Bill_Tilghman

Bill Tilghman Bill Tilghman was born on the 4th day of July in 1854. His father served as a sharpshooter in Mr. Lincoln’s army during the War between the States and came back partially blinded. As time passed, the elder Tilghman’s vision improved and the family moved from one frontier outpost to another as he plied his trade as a sutler for the army. As a teenager, bill Tilghman, armed with his father’s army-issues Sharps rifle, partnered with another young man named Jim Elder and left Dodge City to become a buffalo hunter. Over the next several years, his group grew to one of the largest on the frontier. Tilghman killed over seven thousand buffalo, almost doubling Buffalo Bill Cody’s record. In the mid- 1870’s Tilghman’s older brother Richard joined the team and was subsequently killed by a passing war party. Tilghman met and fell in love with Flora Kendall. He went off to scout for the army and she married another man. Her husband was killed in a horse-related accident and the pregnant Flora moved back to Dodge with her family. Tilghman found out about this and returned and married her. They partnered with Neal tilghman, oklahoma, one, killed, out, marshal, lynn, dodge, bill, city, buffalo, years, town, later, flora, deputy, another, man, made, lutke, lawman, doolin, after, year, tilghman’s, three, thomas, state, shot, sheriff, sawyer, over, off, next, masterson