Background
Koons, Tilghman Benjamin was born on May 29, 1852 in Treichlers, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Daniel and Sarah (Shipe) Koons.
Koons, Tilghman Benjamin was born on May 29, 1852 in Treichlers, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Daniel and Sarah (Shipe) Koons.
Public schools and special course of several years under Professor Atwaters. Business course Eastman’s School, Pougkeepsie, New New York
Began as telegraph operator Doctorate.,L.&West. Railroad, December 1872. Clerk general frt. office L.V. Railroad, and several years in commercial business, 1873-1880. With Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, from 1880, as soliciting frt. agent, Elmira, New York, 1884, general agent, division frt. and pass. agent, Mauch Chunk, 1885-1898, general frt. agent, September 1898-1902, frt. traffic manager, 1902-1913, vice-president and frt. traffic manager, January 1, 1913-November 1, 1926.
Retired at own request after 46 years’ continuous service C.R.R. Company of New Jersey.
Member Pennsylvania Society, et cetera Club: Railroad.
Married Cornelia East. Benjamin, of Lincoln Park, New Jersey, May 30, 1876.