922            Woman Sleeps Three Months, Dying Today

Mrs. Stelle R. Thompson, wife of Ernest Thompson, died this morning at 8:40 o'clock at the home of Mrs. Edith Thompson, her mother-in-law, 2400 State street. Mrs. Thompson's case was a peculiar one. She began suffering from a malady which produced an inclination toward drowsiness, and for the past three months she was asleep most of the time. Doctors were puzzled over her condition, and there was a difference of opinion. A specialist diagnosed her case as being one of tumor on the brain, and he urged a surgical operation to relieve it. Her condition failed to improve and she continued to grow weaker until the end came this morning. Mrs. Thompson leaves her husband, also her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of St. Louis, and three brothers, Arthur, Luther and Merrill Smith of St. Louis. She was a member of the Washington avenue Methodist church. The fune4ral will be held Saturday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the home of Mrs. Thompson, 2400 State street. Burial will be in Oakwood cemetery. There was some who believed that Mrs. Thompson was suffering from sleeping sickness on account of her inclination to sleep most of the time, but this view of her case was dissipated when she failed to show any other of the well known symptoms of that disease, and also that she failed to rally or the malady failed to prove fatal sooner than it did.

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THORNTON, ALBERTINE/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, December 4, 1920

Mrs. Albertine Thornton, aged 51, widow of E. C. Thornton, of 280 Madison avenue, died Friday night at 7:20 o'clock at St. Joseph's Hospital where she was taken Wednesday afternoon in order that she might have expert attention. Mrs. Thornton was taken ill three weeks ago, and from the first her condition was known to be serious. She suffered from heart trouble, together with complications of diseases. Although suffering keenly during the past weeks of her illness, her death was quiet and beautiful, the end coming as she was surrounded by her family. Mrs. Thornton was born and raised in Alton, and was one of the city's best known women. She was kind and sympathetic, and was ever ready to lend a hand when trouble and death entered the home of a friend. She was beloved by her large circle of friends, and her death was received with much sadness. Mrs. Thornton was born in Alton 51 years ago last July, and spent her entire life in this city. She was married to E. C. Thornton, who died fourteen years ago. She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. James B. Cahill of Madison avenue, and by one small granddaughter, Marion Pauline. Her parents are both dead, her mother, Mrs. Pauline Formhals, dying two years ago. She also leaves five sisters, Mrs. Frank Merkle and Mrs. Joseph Hufker of this city, and the Misses Emily, Louise and Clara Formhals of Denver, Colo. The funeral will be held from SS. Peter and Paul's Cathedral Monday morning at 9 o'clock.

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THORPE, RILEY/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, January 11, 1899

Riley Thorpe, one of the unfortunates who live down on the sandbar, died this morning in a wretched hovel from the effects of hunger and exposure. In the tent where Thorpe died, and on the bed beside his dead body, lay his wife weakened by sickness, cold and hunger, until she was not able to help herself or send for the assistance of her rough neighbors. Thorpe had been ill for some time and application for assistance for the family had been made to the Supervisor, but was refused. Left to care for themselves, there was nothing for the couple to do but die there in their dirt and poverty. A Telegraph reported visited, today, the place that the Thorpe's called home. It was a wretched tent, full of holes and ample openings for the entrance of cold river winds. The body of the dead man was stretched out in a box outside, while inside was a scene of squalor and dirt that could not be worse. A small stove in the front, by the open tent flaps where light entered, was supplying heat and the tent was filled with a half dozen neighbors. Thomas McNutt, who had discovered the plight of the family, told how the couple were dying from cold and starvation when he entered. The people on the bar have no money, and coal for a fire must be stolen to keep the sick people alive. All night McNutt did what he could and the neighbors contributed of their scanty food supply to prevent the death of the couple. The old lady was, at the time of the reporter's visit, greedily gulping down some soup a neighbor had contributed. She ate as though she had not tasted food for days and her condition was pitiable. Everything in the tent was filthy and even a dog would disdain to drink from a cup which the old woman took her soup in. Cold, starving, and with no friends unless the county helps her, there is nothing for her but to follow her husband. The other inhabitants of the bar are free-hearted, but they have nothing to spare beyond their own needs, and still they have denied themselves necessaries of life for the poor couple. In the midst of all this squalor and poverty, it was pleasant to find that humanity had not entirely deserted the breasts of the poor people down there, and that out of their scanty means they had done what they could for two of their unfortunate number.
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TIBBETTS, CORA/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, January 22, 1919

