Chaves-Colfax-Lincoln County NM Archives Biographies.....Tillotson, Thomas C. ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/nm/nmfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com January 7, 2007, 3:00 am Author: R. L. Polk (1912) THOMAS C. TILLOTSON. Thomas C. Tillotson, Register U. S. Land Office, (Repub.). Born March 11, 1853, Boone Co., Ills., son of O. R. and Martha Tillotson. Educated public schools Boone County. High school Clinton Junction, Wis. Was graduate Commercial College, Chicago, 1871. Engaged in hardware business Chicago until 1875. Came to N. M., Feb., 1876, locating in Colfax Co. In 1877 moved to Lincoln Co. and engaged in cattle business until 1908. Receiver Y. O. Cattle Outfit, Lincoln Co., 1889-1893. Census Enumerator, Lincoln Co., 1880. Probate Clerk same, 1882. P. M. Lincoln, 1882. Probate Judge Lincoln Co., 1895-97. Appointed Register U. S. Land Office with headquarters Roswell, Dec, 1908. Is a Mason, Royal Arch Mason and Elk. Roswell, N. [sic] Additional Comments: Extracted from: POLK'S NEW MEXICO AND ARIZONA PICTORIAL STATE GAZETTEER AND BUSINESS DIRECTORY FIRST STATEHOOD EDITION 1912-1913 VOLUME NO. 1 R L. POLK & CO., PUBLISHERS MEMBERS OF ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN DIRECTORY PUBLISHERS ST. PAUL, MINN. PUBLISH ALSO GAZETTEERS OF TEXAS, KANSAS, NEBRASKA, SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTH DAKOTA, WYOMING, UTAH, IDAHO, OREGON, WASHINGTON, MONTANA, WEST VIRGINIA, MINNESOTA, IOWA, KANSAS, MISSOURI, ALABAMA, OKLAHOMA, TENNESSEE, MISSISSIPPI, KENTUCKY, PENNSYLVANIA, WISCONSIN, INDIANA, MICHIGAN, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, NEW JERSEY, DELAWARE, MARYLAND, NEVADA, CALIFORNIA. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/nm/chaves/bios/tillotso4gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/nmfiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb