Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Martin F. TILDEN, farmer; P. O. Wilmington; this gentleman is one of the oldest 
settlers of what is now known as Custer Twp.; was born in Orange County, Vt., 
February 6, 1811, and is the son of Diah and Irenah (FLINT) TILDEN; his father 
was a farmer; here Mr. TILDEN was brought up on his father's farm; from Orange 
Co., he went to St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.; here he remained about nine years 
engaged in farming; then West to Illinois and settled on the farm he now lives 
on, May, 1849; here with his brother Turner, and brother- in-law Jacob J. PALMER, 
settled on a half-section of land; when Mr. TILDEN first came here with his 
family, they moved into a log cabin and remained until he made improvements on 
his farm; the country was very wild at that time, plenty of wild game; with hard 
labor and good management Mr. TILDEN owns to-day one of the finest improved farms 
of Custer Twp., known as the "Evergreen Home," of 170 acres of land. Married Miss 
Sarah A. KIMBALL, of Vermont, by, whom he has had seven children, two living; Mr. 
TILDEN's parents both are dead, his father Diah, died when he was near 84 years 
of age; his mother, at 83 years of age; both buried in the family grave-yard in 
Custer Twp.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.