THE FLAGLER TRIBUNE
Bunnell, Florida
Thursday, October 12, 1933

 

Fred B. Tidwell, aged 57, cousin of W. J. Tidwell of this county, died Sunday morning in the veteran's hospital at Lake City of heart dropsy, the deceased having been a patient in the Lake City hospital for about a month.

The deceased was a veteran of the Spanish-American War, having served on naval ships and took part in the bottling up of the Spanish fleet at Havana, Cuba harbor. He was a native of Savannah, Georgia, but spent his early life in St. Augustine. He returned to Flagler County from Ironton, Ohio, with his family, he being committed to the veteran's hospital shortly after he arrived here.

The body was taken to St. Augustine where it was given a military burial by the Spanish-American veteran’s organization there Tuesday p.m. The flag, which draped the casket, was presented to a daughter of the deceased.

Surviving the deceased are his widow, and two children, Audrey and Walter, all of whom are making their home here.