Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Tilden, Allen S 1822 - 
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Author: History of Grundy Co 1882

Allen S. Tilden, farmer, P. O. Verona, is a native of Addison County, Vt., 
born December 25, 1822; son of Isaac and Minerva Tilden. When about thirteen 
years old his parents removed to St. Lawrence County, N. Y., where they 
remained until 1852, then came to Grundy County, Ill. When subject became of 
age, he went to North Leverett, Franklin Co., Mass., where he engaged at his 
trade (that of a blacksmith); worked there four years, and afterward three in 
the northern part of New Hampshire, and came to Illinois in 1852 and settled 
in Vienna Township, where he now owns a farm of 560 acres of land, 400 in 
Sections 9 and 16 of Vienna Township. His residence with extensive 
improvements being located five miles northwest from Verona. He was married, 
in May, 1852, to Miss Elvira Willis, daughter of Ezra Willis, born in Franklin 
County, Mass., in 1831. They have three children - Eva E., born in Grundy 
County, September 24, 1853; Lucy C., born in Grundy County October 17, 1860, 
married to E. Willson December 3, 1879; and Frank C., born December 20, 1872. 
Mr. Tilden's mother is now living with him. She is now eighty-two years of 
age. His father, Isaac Tilden, died at subject's residence in August, 1866.



Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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