Music

1. Mogadishu

Sources

• Findagrave, ac­cessed 24 Aug 2026
• Hymnary, ac­cessed 24 Aug 2026
• Minnesota Vi­tal Sta­tis­tics In­dexes & State Mar­riage Re­cords (Re­gis­ters for 1898), do­cu­ment­ing mar­ri­age to El­la Tho­mas
• Minnesota De­part­ment of Health, Death In­dex (1904–2001), va­lid­at­ing life­span as 1857–1925
• 1870 Unit­ed States Fe­der­al Cen­sus (track­ing his child­hood con­text) and the 1900/1910 United States Fe­der­al Cen­sus (track­ing his adult­hood as a mu­sic mer­chant with Ella)
• 1st Ward Un­ion School Gra­du­ation Ex­er­cises Pro­gram (West Bay Ci­ty, Mi­chi­gan: Tri­bune Com­pa­ny, June 24, 1881). Do­cu­ments Music - Mr. F. W. Tid­ball as the of­fi­cial ev­ent ac­com­pa­nist
• The Hast­ings Ban­ner (Hastings, Mi­chi­gan), Feb­ru­ary 24, 1887 edi­tion. Reports: F. W. Tid­ball of Grand Ra­pids pre­sid­ed at the pi­ano a por­tion of the time at the Hast­ings House ban­quet
• Indianapolis, In­di­ana, Ci­ty Di­rect­or­ies and re­gion­al pa­pers (such as the Fort Wayne Ga­zette, May 17, 1898, page 8), do­cu­ment­ing the es­tab­lish­ment of his re­tail pi­ano bu­si­ness at 18 W. Mar­ket Street, Ind­ian­apo­lis

Help Needed

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Tid­ball (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),