Benjamin Thomas Tilton #2
- Born: 12 Sep 1862, Chilmark Martha's Vineyard
- Marriage (1): Harriet Bailey Norton on 24 Dec 1897 in Chilmark , M/Vineyard /Maine
- Marriage (2): Harriet /Tilton (Cottle Norton)
- Died: 18 Aug 1954, Winslow Kitsap W.A. at age 91
- BuriedMale: Sunset Cemetery, Berkeley Alameda California
 General Notes:
Info Found on Yahoo ( Harbour Public House - Our History ) and Story Read Capt Alvin and Mary Oliver, from Bristol Maine, had a Landing, Store, Boat Yard and Farm here (1890-1912) that employed the Sumiyoshi Family.
Later Capt. Benjamin T Tilton and his Harriette from Martha's Vineyard Mass, purchased Oliver's Properties. A Retired Arstic Whaler, Capt Tilton was a Member of the Prestigious Explorer's Club of N.Y.C. Nominated for Membership by the Famed Arctic Explorer, ( Vilhjalmur Stefansson ).
Tilton and many others helped the Berry Industry grow through a Period of Discriminatory State Alien Land Laws and the great Depression.
Noted events in his life were:
• Residence: Chilmark , M/Vineyard Island, Mass.
Benjamin married Harriet Bailey Norton, daughter of Isaac Carroll Norton and Euphemia Adelia Burden, on 24 Dec 1897 in Chilmark , M/Vineyard /Maine. (Harriet Bailey Norton was born on 8 Apr 1870 in New Bedford Mass, died on 27 Aug 1948 in Albany Alameda California and was buried Sunset Cemetery in Berkeley Alameda California.)
Benjamin next married Harriet /Tilton (Cottle Norton). (Harriet /Tilton (Cottle Norton) died in 1948.)
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