Miss Cora Tibbetts died Tuesday evening at the home of her cousin, Mrs. M. J. Sullivan, at 617 Belle street, from pneumonia. Miss Tibbitts was taken sick last Thursday, and the malady soon assumed a serious form. Miss Tibbitts was 34 years old and the daughter of the late Henry Tibbetts. Her mother died when she was 5 years old, and she was reared by her aunt, Mrs. David Jones. She leaves a sister, Mrs. Maggie Olsen of Alton, and a brother, Charles Tibbetts, who is in the Klondike. Miss Tibbetts had been one of the most trusted employees of Central Union Telephone Company. At the time of her death she was one of the supervisors, and was on duty Wednesday evening before she was taken down with pneumonia. In her contact with the public, Miss Tibbetts had made a host of warm friends, and the news of her passing will be regretted by residents in all parts of the city. The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the Sullivan home. Rev. Edward L. Gibson, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, will officiate. The burial will be in Oakwood cemetery.

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TIMMERMEIER, GEORGINE/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, January 3, 1921      Dies Walking Across Bridge Over Mississippi

The death of Miss Georgine Timmermeier occurred Sunday evening as she, with a merry family party, was walking across the bridge over the Mississippi at Alton, after attending a family reunion at the home of Frank Timmermeier, given in celebration of the silver wedding anniversary of the host and hostess. Miss Timmermeier died when she was about at the middle of the bridge. Dr. Mather Pfeiffenberger, who was called, said that Miss Timmermeier had probably died from heart trouble aggravated by acute indigestion. She had eaten heartily before starting on the walk home. There being no ferry service at the time when the party were coming home, they decided to walk the bridge. There were sixteen in the party, including one sister, Mrs. Wilhelmina Spaet. Miss Timmermeier was in high spirits, but when she reached the middle of the bridge she complained of feeling sick and unable to walk any further. She sat down on the ties of the bridge floor, and in a few minutes she was dead. Members of the party carried her to the engine house on the draw span and there Dr. Pfeifenberger was called. Members of the party said that Miss Timmermeier had a very severe coughing spell after she complained of faintness and inability to walk further. They thought that the excitement of walking over the bridge, with the ice running below and the cold air contributed somewhat to her collapse. Miss Timmermeier was about 54 years of age. She leaves her sister, Mrs. Wilhelmina Spaet, and four brothers, Frank, William, George and August. She had been living in the family home at Seventeenth and Piasa street with her brother, George.

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TISIUS, HENRY/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, April 7, 1921             Former Police Officer Dies

Henry Tisius, for many years a member of the Alton police force, died this afternoon at 1:50 o'clock at his home, 3003 North Taylor avenue, St. Louis, after an illness that began with a fall he suffered while at work as a watchman in a plant at St. Louis. He gave up work about Christmas time, and five weeks ago submitted to a surgical operation which did not prove successful. He was bedfast from that time. Mr. Tisius had lived in Alton almost all of his life. He was married here and is survived by his wife and three daughters, Mrs. Nellie Williams, Misses Mamie and Dell Tisius, and three sons, Bowman, James and Walter Tisius. Mrs. Belle Lock was summoned to St. Louis this afternoon to take charge of the body and will bring it to Alton for burial, the time and place to be announced later. Henry Tisius was a very efficient man on the police force. He was a man of wonderful physical strength and endurance, and many are the feats of strength his friends could recall as being performed by him. One of these was a test to which few can submit. He would allow anyone to strike him the heaviest kind of a blow on the stomach without flinching, and he would give anyone full opportunity to choke him and none ever was able to shut off his wind.

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TISIUS, MARY/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, August 24, 1923

Mrs. Mary Tisius, a native of Alton, died last night at 11 o'clock at the home of a daughter, Mrs. Mary Rain, at Wood River, following an illness of eight months. Mrs. Tisius was the widow of John Tisius, who died in Alton five years ago. She was born April 4, 1856. Her maiden name was Mary Spain. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Nellie Reed of Alton, Mrs. Louis Robinson of St. Louis, and Mrs. Mary Rain of Wood River. John and Edward Tisius of Alton are sons of the deceased. Five grandchildren also survive. She leaves one brother, John Spain of Wood River. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.

