William H. Tilley
William H. Tilley, son of Henry Tilley and Mary Rose, was born in 1841 in Hardin County, Tennessee. He is first found in his mother's household on the 1850 Hardin County, Tennessee census. He is probably the William Tilly who served in Company G of the 10th Tennessee Infantry Regiment, USA, during the Civil War. He was first married on 31 May 1866 in Wayne County, Tennessee to Mary C. Garner. She died about 1869, probably in Hardin County, Tennessee. William H. Tilley is next found on the 1870 Hardin County, Tennessee census in the household of his brother, James Tilley, on page 340B.
52/52 - TILLEY, James 45, Francis 38, William 31, James A. 2.
68/69 - TILLEY, William 42, Rachel 58, James 13, James GRAY 26.
William H. Tilley was deceased when his brother James Tilley's estate was settled in Hardin County, Tennessee in 1887-1891.
The child of William H. Tilley and Mary C. Garner was:
1. James Allen Tilley, born 1868 Hardin County, Tennessee; died 1933 in Arkansas; married 1st on 13 July 1890 at Marshall, Searcy County, Arkansas to Sarah Frances Shipman; married 2nd on 11 February 1905 in Pope County, Arkansas to Emily Tilley (1st cousin), daughter of Richard Tilley and Fannie Bratton.
2. ______Tilley, born and died before 1870 Hardin County, Tennessee.
