Tilton entered the Maine Conference.

The evidence

• “Tilton was a native of the State of Maine, and was born August 30, 1818. Heprepared for the Methodist ministry, and entered the Maine Conference in 1841. He remained in that State till 1857, and, during his ministrations there, was stationed at Mount Desert, Deer Island, Steuben, North Penobscot, North Bucksport, Frankfort, Hampden, Bangor, Rockland and Damanscotta.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/11-rock-county-ch05-press-institutions-tragedy.md, PDF p. 435

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

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