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(Source: History of Mercer County, Ohio and
Representative Citizens -
Edited and compiled by Hon. S. S.
Scranton, Celina, Ohio -
Published by Biographical Publishing Co. -
Chicago, Illinois - 1907 -
*UNLESS Otherwise Noted.)
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JOHN
TILTON, a representative citizen of Hopewell
township, where he owns a well-improved farm of 120 acres,
situated in section 28, is also a survivor of the great
Civil War in which he spent three years of young manhood.
Mr. Tilton was born January 10, 1841, in Mercer
County, Ohio, and is a son of Sylvester and Catherine
(Stephenson) Tilton.
Mr. Tilton's parents were natives of Ohio, and
early settlers in Hopewell township. Both died when
our subject was but two years of age. Until he was 15
years old his home was with an aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth
Hershell, and upon the death of this kind relative, he
went to the home of this uncle, Hiram Stephenson, of
Hopewell township, with whom he lived until he enlisted, in
October, 1861, in Company A, 71st Reg., Ohio Vol. Inf.
This regiment became a part of the Army of Tennessee, later
of the Army of the Cumberland and still later of the Army of
Ohio. It would require a large amount of space to
faithfully trace the career of this young soldier, but a
fair idea can be obtained of the hardships and dangers
through which he passed, when mention is made of Shiloh, the
siege and taking of Atlanta, and the battles of Franklin and
Nashville. For fully one year he was engaged in the
dangerous business of fighting guerrillas and barely escaped
with his life on innumerable occasions. Mr. Tilton
was honorably discharged from the service, in November,
1864, at Nashville, Tennessee.
From his return to Hopewell township until the present,
Mr. Tilton has been engaged in agricultural pursuits,
following farming, threshing and stock raising. He
owns a complete threshing outfit. He is counted as one
of the township's best farmers and is one of its substantial
citizens.
Mr. Tilton was united in marriage to Sidney
Crane, born in Hocking County, Ohio, who accompanied her
parents to Mercer County in childhood. Mr. and Mrs.
Tilton have had eight children, namely: Edward S.,
of Jefferson township; Lydia E., wife of William
Downey, of Jefferson township; Minnie, wife of
Leroy De Hays, of Ashland County, Ohio; Catherine S.,
widow of Edward Good, of Liberty township; Ruth A.,
wife of Ellsworth Borell, of Washington township;
Charlotte, wife of Earl Schleucher, of Hopewell
township; William H. and Martha Syvilla,
deceased.
Politically, Mr. Tilton is a Republican and for
three successive years he was elected assessor of Hopewell
township. He is a valued member of the Grand Army of
the Republic post at St. Marys. For many years he has
been a consistent member of the Church of God, in which he
has been an elder, trustee and deacon, and of which he is at
present treasurer. He is a man whose estimable
character is recognized by his fellow-citizens, by whom he
is respected and esteemed.
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