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TITCHENAL, DAN/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, July 25, 1919

The body of Dan Titchenal, slain at Troy, Mo. last Monday by a farmer, and buried there Wednesday, will be claimed by relatives who left for Troy today to get the remains. Titchenal was killed in a quarrel with a farmer over the use that Titchenal was making of a spring, at which he was watering his horses. The farmer controlling the spring warned Titchenal not to continue watering his horses at the spring as, he claimed, Titchenal was muddying the water. Later when Titchenal returned to repeat the act which he had been warned against, the farmer, without more controversy, used a double barreled shotgun on him, emptying a charge of shot into Titchenal's shoulder, from which he died. The body was held at Troy until Wednesday in the hope of finding some of Titchenal's relatives. Finally it was learned he had relatives in this vicinity, and a letter was sent to Chief of Police Fitzgerald apprising him of the death of Titchenal, and asking information. However, a brother of the dead man had noticed an article in a St. Louis newspaper telling of the shooting, recognized his brother as the man who had been killed, and members of the family had started an inquiry when the letter to the chief of police came. A party consisting of Bert Wilson, C. N. Streeper, Hector Bassett, Van Titchenal, Harry Titchenal and Thomas Titchenal went to Troy today. The letter to the chief of police said that Titchenal was working in a tie camp near Troy and there was some confusion over the spelling of his name. The man who shot him is said to be 65 years of age. Thomas Titchenal, the aged father of the dead man, resides with his daughter, Mrs. William Gabriel, east of Upper Alton.

 

Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, August 18, 1919

Thomas Johnson, guilty of the murder of James Rayburn of Alton, has been out of the Chester penitentiary for some time. Another man by the same name is being held in the county jail at Troy, Mo., on the charge of murdering Dan Titchenal of Upper Alton. The men have the same name, and each has a crippled right arm. There is a question in the mind of Van Titchenal as to whether or not they might not be the same man. So today, Van Titchenal, of Upper Alton, went to the Chester penitentiary to investigate the record of Thomas Johnson, escaped prisoner. The tip on which Titchenal is work is one furnished by Cal. Streeper, of Alton. Streeper went to Troy, Mo., with Van Titchenal to bring the body of his father home. While there, he recalled having heard the name of Johnson before. Slowly the story of the inquest in which Rayburn was killed came back to him. He remembered hearing of how Johnson had killed him in a box car with a railroad bolt. Streeper suggested that an investigation be made of Johnson, who was supposed to be at the Chester penitentiary. The investigation proved that Johnson had escaped from the penitentiary. Now Titchenal is trying to discover if Johnson, the Johnson who killed Rayburn, is the same as the man who murdered his father. Dan Titchenal was killed at Troy, Missouri, in the early part of July of this year by a fellow teamster in a dispute over the right to water their horses. Alton relatives were not informed of the death of Titchenal until several days after it occurred. Alton relatives are very anxious to try and connect up the two Johnsons. They fear that Thomas Johnson may be released from the Troy, Mo. jail under a light bond. If they can show he is the same man guilty of the murder of Rayburn, he will be brought back to the Southern Illinois Penitentiary.

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TITCHENAL, G. L./Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, May 26, 1923           Daughter of Oliver Foster [Fosterburg is named after this family] Dies

Mrs. G. L. Titchenal, widow of Charles Titchenal, died at the Nazareth Home this morning at 9:25 o'clock after an illness of six years, which began about the time her husband died. She was in her seventy-fifth year. Up to the time she was taken ill she had made her home in Foster township and was one of the best known residents of that place. She was married to Charles Titchenal in 1883. She was a member of the Foster family who gave Foster township its name, and was a daughter of Oliver Foster. She leaves one sister, Mrs. Jacob Hosser of Florida, three brothers, Oliver Foster of Alton, Theodore Foster of Montana and A. L. Foster of Parsons, Kan. The funeral will be Monday morning at 11 o'clock from the Fosterburg Baptist Church.

