Tillman, James Hammond – Tipton, Thomas W
Tillman, James Hammond
lawyer, legislator, the son of Hon. George G. Tillman, a one time member of congress, was born June 27, 1869, in Edgefield county, S. C. He received his education in the Curryton academy; the Virginia Military institute; the Emerson institute of Washington, D. C.; and the Georgetown University Law school. He is one of the foremost lawyers of South Carolina; has served with distinction as state senator in the South Carolina legislature; is brigadier-general of the South Carolina volunteer troops; and takes a prominent part in public affairs.
Tillman, Lewis
agriculturist, lawyer, congressman, was born Aug. 18, 1816, in Bedford county, Tenn. He was clerk of the circuit court from 1852 to 1860; of the chancery court from 1865 to 1868; and was elected a representative from Tennessee to the forty-first congress as a republican.
Tillman, Samuel Escue
soldier, educator, author, was born in 1847 in Tennessee. He is a soldier and educator, professor of chemistry at West Point from 1880; and the author of Elementary Lessons in Heat; and Essential Principles of Chemistry.
Tillotson, Mary Ella
author, poet, teacher of hygienic law in diet and clothing, was born Nov. 15, 1816, in central New York.
She has been a successful teacher of select schools, secretary of many societies and a lecturer and writer for the liberal and radical press. Her whole life has been devoted to science, literature, and universal reform. In 1850 she was married to Mr.
C. B. Tillotson, a distant relative of the same name as her own. She studied diseases and remedies, but instead of practicing cures, taught preventives. She has traveled, lectured, formed societies, made six anti-fashions conventions, and gave to women a moral plan of teaching children. Although nearly fourscore years of age she made a speech at the World's Columbian exposition entitled Light of the World. She is the author of two works on Effects of Press on Health; and a History of the Dress Movement from 1850 to 1885. She is also the author of a poetic volume entitled Love and Transition; and a volume of Miscellaneous Poems.
Tillotson, Thomas C
stockman, jurist, was born March 11, 1853, in Boone county, Ill. During 1870-75 he was engaged in the hardware business in Chicago, Ill.; and was an eye-witness of the great conflagration of Oct. 9, 1871. He has been postmaster of Lincoln, N. M.; probate clerk and register of deeds, and judge of the probate court. In 1890 he was the nominee of the republican convention for the legislative assembly in his district. He was a Star Route mail contractor, and operated a line or route of one hundred and thirty-six miles in length; and for four years was receiver of the court in a very important cattle suit. He is a successful rancher and stockraiser of Lincoln county, N. M.; and takes a prominent part in all public affairs.
Tillson, Davis
soldier, state legislator, was born April 14, 1830, in Rockland, Maine. In 1857 he was elected to the Maine state legislature; and in 1887 became adjutant-general of the state. He served with distinction through the civil war in the artillery, and in 1865 had command of the district of east Tennessee.
Tilton, Benjamin Trowbridge
physician, author, was born in 1868 in Rhode Island. He is a physician of New York city who has translated Die Specielle Chirurgie, in two volumes; and Allgemeine Chirurgie from the German of Tillmanns.
Tilton, Daniel
lawyer, jurist. He was appointed in 1798 United States judge for the territory of Mississippi.
Tilton, James
physician, surgeon, congressman, was born June 1, 1745, in Kent county, Del. He became distinguished as a surgeon during the revolutionary war; and from 1777 to the close of the war acted as hospital surgeon, and introduced the use of hospital huts. He was a delegate in the continental congress from 1783 to 1785; and in 1785 was appointed commissioner of loans. In 1812 he was appointed surgeon-general of the United States army. He published Observations on Military Hospitals; and some papers on agriculture. He died May 14, 1822, in Wilmington, Del.
Tilton, Theodore
journalist, author, poet, was born Oct. 2, 1835, in New York city. He is a journalist and verse-writer who was editor of The New York Independent in 1863-72, and since 1883 has lived in Europe. He is the author of The American Board and Slavery; The King's Ring; Sanctum Sanctorum or an Editor's Proof Sheets; Life of Victoria Woodhull; Tempest-Tossed, a novel; Swabian Stories; The Sexton's Tale, and Other Poems; and Thou and I, a volume of verse.
