Benjamin Franklin Tilton

  General Notes:

There Is good Info on Benjamin F Tilton In Iowa Biographies Project History Of Hardin County Iowa Spring Field III Union Publishing Company 1883 Eldora Town Ship.
It talks of Him being born Danville VT and him and his family moved to canada for a few years then David and Sarah Foster moved to Franklin New York were they died and talk of Eldora Township.
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Note for: Benjamin Franklin Tilton, 22 Aug 1804 - 19 Apr 1863 Index
Individual Note:
1850; Census Place: Potsdam, Saint Lawrence, New York; Roll: M432_590; Page: 63B; Image: 397.
from Iowa Biographies Project History of Hardin County, Iowa Springfield, Ill: Union Publishing Company, 1883. Eldora Township
1880; Census Place: Steamboat Rock, Hardin, Iowa; Roll: 343; Family History Film: 1254343; Page: 424B; Enumeration District: 122
1870; Census Place: Farmington, Cedar, Iowa; Roll: M593_380; Page: 212B; Image: 429;
Benjamin F. Tilton, one of the earlier settlers of Eldora township, resides on section 1. He was born in the town of Danville, Caledonia county, Vt., August 22, 1804. When five years of age, he removed with his parents, David and Sarah (Foster) Tilton, to Canada, where he lived till 18 years of age, when his parents removed to Franklin county, N. Y. His parents lived in Franklin county till their death. Mr. Benjamin Tilton lived in Franklin county about ten years, when he removed to St. Lawrence county, where he lived four years. He has been married twice. His first wife was Mary A. Garfield, who died in Pottsdam, St. Lawrence county. His second wife was Levina Hayford, born in the State of New York. He has five children by his first wife, three of whom are living, viz: Kate M., Carrie M. and Julia. He has one daughter by his second wife -- Frances E. Two of his daughters -- Kate and Julia -- live in Beloit, Wis. Carrie M. is a clerk in the Treasury Department, at Washington. The youngest resides at home, and is by profession a teacher. His daughters are unmarried. Mr. Tilton's farm contains 80 acres.
1850; Census Place: Danville, Caledonia, Vermont; Roll: M432_922; Page: 240B; Image: 475.

Benjamin married Mary A Garfield #1 about 1834 in Vermont / Iowa. (Mary A Garfield #1 was born about 1805 in Vermont and died on an unknown date in PottsDam St Lawrence.)

Benjamin next married Levina Hayford #2 on an unknown date. (Levina Hayford #2 was born on an unknown date in New York and died on an unknown date in Iowa.)