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TOLLE, UNKNOWN/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, July 30, 1921

Mrs. August Tolle, a member of a well known Godfrey Township family, died in Denver, Colo., on Thursday, July 28, according to word received by relatives. The message did not state how long Mrs. Tolle had been ill and the cause of her death. The body will be brought here for burial, arriving in St. Louis Monday morning. From St. Louis it will be shipped to Alton and taken to the home of Mrs. Andrew Logsdon of the North Side. Mrs. Logsdon is a sister of Mr. Tolle. The funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon from the Logsdon home. Interment will be in Godfrey Cemetery.

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TOMLINSON, DAVID G./Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, January 16, 1923

David G. Tomlinson, aged 75, for many years a well known blacksmith and horseshoer, is dead at Reno, Nevada, according to word received last night by William F. Sinclair, secretary of Franklin Lodge, No. 25, A. F. & A. M. The cause of the death was not given in the telegram. Mr. Sinclair immediately communicated the fact to members of the Tomlinson family and they took up the matter of disposing of the remains of their father. Mr. Tomlinson had been traveling for a concern manufacturing horseshoe nails. His residence was in Salt Lake City, and it was there his wife is living. She was notified by telegram from George Tomlinson last night that her husband's body was at Reno. The reason the notice of his death was sent here was Mr. Tomlinson carried membership cards in various Masonic bodies and members of the organizations at Reno took charge and wired for instructions as to what disposition to make of the body. He belonged to Franklin Lodge and Franklin Chapter, Alton Council and Belvidere Commandery and it was because he carried cards from all those bodies the message advising of his death was sent here. There were few who realized that Mr. Tomlinson was as old as he was. He did not appear to be 75 and among those who did not know him well there is general surprise that a man of such strength and power would be that age. He was born in England and came to this country when about 10 years of age and he spent practically all his life in Alton and vicinity. For years he conducted a blacksmith and horseshoeing shop in the eastern part of the city and he had a wide reputation for excellence of his work. He was a man of numerous warm friendships and his death is greatly regretted by many who had known him well, and who enjoyed his occasional visits back in Alton. He was a son of Samuel Tomlinson who came to Alton about 65 years ago and engaged in the wagon making and blacksmithing business. The son grew up in the business with his father and he finally succeeded to the business. He was known for his skillful work, and there were few men who could shoe a horse and knew as much about what a horse's hoof required in the way of shoes as he. About a dozen years ago he gave up working at his trade and started traveling for the firm which made the nails he had used in his own shop for many years and it is supposed he was on a business trip at the time of his death. Mr. Tomlinson took deep interest in the work of the Masonic bodies in which he held membership and he always retained his connection with the Alton bodies which he had received his degrees. He leaves beside his widow, whom he married about twelve years ago, six daughters, Miss Carrie Tomlinson, Mrs. C. S. Leech, Mrs. L. M. Bowman, Mrs. Adelia Fox, Mrs. Charles Holden, Mrs. Hattie Smithley, and two sons, George and Gus.

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TONSOR, HENRY O./Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, February 8, 1919                  Business Man, Active in Civic Affairs, Dies