Tilton, William Frederic
author, was born in 1867 in Massachusetts.
He is an historical writer; and the author of Die Spanische Armada; and The Life of Philip the Second.
Timayenis, Telemachus Thomas
author, was born in 1853 in Asia Minor.
He is a writer of New York city of Greek parentage, and resident in the United States from 1870. He is the author of The Modern Greek, Its Pronunciation and Relations to Ancient Greek; A History of Greece; Greece in the Times of Homer; Contes Tirés de Shakespeare; Talks with Æsop; and In Search of Happiness, a play.
Timberlake, Charles B
educator, business man, was born Sept. 25, 1854, in Wilmington, Ohio. He has attained success as an educator, and was principal and superintendent of schools in Ohio, Indiana and Colorado. He was county superintendent of schools in Colorado for six years; and in 1892 was a candidate for state superintendent of public instruction for Colorado on the republican ticket. Since 1895 he has been county clerk of Phillips county, Colo.; was mayor of Holyoke in 1891; a member of the city council for four years; and is a successful business man, and prominent in public affairs of his city, county and state,
Timrod, Henry
journalist, poet, was born Dec. 8, 1829, in Charleston, S. C.
He was a poet and journalist of Charleston, and, in his last years, of Columbia, S. C., whose verse has very real merit.
Spring in Carolina is one of his best poems. He died Oct. 6, 1867, in Columbia, S. C.
Timrod, William Henry
author, was born in 1792 in South Carolina. He was a bookbinder of Charleston who published a volume of Lyrics. He died in 1838.
Tincker, Mary Agnes
author, was born July 18, 1833, in Ellsworth, Maine.
She is a popular novelist who lived in Italy in 1873-87, and subsequently in Boston. She is the author of Signor Monaldini's Niece; The Jewel in the Lotus; Aurora; Two Coronets; By the Tiber; The House of Yorke; A Winged Word; Grapes and Thorns; Six Sunny Months; and San Salvador.
Tinnin, Wiley James
lawyer, merchant, banker, legislator, was born Oct. 7, 1829, near Jackson, Miss. In 1850 he moved to San Francisco; followed mining in Sacramento, Placer, Nevada and Trinity counties for three years. He then engaged in merchandise and banking in Weaverville; and also practiced law.
During 1871-74 he was a representative in the assembly of the California state legislature; and then served a term in the state senate. In 1879 he served as a delegate to the state constitutional convention. In 1885 he was appointed surveyor of the port of San Francisco, and filled that office for four years. In 1891 he moved to Fresno, where he has since been actively engaged in the practice of law and in dealing in mines. He stands high in fraternal orders, and in 1880 served as grand high priest of the Royal Arch Masons of California.
Tipton, John
United States senator, was born Aug. 14, 1786, in Sevier county, Tenn. He moved to Indiana in 1806; and was a senator in congress from Indiana from 1831 to 1839. He died April 5, 1830, in Logansport, Ind.
Tipton, Thomas F
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 29, 1833 in Franklin county, Ohio. He was state's attorney for the eighth judicial district in 1867 and 1868 in McLean county, Ill.; was elected judge of the eighth judicial circuit in 1870, and under the reorganization of circuits was elected judge of the fourteenth judicial circuit. He was elected a representative from Illinois to the fortyfifth congress as a republican.
Tipton, Thomas W
clergyman, lawyer, United States senator, was born Aug. 5, 1817, in Cadiz, Ohio. In 1845 he was elected to the Ohio legislature; and was for three years at the head of a division of the general land office in Washington. He moved' to Nebraska terri-- tory, and was chosen a delegate to the constitutional convention. In 1860 he was a councilman in the territorial legislature. He served during the rebellion as chaplain of the first regiment of Nebraska infantry. He was elected a senator in congress from the new state of Nebraska for the term commencing in 1867 and ending in 1869; and was re-elected for term expiring in 1875.