Benjamin Ellsworth Tilton

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Image of Ben & Ed Tilton
Ben & Ed Tilton
TitleBenjamin & Ewdard Tilton, Jr.
Object IDP2011.21.20
Object NamePrint, Photographic
Datecirca 1940
Year Range from1937
Year Range to1943
CollectionSmall Format Photograph
CaptionBen & Ed Tilton
DescriptionCandid outdoor snap shot of Benjamin & Ewdard Tilton, Jr.
NotesCandid outdoor view of Edward W. Tilton, Jr, standing in the backyard of his home on Jackson Street. Pictured with him at left is his younger brother Benjamin. Ed's dog Snubs is at their feet.
Edward Wilkins Tilton, Jr. was born in Oshkosh, WI in 1866, the son of Edward W. Tilton and Nancy Maria Ellsworth. He married Grace Virginia Sacra in Quincy, Illinois on October 22, 1891. The couple had five children together: Helen Maria (1895 \endash 1992); Newell Edward Tilton (1896 \endash 1952); Esther Jane Tilton (1904 \endash 1937); Marian Sue Tilton (1911 \endash 1980); and Robert H Tilton (1913 \endash 1914). Like his father, he was a saw manufacturer and later was a draftsman for Oshkosh Truck, He died in Oshkosh on February 17, 1943.
Benjamin Ellsworth Tilton was born on January 16, 1875 in Oshkosh the son of Nancy Maria Ellsworth and Edward Wilkins Tilton. Benjamin left Oshkosh as a young man and became a Civil Engineer for a New York Railroad. He married Annie Powers Henderson in 1900, possibly in Washington, DC. The couple had three children: Benjamin Ellsworth Tilton Jr. (1904 \endash 1930); Mary Caroline Tilton (1909 \endash ); and Lucy Tilton (1911 \endash ). The Tiltons resided in Rochester in 1910. New Hartford, NY in 1920 and by 1930 Benjamin was President of the Utica Street Railroad. He died at Utica on February 25, 1965.
Legal StatusOshkosh Public Museum
MediumCardstock/Photographic Paper
Accession number2011.21
Orig/copyOriginal
PeopleTilton, Edward Wilkins, Jr.
Tilton, Benjamin Edward
PlaceOshkosh, WI
Print size2.5" x 3.5"
ProvenanceDonated by descendants.
SubjectsGroup photographs
Male
Retirements
Backyards
Brothers
Pets
Dogs