Henry O. Tonsor, one of the best known lodge men and business men in Alton, died at his residence on East Broadway at 2 o'clock this morning, after a sudden collapse, which was the culmination of an illness of several years' duration. The death of Mr. Tonsor was wholly unexpected to his friends as he had been apparently better for a short time and on Friday was able to be up and around, greeting his friends. He was in a more cheerful frame of mind and apparently much improved. For that reason his collapse and death was a great shock to the family and to his many friends who were not all prepared for such a sudden termination of his life. Henry O. Tonsor was born in Alton, the son of John M. Tonsor, and lived in Alton all his life. He succeeded his father in 1888 to the ownership of the business which he was conducting at the time of his death. The business was established in 1864 and continued in the family ever since. Henry O. Tonsor had been in the business since he was 17 years of age. Mr. Tonsor was active in public affairs. He served for six years as a member of the Madison county board of supervisors and on several occasions was the unsuccessful candidate of the Democratic ticket for public office. His last race was for member of the State Board of Equalization as a party nominee. He was a candidate once for the Democratic nomination for state senator in the 47th district, but was apparently defeated by a narrow margin by an Edwardsville man. A belief was held by Mr. Tonsor and his friends that he had been nominated and a contest was instituted, but on a curious technicality he was ruled out and the opening of the ballot boxes was denied. Mr. Tonsor had been very active in Masonic circles. He was originally a member of Erwin lodge, a German language Masonic lodge, but later became affiliated with Piasa Lodge No. 27, A. F. & A. M. He had been highly honored by the Masonic fraternity for his valuable work in behalf of the order, being chosen for the honorary 33rd degree, which was conferred upon him in Boston, Mass., Sept. 18, 1906. He belonged to all the Masonic bodies, Piasa lodge, Franklin chapter, Alton council, Belvidere comandry, in Alton. Also Oriental Consistory in Chicago. He was a Mystic Shriner. He was also a member of the Elks lodge at Alton and served in official capacity there. Mr. Tonsor was married in 1878 to Louise Bahre, and was the father of six children, all of whom survive him. It has been about 22 months since the health of Mr. Tonsor broke and he has been under the care of a physician much of the time since, although he has been able to get around for some time and always put up a brave appearance. Yesterday he felt better than in months, and so expressed himself to several. He retired last night about 9:00 o'clock feeling fine, but must have become sick shortly before 2:00 this morning. His wife was aroused by the sounds he made and she found him standing near the bed and retching. He had had a severe hemorrhage, the fourth in a few years, and she assisted him to a seat on the edge of the bed. "I am going; bood-bye; call the children," were the last words he spoke. The children were called, but he was unconscious and died shortly after they got into the room. Hemorrhage and hardening of the arteries are given as the cause of his death. He was born in Alton at Sixth and Cherry streets, November 27, 1857, and spent all of his life in Alton, most of it within a few blocks of his birthplace. He was a trustee of the Alton Benevolent society for many years, and was always active in the cause of charity. He has dispensed much charity in an unostentatious way, and has done many favors of a substantial kind, of which the public knows nothing. His views in that regard were voiced only a few days ago to the writer, when he said: "Publicity is not charity, nor is doing a friend a favor to in telling others how good and kind you have been." He practiced that belief, but there are very many of his beneficiaries who know what he did, and who will sincerely mourn his departure. He is survived by his wife and the following children: John W. Tonsor and Miss Edith, who lives at home; Oscar, Mrs. James Barrett and Mrs. William Stoff, who live in Alton; Mrs. William Hoehner of Belleville. There are six grandchildren and a half-sister, Mrs. H. A. Wutzler. The funeral will be Tuesday afternoon at ____ o'clock, from the home of East Broadway, Rev. Smith, pastor of the Congregational church officiating. Interment will be in the City cemetery.

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TOOHEY, AGNES/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, October 7, 1922             Principal of Irving and McKinley Schools Dies at Teachers' Institute

