William Stowell Tilton [5949]

  General Notes:

William Stowell Tilton born 1828 and died 1889 is a native of Massachusetts and the Commander of the other brigade of Barnes division to fight in the wheat field. Like Sweitzer, he had been wounded and captured previously, for Tilton the event occurred at Gaines Mill during the seven days.

Note - William S Tilton was imprisoned in Richmond.
- was a Civil War Brigadier General.
- He was in the 22 Mass Infantry.
- He was a Commander 1st Brigade, Sykes 5th Corps at Gettysburge.

Information on the Tilton Family taken from History of the Tilton Family In America by Francis Theodore Tilton Vol-1, 1927.
On may 14th 1861, Kenelm Henry Digby, E.S.Q, of England In a letter to General William S Tilton, of Boston, Says: we have a Parchment In our Family which states that Tilton Church was founded by our Family 1190....the Digbies who fell at Towton (1461) were called De Tilton and Sir Everard Digby of Tilton and Drystoke, who died 1509, Is the last who bears the Name of Tilton."
The early Norman Tower of Tilton Church was built In 1190; the spire In 1380; the South Aisle In 1390 and the Clerstory In 1490. The Church was built by the Family In the Sixteenth Centry. It Is Now High Episcopalian.

William married Elizabeth Loring [5950] [MRIN: 1562] on an unknown date. (Elizabeth Loring [5950] was born in 1831 in Newburyport Mass and died in 1902 in Newtonville Massachusetts.)