TILLOTSON, Collins F.

TILLOTSON

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Date: 5/31/2021 at 13:08:07

Collins F. Tillotson
born Dec 7, 1846

Collins F. Tillotson, one of the representative farmers of Maple Township, Ida County, Iowa, residing on a tract of 417 acres in section 18, has been identified with the agricultural interests of this township since February, 1874. Mr. Tillotson was born in Onondaga County, New York, December 7, 1846. His father, Sanford P. Tillotson, was born in Connecticut, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. His grandfather, David Tillotson, was a native of the same State and served in the war of 1812. The mother of our subject was before her marriage, Miss Nancy Jane Ward. She was born near Sackett’s Harbor, and died when he was a babe. His father survived her many years, and he, too, died in New York. By occupation he was a farmer; politically, a Democrat; religiously, a member of the Christian Church.
Collins F. Tillotson was reared in New York, receiving his education in the common schools and at Monroe Collegiate Institute, Elbridge, New York. He also attended Faley Seminary, at Fulton, New York. In 1874 he came to Ida County, Iowa, and in 1881 purchased 127 acres of wild prairie land in Maple township, which he at once began to improve. He has since added to his original purchase until he is now the owner of 417 acres, all under a high state of cultivation. He has a nice frame dwelling, 16 x 22 feet, a story and a half, with an L, 16 x 16 feet. Hs barn is 28 x 32 feet; crib building, 28 x 43 feet; hog house, 20 x 50 feet, with a lean-to on the south 48 feet long. His cattle sheds, stock scales, wind-mill and piping leading to the different yards are among the other conveniences that combine to make this a model farm. At the age of twenty-four years Mr. Tillotson was married in Onondaga County, New York, to Miss Mary J. Clark, who received her birth and education in Onondaga County, and who is a daughter of Newton and Phoebe (Sprague) Clark. They have six children: Jessie, Fred, Charley, Francis, Mertie and Mabel. Mr. Tillotson is a “third-party” man. He has taken an active interest in the growth and prosperity of this part of the country ever since he settled here, and is regarded as one of the most enterprising and progressive men in the vicinity. He has served the public as a member of the School Board.
Source: Biographical History of Crawford, Ida, and Sac Counties, Iowa, 1893, p.453