Basic Identification
Gender: male
Ethnicity: European American
Immigration:
Attributed Race: white
Free or Enslaved: free
Birth & Family
Birth Date: 1801/06/05
Birthplace: unknown
Mother: Jane Chambers Tilden
Father: John Bell Tilden, Sr.
1st Spouse:
2nd Spouse: male
Age Details
Age: 75
Age Group: elder adult (60+)
Life Details
Occupation(s): tinner
Last Church: unknown
Military Service:
Last Residence: Lynchburg, Virginia
Last Address:
Death
Death Date: 1876/01/06
Death Note: none
Place of Death: unknown
Cause of Death: unknown
Burial & Undertaking
Burial Date: 1876/01/00
Funeral Home: Diuguid
Diuguid ID Number:
Indigent?:
Gravesite and Grave Marker Data
Grave Marker or Marker Fragment: yes
Section: 102.W
Confirmation Source for Location: gravemarker
Grave Marker Erector(s): unknown
Confirmation Source for Interment: gravemarker
Obituary and Biographical Detials
Brother of Mary Jane Tilden Victor; for many years he was business partners with John Ernest Krause
Beloved “Soldier’s Friend”—made frequent trips to Civil War front to see local soldiers and deliver letters, care packages, etc.
A founder of Lynchburg’s first hose company–precursor of fire department (BOBW)