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Tilghman, Matthew – Timrod, Henry
Tilghman, Matthew
congressman, was born Feb. 17, 1718, in Hermitage, Md.
He was a delegate from Maryland to the continental congress from 1774 to 1777.
He died May 4, 1790, in Hermitage, Md.
Tilghman, Tench
soldier, was born Dec. 25, 1744, in Talbot county, Md. On the surrender of Cornwallis he was selected by Washington to bear his despatch to congress announcing that event. He was voted the thanks of congress, a sword, and a horse with accoutrements, for this service. After the war he became a merchant in Baltimore. He died April 18, 1786, in Baltimore, Md.
Tilghman, Tench
soldier, public official, was born March 25, 1810, in Plimhimmon, Md. He was brigadier-general of Maryland militia in 1837-60; and majorgeneral in 1860-61, state commissioner of public works in 1841-51; and superintendent of the military department of the Maryland military academy of Oxford in 1847-57. In 1849-50 he was United States consul at Mayaguez, Porto Rico. From 1857 till 1860 he was collector of customs for the port of Oxford, Md. He died Dec. 22, 1874, in Baltimore, Md.
Tilghman, William
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, was born Aug. 12, 1756, in Talbot county, Md. He was appointed chief justice of the state supreme court in 1806. He was a member of the Pennsylvania legislature for several years, from 1788. He was president of the Philosophical society in 1824, and in 1809 prepared a report of the English statutes in force within the state. He died April 30, 1827, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Tillinghast, Nicholas
educator, author, was born Sept. 22, 1804, in Taunton, Mass. He was a Massachusetts educator, principal of the Normal school at Bridgewater in 1840- 53, and the author of Elements of Plane Geometry; and Prayers for Schools. He was one of the foremost educators of New England; and besides his published works contributed valuable articles to current publications.
He died April 10, 1856, in Bridgewater, Mass.
Tillinghast, Thomas
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Aug. 26, 1742, in East Greenwich, L. I. He was for many years a judge of the supreme court of Rhode Island; and was a representative in congress from Rhode Island from 1797 to 1799, and again from 1801 to 1803. He died Aug. 26, 1821, in East Greenwich, N. Y.
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.
Tilton, Daniel
lawyer, jurist. He was appointed in 1798 United States judge for the territory of Mississippi.
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.
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.