Tillotson cemetery records from Crete, Will County, Illinois

These cemetery stone readings were provided by James R. Adams and Winston Demuth. Mr. Demuth read the stones. My thanks to them for providing me with this information. I have regularized the dates. Some of the stones were not readable when Mr. Demuth read them in 1998. They have been cleaned since and are generally legible now, as can be seen from the photos taken by Chuck King in August 2008. You may click on most of the names in the tables to see Chuck King's photo of that person's grave. My thanks to him for providing the photos.

Also see the Tillotson and Sexton cemetery records from Elsie, Michigan. The above picture of the Tillotson graves in Crete (Lot 41) was taken by my grand aunt Jennie May Tillotson Vandenberg around 1910. In 2008 Chuck King shot a corresponding photo which appears below.

Tillotson graves on lot 41 in Crete Cemetery.

Tillotsons buried in Crete Cemetery, Exchange Street and Vincennes Avenue.

Notes:

• Franklin James Tillotson was my great-great-grandfather.
• Jane Ann Sexton Tillotson was Franklin's wife, my great-great-grandmother.
• James Francis Tillotson , my great-grandfather, was the son of Franklin and Jane Ann.
• Milo Tillotson was the son of my great-grandparents James Francis Tillotson and Clara Stahler.
• Mae (or May) Tillotson was the daughter of my great-grandparents James Francis Tillotson and Clara Stahler.

Notes:

• I do not know to whom the "Se__tle, ____" stone belongs.
• Catherine (or Catharine) Jane Burville was the wife of Lorenzo Warner Tillotson. Catherine was the daughter of Reuben Burville and Anne Reynolds.
• Lorenzo Warner Tillotson was a first cousin of my great-great-grandfather Franklin James Tillotson. Lorenzo was the son of Franklin's uncle Zadock Tillotson and his wife Susan Caroline Rogers. Zadock Tillotson was the son of Samuel Tillotson and Sarah Partridge. Lorenzo was born in Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio. He married Catherine Jane Burville on April 21, 1852. They lived in Hickley, Ohio and Springfield, Dane County, Wisconsin before moving to Crete, Will County, Illinois.

Notes:

• Myron James Tillotson was the son of Lorenzo Warner Tillotson and Catherine Jane Burville.
• Minnie Catherine Bielefeldt was the wife of Myron James Tillotson.
• Gertrude Tillotson, or Lillian Gertrude Tillotson, was the daughter of Lorenzo Warner Tillotson and Catherine Jane Burville. Lillian never married.
• Hiram A. Tillotson was the son of Myron James Tillotson and Minnie Catherine Bielefeldt. He died in a drowning accident (see his obituary ).
• Dr. Frank B. Daugherty was the husband of Hilda C. Tillotson, who may be buried next to him. Hilda C. Tillotson was the daughter of Myron James Tillotson and Minnie Catherine Bielefeldt.
• May Tillotson Oliver is probably the May E. Wood who married Adelbert Tillotson. I assume she remarried after Adelbert died. May E. Wood was the daughter of Irwyn Wood. He was a descendant of Willard Wood and Diantha S. Boardman who were early settlers in Will County. They founded Wood's Corners which later became the town of Crete.
• A. D. Tillotson is the son of Lorenzo Warner Tillotson and Catherine Jane Burville. Adelbert was born May 10, 1864 in Crete, Will County, Illinois. His middle name often appears as Trevelyan. I am not sure why his middle initial usually appears as a D. Possibly it comes from his nickname "Dell".

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Last modified by pib on August 29, 2008.