Philip Sheridan Titus

Born 6 October 1866 at Montgomery, Orange County, New York

Died 10 May 1937 at Walton, Delaware County, New York

Philip was the son of John J. Titus and Ann Hendrick Van Keuren Titus. He was raised at Montgomery where his father was a freight agent and later a railroad baggage master. Philip married to Mary More Marvin on 5 November 1890 at Walton. They made their home first at Walton where he was a yard master. They relocated to Middletown, New York about 1900 where he was a railroad conductor. They relocated again about 1905 to Kingston, New York where he was a railroad conductor. After 53-years of service to New York Western and Ontario Rail Road, he retired and made his permanent home at Walton. He died suddenly at his home not long after. Philip was remembered as a quiet man, having a fine sense of humor, a high sense of integrity, and a faithfulness to duty. Philip and Mary were the parents of three children; Marvin Sinclair Titus, Elinor More Titus, and Philip Sheridan Titus, Jr. He was John More Association David Line cousin #M7412 and the husband of my third cousin three times removed. Philip was buried at Walton Cemetery in a Titus family plot where his brother, Charles H. Titus, was buried just one year earlier.

Titus family plot at Walton Cemetery. In this photo; grave markers in front of the Titus family monument, from left to right, are Philip S. Titus, Mary More Marvin Titus, and the shared marker for Elinor Titus Smith with her husband, Arnold H. Smith.  Behind the Titus family monument is the marker for Charles H. Titus.

Photos obtained myself on 12 August 2015.

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