Miss Agnes Toohey, supervising principal of Irving and McKinley schools, died yesterday evening at 6:45 o'clock in St. Joseph's Hospital following an apoplectic stroke which affected her shortly before 3 o'clock in the afternoon while she was attending the closing session of the Madison County Teachers' Institute at Edwardsville. She was found lying on the floor in a room to which she had gone from the place where the session of the institute was being held. Medical assistance was summoned, and the Edwardsville doctor who was called suggested that among the doctors attending a meeting of the Madison County Medical Society at the court house, there might be some Alton doctor who was acquainted with her. Dr. Mather Pfeiffenberger, an old friend, and former pupil of Miss Toohey, was called and he took charge of his old school teacher, attending her until after she had been removed to St. Joseph's Hospital at Alton in an ambulance. She never regained consciousness after she was stricken. Friends and relatives of Miss Toohey say that she had been in the best of spirits with no alarming symptoms whatever during the three days she was attending the teachers' institute. She had not been well enough on Tuesday to attend to her duties at school, and she stayed at home, a rare thing for her, as she was known for her regularity in attendance upon her duties. She was counseled to stay away from the teachers' institute, but Wednesday morning she said that she felt so well she would go. She had been making trips back and forth to Edwardsville every day, and her evening reports at home were that she was enjoying this one the most of any teachers' institute she had ever attended. She entered into it with all her powers, as she was trying to get the maximum amount of good out of the work that was being given in the teachers' institute. Her associates say that she was dividing her time so that she could take in all departments of work covering that which she was doing as supervising principal from the primary grades up. It was because she had been dividing her time in more than one group of work her absence was not noticed Friday afternoon when she left the classroom. Each group of teachers thought she was with the other group, and it was only when the report was made of her being found unconscious in an adjoining room that her home associates in teaching learned of anything being wrong. There was every indication of a cerebral hemorrhage. She had been subject to attacks of acute indigestion. Otherwise, she had been in good condition. It had been one of her proudest parts of her record as a teacher that she taught school for many years without losing a day. She was never known to complain of ill health until the last few years of her life. She was never in better form for her school work and never had such an intense interest in what she was doing as in her closing years. Her efficiency was at its very highest and she had great plans laid out for increasing the efficiency of her work in the schools the present year. This was one reason why she was taking such a deep interest in the work that was being given in the teachers' institute. The death of Miss Toohey removes one of the best beloved of all the Alton school teachers. She began her career as a teacher in Alton when she was seventeen years of age. Her first service as a teacher began in an Upper Alton school. Afterward she taught in Humboldt school, and later she was transferred to the Irving school. There she had her breaking in under Mrs. Anna Britten, and she later succeeded to begin in an Upper Alton school, where she taught three years. She loved the work of educating children, and she was able to get the best possible results out of those who passed under her instruction. She could best manage the so-called "bad boys" in the schools. They seemed to respond to her advances and she got along with a minimum of corporal punishments. If was her theory that boys could be handled by treating them kindly and while she was firm, she led them along the way she wished them to go and made warm friendships which remained pleasant memories to thousands whom she had under her care. She kept her youthful interest in everything. She was a leader in the cause of improvement of educational methods.....

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TORRENCE, SARAH J. [nee LUSK]/Source: Edwardsville Intelligencer, April 27, 1897

Last of Earth Deaths That Have Occurred Since Friday. The Grim Reaper Claims Without Discrimination.
The announcement of the death of Mrs. Sarah J. Torrence, yesterday morning, caused sorrow in all parts of the city in which she has made her home for nearly three score years and ten. The venerable lady died at eight o'clock after an illness of less than a week. Pleurisy was the cause of death. The funeral will take place Thursday, but the hour has not been fixed. Mrs. Sarah J. Torrence was a native of Edwardsville. She was born here on November 10, 1828. She was the eldest daughter of John T. and Lucretia Lusk, who were early settlers of Illinois and among the most prominent of Edwardsville's first citizens. Her education was received in this city, which has been her lifelong home. On April 10, 1846 she was married to Edward S. [Salisbury] Brown. The union was blessed with two children, Ansel L. and a daughter, Mary Lucretia, who died September 26, 1850. The death of Edward Brown occurred a short time before, July 9, of the same year. In the fall of 1853[,] Mrs. Torrence was married to John R. Torrence. They had two children, Harry L., now in Portland, Ore., and Gillian L, wife of C. N. Travous. Mr. Torrence died during the war. Of the family of her parents only one remains, a sister of Mrs. Torrence, Mrs. Mary Sloss, of Alabama. Mrs. Torrence was one upon whom the passing years left slight traces of their flight. She was keenly alive to[o], and took a great interest in all current happenings. She was a famed entertainer and the hospitality of her home was boundless. She had a wide acquaintanceship and the fact of her death, coming at a time when she appeared to be full of life and vigor, can scarcely be realized by her friends.
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TRARES, JAMES/Source: Alton Evening Telegraph, October 24, 1921

James Trares, 3 year old son of Mrs. Clem Trares, died at his home 506 Hillsboro Avenue, Edwardsville, yesterday morning from injuries suffered Saturday morning when he was struck by an automobile driven by Charles Selzinger. The boy and other children were crossing the street in front of the Trares home when an approaching wagon caused the Trares child to turn back into the path of Seizinger's automobile. He was struck by the fender and his skull was fractured.

