Joseph Manning Tilton

Male28 September 1890–6 January 1907

Brief Life History of Joseph Manning

When Joseph Manning Tilton was born on 28 September 1890, in Pana, Christian, Illinois, United States, his father, Wirt Roswell Tilton, was 30 and his mother, Emmeline Gertrude Price, was 28. He died on 6 January 1907, in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 16, and was buried in Springfield, Sangamon, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Wirt Roswell Tilton
1859–1936
Emmeline Gertrude Price
1862–1949
Edith A. Tilton
1885–1944
William Roswell Tilton
1889–1912
Joseph Manning Tilton
1890–1907
Clara Mae Tilton
1895–1963
Viola Florence Tilton
1902–1967

Sources (6)

  • Joseph Tilton in household of Wirt R Tilton, "United States Census, 1900"
  • Joseph Manning Tilton, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Joseph Manning Tilton, "United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011"

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World Events (8)

1892 · The Chicago Canal

Age 2

The Chicago River Canal was built as a sewage treatment scheme to help the city's drinking water not to get contaminated. While the Canal was being constructed the Chicago River's flow was reversed so it could be treated before draining back out into Lake Michigan.

1893 · The World's Columbian Exposition

Age 3

Also known as the Chicago World's Fair, The Exposition was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the New World. The centerpiece of the Fair was a large water pool that represented Columbus's voyage across the Atlantic to the Americas. The Fair had a profound effect on new architecture designs, sanitation advancement, and the arts. The Fairgrounds were given the nickname the White City due to its lavish paint and materials used to constuct it. Over 27 million people attended the fair during its six-month of operation. Among many of the invetions exhibited there was the first Ferris wheel built to rival the Eiffel Tower in France.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

Age 6

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

Name Meaning

English (Berkshire and Lancashire): habitational name from Tilton in Leicestershire, named with the Old English personal name Tila, Tilla + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, settlement’.

History: William Tilton came to Lynn, MA, in or before 1637. Many of his descendants were master mariners, living on Martha's Vineyard. James Tilton of DE (1745–1822) was a physician who became US surgeon general.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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