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Marriage: Children:
  1. Irene Tilley: Birth: 1844 in Switzerland County, IN. Death: Aft. 1904

  2. Edward H. Tilley: Birth: 17 Sep 1846 in Switzerland County, IN. Death: 22 Oct 1919 in Vevay, Switzerland County, IN

  3. Alpha Rose? Tilley: Birth: 1848 in Switzerland County, IN. Death: 26 Jul 1873 in Switzerland Co. IN

  4. Ophelia Tilley: Birth: 1851 in Switzerland County, IN. Death: Aft. 1937

  5. John W. Tilley: Birth: 13 Apr 1853 in Craig Twp., Switzerland County, IN. Death: 31 Aug 1937 in Switzerland County, IN

  6. Eliza Tilley: Birth: 17 Aug 1855 in Switzerland Co. IN. Death: 22 May 1856 in Switzerland Co. IN

  7. Lucy J. Tilley: Birth: 1857 in Switzerland County, IN. Death: Bef. 1904

  8. Wallace L. Tilley: Birth: 6 Jan 1861 in Switzerland County, IN. Death: 11 Nov 1930 in Switzerland County, IN


Notes
a. Note:   Custom Field:<_FA#> Guess father is George Sr. DEEDS
 Apr. 11 1844 -- bought 28 A SE quart Sec. 21-2-3, on west bank of Indian
 Creek, small part of Sec. 22, and 21 A from S end of W half of NE quart
 of Sec. 20-2-3 from Zelim Humbert Droz. Book L-36 Sep. 8 1847 -- bought 10 A S end of W half of NE quart Sec. 21-2-3, on
 branch of creek, from John W. Wright. Book M-172
 June 28 1852 -- bought 10 A from W half of NE quart of Sec. 21-2-3,
 bordering earlier purchase, from John W. Wright. Q-117
 July 13 1854 -- bought 60-80 A from estate of Hezekiah Roberts, in Sec.
 21-2-3, west of Indian Creek. R-218
 Feb. 1 1855 -- Traded Louis Peter and Angeline Leclerc 7 A for 7.75 A,
 part of SE quart of Sec. 21-2-3, between the lands now owned by William
 Tilley & Peter Leclerc. X-191
 Nov. 17 1860 -- sold 29 A of Sec. 21-2-3 to J. Francis Raymond "... line
 between William Tilley's land and the land sold by said Tilley to
 Alexander and George Tilley..." W-32
 Nov. 17 1860 -- bought 15 A along the road on Indian Creek from John
 Francis Raymond. X-193
 June 1 1865 -- sold 20 A part of W half of NE quart Sec. 21-2-3 to Sarah
 Jane Tilley (wife of Alexander). X-475
 Apr. 14 1869 -- sold 15 A part of W half of NE quart Sec. 21-2-3 and 7 A
 of the SW part of the farm where William Tilley now resides, being part
 of the 7 A purchased from Louis Peter Leclerc in Deed Book X-191, to George Tilley. 1-322 (George & Mary Tilley then sold the land to John C.
 Cline 1-323)
 Oct. 23 1869 -- bought back same land as above from John C. Cline. 1-516
 Jan. 29 1878 -- sold 15 A, same land as above, to son Edward H. Tilley.
 6-51
 Feb. 23 1878 -- sold 10 A from Sec. 21-2-3, bordering Robert Leclerc's land, to son Edward H. Tilley. Book 6-52
 Copy in file of plat map 1883 showing Estate of William Tilley. 1850 IN Census -- Switzerland Co. Craig Twp. William age 28 and Abigail
 Tilley age 27 w/ Irene age 6, Edward age 4, Alpha age 2
 Also w/ Alexander Tilley age 21 of KY and Jane Richards age 14 Also in 1860, 1870 and 1880 IN Census
 In 1818, Frederick Grisard came... settled below Indian Creek on the land
 [currently--1876] owned by the LeClerc's, and in part by William Tilley.
 P.DuFour, History of Switzerland County p. 16.
 1820 IN Census -- Switzerland Co. Jefferson/Posey Twp. p. 171
 William Tilley age 26-44. No wife shown. 2 boys under 10, 2 girls
 under 10. Where's he fit?
 Tilley Wedding [from Claudia Tilley Wendling3/2000]
 This story of the J.W. Wright home on Highway 50, 4 miles west of Vevay
 as told to Beryl Malcomson by Ophelia Tilley Andres, a daughter of Ben
 [William] Tilley and Abigal Lamson Tilley.
 It was in 1843 that the young school teacher Abigale Lamson having closed
 her school, about 1 mile south of Braytown where McKay Cemetery is now
 located, began to plan for her wedding to the husky young man William
 Tilley who had just returned from helping her father take a flatboat to
 New Orleans. Of course the wedding would take place in the bride's home,
 but a wedding celebration at the groom's home known as a enfare was a
 custom of those days. Mr. Tilley being an orphan boy had made his home with John W. Wright assisting him with the farm and flat boat trade.
 Mrs. Wright the former Ellen Lorrey graciously offered to serve the
 enfare dinner. Busily the preparations were made for the gala occasion.
 The house and farm put in order, even a large rose bush in the back yard
 being sacrificed so the long tables could be stretched for the feast.
 On Sunday the young Mrs. Wright and her 3 small children attended the Braytown Christian Church. She would have united with the church and
 been baptized that day but on account of her husband's absence postponed
 this step. In the following week she contracted diphtheria and when all
 hope of recovery was lost, she asked that a skiff be brought in the house
 filled with water, this was done and on the day that was to have been a
 wedding c


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