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TRAVOUS, CHARLES N., ATTORNEY/Source: Edwardsville Intelligencer, July 2, 1907/Submitted by Jane Denny

Attorney C. N. Travous Is Found Dead in His Bed
Edwardsville has seen few sensations more profound than that produced this morning by the news that attorney Charles N. Travous had been found dead in bed. Mr. Travous has had many serious illnesses, but none expected him to died during the night and that too at a time when his wife and daughter were hundreds of miles away. Mr. Travous had been to New York three times in the past month on business of gravest importance for the Wabash. … Mrs. Travous and their eldest daughter, Miss Sara, went east a week ago at Mr. Travous' request to spend a few days with him in New York. He was called back to St. Louis by an urgent message and they stopped off at Waverly, New York, to spend a day with Mrs. Emily Crane Tew. In consequence, Mr. Trsvous came in at night while his wife and daughter arrived this afternoon at 1:30 on number 9.  Mr. Travous went to his home on St. Louis street last evening, dined with his daughter, Louise, and afterwards went for a walk with her. They strolled about town for a couple of hours and then Mr. Travous retired. The last words of his daughter to him were that she would not call him early this morning, as he looked very tired. This morning he did not make his appearance at the breakfast table, and after knocks and soft calls at the door had failed to get any answer Louise became alarmed. … Dr. S. T. Robinson was hurriedly summoned and declared that Mr. Travous had been dead probably ten or twelve hours. … Dr. J. A. Hirsch, who had treated Mr. Tavous in recent years … expressed the belief that hepatic trouble was the cause of death.  Charles Norton Travous was a brilliant example, right at home, of the self-made man. He first came to Edwardsville driving a pair of mules attached to a water wagon in the trall of a thresher. He died in one of the most costly and beautiful homes that the city has. When he arrived in town he had not a single penny and owned merely the clothes that he wore, but he amassed a considerable fortune. He was then unknown, but he archived fame in his profession and rose to high position. And it was all due to what finally killed him—hard work. Mr. Travous was 50 years old on January 26, this year. He was born on a farm south of Collinsville, his father being a former officer in the French army who came to the new world and went to farming. Both his parents were Irish and natives of the old country. They prospered but slowly and occasionally the family knew the bitterest want. The father died and the mother had to make shift for the large family and then the children for themselves. Charles Travous was water boy for the construction crew when the Vandalia railroad was built. Then he hired out with threshing outfits. He got his first real job when he became bookkeeper for the F. O. Sawyer Paper Company in St. Louis. Then he decided on a profession and commenced the study of law in the office of Gillespie & Happy. Mr. Travous studied law in the summer and taught school in the winter. He walked from Edwardsville to Highland, took the examination under A. A. Suppiger, received a first grade certificate entitling him to teach, and walked all the way back to Edwardsville, the happiest of young men. He taught in the neighborhood of Grantfork for several years, between 1878 and 1881. In this year he was admitted to the bar, and the law firm of Gillespie & Happy being severed, that of Happy & Travous was established. This continued until Mr. Happy went west in 1891. In July that year, Mr. Travous and Wilbur M. Warnock formed the partnership of Travous & Warnock which continued until November 1, 1899, when George D. Burroughs was admitted and the firm became Travous, Warnock & Burroughs. This continued until February, 1905, when Mr. Travous withdrew to give his whole attention to the Wabash work which had lately been claiming most of his time. His late partner, W. M. Warnock, declared today that he was the best all around lawyer that he had ever known of, and this fact made his services so valuable to the road [Wabash]. When he left his office on the thirteenth floor of the Lincoln Trust building, St. Louis, he did not leave his business behind, but turned it over in his mind on the cars, and studied it further at home, and pondered on it after he had gone to bed. His concentration and breadth brought success in every sway. He became one of the foremost men in his profession, he was regarded as a shrewd and successful politician, and he amassed material wealth as well.  Mr. Travous was married, October 6, 1888 to Miss Gillian Lusk Torrence, daughter of the late Mrs. Sarah Torrence. Their union was of the happiest. It was a love match, pure and simple, as the husband then had nothing but his indomitable will. Their marriage took place in the Methodist church and was one of the last ceremonies performed by the late E. M. West. Mrs. Travous was very proud of her husband's wonderful success and was his close companion and advisor all through their life together. They have two children, Sarah Margaret, aged 18, who graduated from the high school a month ago, and Rachel Louise, aged 16. Mr. Travous has five sisters and a brother. The brother, Sam Travous, lives at Poplar Bluff, Mo. One sister, Mrs. Frank Anderlin, resides in St. Louis. The mother made her home in the last years of her life with her son here and died about ten years ago. In Edwardsville Mr. Travous occupied the position of a foremost citizen. His legal practice and his social standing placed him there without question. He was ever in demand as an after-dinner speaker, and his advice and co-operation were sought in many affairs. When the First National Bank was organized in 1897 he was made the first vice president, and continued in the position as long as his connection with the institution remained.  Between Mr. Travous and Dr. S. T. Robinson, who was summoned on the case this morning, there existed a peculiar bond of coincident circumstances. Each came to Edwardsville for the practice of a profession. They commenced at the same time in 1881, their offices were at the north-west corner of Main and Parcell streets, they were practically the same age, the birthday of each being in the fore part of 1867. They were both married in October, 1886, and each attended the other's wedding. In the early eighties their practices as new beginners was slender and they had much time together, which they spent in each other's offices, discussing matters of mutual interest as their professional success advanced.  While Mr. Travous' death was a terrible shock to every one, the manner of his passing was not surprise to those who knew him even indifferently well. He was such a hard worker and was under so continual a strain that sudden death was anticipated in his case. He had had previous attacks of illness, which several times threatened to carry him off. No one knew better than he what was liable to happen, but he did not loosen his expenditure of energy one whit. He was a believer in insurance and carried a heavy line estimated at about $30,000.
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TRAVOUS, GILLIAN TORRENCE/Source: Edwardsville Intelligencer, December 13, 1930/Submitted by Jane Denny

