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About the Theodore Wilson Tilton Family:

Marriage info found on familysearch.org. One record gives 22 Mar 1888 as wedding date.

About Theodore Wilson Tilton:

Found in 1850 Census, SC, Charlston. Living in a boarding house.
Alice E Tilton 3
Edwin M Tilton 21
Eliza Rose Tilton 35
Emma Julia Tilton 10/12
Henry W Tilton 25
Mary Ann Tilton 23
Nathl O Tilton 20
Rebecca Tilton 57 (shown as head of household)
Theodore W Tilton 11
William C Tilton 16
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Confederate Service Record: (from ancestry.com)
Name: T. W. Tilton
Company: C
Unit: 17 Battalion South Carolina Cav.
Rank - Induction: Private
Rank - Discharge: Private
Allegiance: Confederate
and,
Name: Theo W. Tilton
Company: D
Unit: 5 S. C. Cav.
Allegiance: Confederate

17th Battalion, South Carolina Cavalry (6th)
The 17th Cavalry Battalion [also called 6th Battalion] was assembled during the spring of 1862. It contained four companies and was attached to the Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. After serving along the coast near Charleston, the unit merged into the 5th South Carolina Cavalry Regiment. Major Robert J. Jeffords was in command.

Following unverified:
Entered service in 1861, in Jefford's Squadron Cavalry. Rank; Asst.Engineer.
Engineer Dept. C.S.Navy. Remarks; Detailed by Secy. of Navy as Asst.Engineer
to assist in equipping gun and torpedo boats. Captured at evacuation of
Charleston, while destroying gun and torpedo boats at the date of surrender,
April 1865, in Charleston, South Carolina.
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Found in the City Directory of Savannah, GA, for 1881, 1882, 1883, 1886, & 1888.
Occupations listed: machinist, miller, clerk.
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