Imperial-San Diego County CA Archives Biographies.....Tilly, John R. 1866 - 
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Author: F. C. Farr (editor, 1918)

JOHN R. TILLY is a man of progressive ideas and one of the substantial and
representative men of Imperial County, and has served as secretary of Water
Company No. 12 since August, 1917. Mr. Tilly came to the Valley in 1914, and
purchased three hundred and twenty acres of land located ten miles northwest of
Imperial, in Water Company No. 12, and the success he has attained has been
gratifying. He is engaged in raising cotton, alfalfa and corn, and improvements
of a high order have been made on every hand. Mr. Tilly was born in Harrison
County, Missouri, March 4, 1888, son of Oliver and Bertha (Brown) Tilly. His
parents are among the early settlers of Harrison County, and are still living.
Mr. Tilly acquired his education in the public schools, graduating from the
Bethany high in his county. He became associated with the Harrison County Bank,
as bookkeeper and assistant cashier, remaining here for five years. He came west
and established a retail hardware store in San Diego, which he operated for
eighteen months and then traded his stock of merchandise for his ranch holdings
in this% county. Fraternally he is a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge.
Politically he votes the Republican ticket. Mr. Tilly married in Bethany,
Missouri, October 9, 1912, to Miss Ree Neff, a daughter of Daniel Neff, who is
retired and lives in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. Tilly have one son, Norman G.,
born August 21, 1913.

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THE HISTORY
OF
IMPERIAL COUNTY
CALIFORNIA
EDITED BY
F. C. FARR

IN ONE VOLUME
ILLUSTRATED
Published by ELMS AND FRANKS
BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 1918


Printed by Taylor & Taylor, San Francisco


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