Mrs. Travous is Dead, Expired at Home Last Night. Cerebral Hemorrhage Results in Fatality Soon After Stroke, Husband Passed Away Suddenly.
Mrs. Gillian Torrence Travous, widow of the late Chas. N. Travous, who was former general solicitor for the Wabash Railroad Company, died last night at 10 o'clock at the family residence, 824 St. Louis Street less than two hours after she suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and after spending one of her customary evenings with her daughter, Miss Rachel Louise Travous. It was about 8:45 o'clock that Miss Travous noticed the beginning of the final attack and called a physician who administered to her without successful results. Coming as it did, the death of Mrs. Travous was an unusual circumstance. Just two months ago, on October 9, her half-brother, Ansel L. Brown, former veteran newspaper editor and published of Edwardsville passed away after an extended illness. Mrs. Travous' husband also had a very unexpended death on July 1, 1907. He returned home that day from a business trip in New York city ad expired during the night. Her father, the late John R. Torrence, died shortly after he returned home from service in the Civil War. Mrs. Travous was born in Edwardsville on November 1, 1859 and was 71 years, 1 months and 10 days old at the time of her death. Her parents were John R. and Sarah Lusk Torrence, members of two of Madison County's oldest families. Her father was born on a farm west of Edwardsville in 1818, the year Illinois was admitted to the union. Her Lusk relationship dated to even earlier periods. John T. Lusk came into Madison County in 1805 and Lucretia Gillham another ancestor was here as early as 1802. John T. Lusk was one of the large land owners of Edwardsville, donating land for a cemetery and the old Madison County Fair Association. His family helped found St. John's M.E. Church. Mrs. Travous attended the Edwardsville public schools and completed the course before the present day graduation exercises. As a young woman she taught school in Edwardsville for a short time and was one of the early librarians of the Edwardsville Public Library. She was active in various church work. She was a musician and played on all of the church organs of the city in former years. Mrs. Travous was one picked from Illinois to serve as hostess of the state building at the St. Louis World's Fair. During the weeks she filled in that capacity she greeted thousand of person who visited the building, helping to make them feel welcome. On October 6, 1866 she was married to Mr. Travous. The union was blessed with two daughters, Mrs. Sarah Travous Howe, wife of John W. Howe, of St. Louis and Miss Rachel Louise Travous of Edwardsville, who survive. There are also two grandchildren, Martha Gillham and Rachel Travous Howe, both of St. Louis. One brother, Harry L. Torrence of Portland, Ore., also survives. The body will lie in state at the Marks-Weber Funeral Home until the hour of the funeral, Saturday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. J. K. Brennan of St. Andrew's Episcopal church will officiate. Burial will be made at Woodlawn Cemetery.
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