Mary Tilson

Mary was born in 1844 in ,Of Hawkins, Tennessee.¹   Mary's father was Henry Tilson and her mother was Adeline. She had six brothers and two sisters, named Joseph, Henry Clay, William K., Jacob, Zacharias, Charles, Maria Elizabeth and Cynthia.  She was the fifth oldest of the nine children. She had four half-brothers and a half-sister, named Rufus, Hugh F., Lilburn B., Horace J. and Alice.