Theodore Tilton

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Theodore Tilton (2 October 1835 – 29 May 1907) was a American newspaper editor, Poet and Abolitionist. He was born in New York City to Silas Tilton and Eusebia Tilton (same surname). On his twentieth birthday 2 October 1855 he married Elizabeth Richards.

From 1860 to 1871, he was the assistant of Henry Ward Beecher; however, in 1874, he filed criminal charges against Beecher for "criminal intimacy" with his (Tilton's) wife.

[edit] Principal works

  • Victoria C. Woodhull. A Biographical Sketch. 1871.
  • Tempest-Tossed A Romance. 1874.
  • The Complete Poetical Works of Theodore Tilton in One Volume With a Preface on Ballad-Making and an Appendix on Old Norse Myths & Fables. 1897.

[edit] References

  • Fox, Richard Wightman. Trials of Intimacy Love and Loss in the Beecher-Tilton Scandal. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press, 1999.
  • familysearch.org Accessed September 16, 2007
  • Applegate, Debby. The Most Famous Man in America: The Biography of Henry Ward Beecher. New York: Doubleday, 2006.
  • Tilton's literary work Accessed January 25, 2008

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