Collection #
SC 2312

JOHN C. TILLEY
FAMILY PAPERS, 1799–1934

Processed by
Charles Latham
3 April 1991
Updated 23 November 2004

Manuscript and Visual Collections Department
William Henry Smith Memorial Library
Indiana Historical Society
450 West Ohio Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202-3269

www.indianahistory.org

collection INFORMATION

VOLUME OF COLLECTION: 3 folders

COLLECTION DATES: 1799-1820; 1894-1934

PROVENANCE: Gene Stokes, Terre Haute IN, 14 March 1991

RESTRICTIONS: None

ALTERNATE FORMATS: None

ACCESSION NUMBER: 1991.0269

NOTES: Photographs stored in Visual Collections; Civil War era scarf stored in Artifacts

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

Dr. James Hays lived in Albemarle County, Virginia, between 1799 and 1820. His wife's name was Mary.

John Coles Tilley (d. 1894) apparently lived in both Hendricks and Putnam Counties, Indiana. During the Civil War he served in the 55th Indiana Regiment. His wife's name was Virginia. He was buried at Deer Creek Church in Putnam County. His youngest sister, Mary Elizabeth Tilley (1853-1934), was married to Jefferson Hurst in 1881. A daughter of John C. Tilley, Laura May Tilley, was born in Hendricks County. She married Doren Davis in 1900. Oscar Tilley, apparently a son of John C. Tilley, died in 1909.

Source: Materials in collection

SCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE

This collection, filling three folders, contains correspondence, obituaries, deeds, and two small albums, from two separate periods, 1799-1820 and 1894-1934. It is arranged chronologically.

Folder 1 contains deeds and business letters 1799-1820, concerning Dr. James Hays.

Folder 2 contains correspondence and obituaries concerning members of the Tilley family. An unusual item is John C. Tilley's complete instructions for his funeral service.

Folder 3 contains two small albums, 1888-1892, one belonging to Laura May Tilley, the other to Oscar Tilley.

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