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

William TILSY, farmer, Sec. 24; P. O. Gooding's Grove; was born in Mecklenburg, 
Germany, May 15, 1833; when he was 17 years of age, he came to America and worked 
on the canal, and afterward worked for many farmers in Will Co. six years for A. 
B. BROOKS; he purchased his farm in 1856, and settled where he now lives in 1876; 
has been School Director six years. Married Miss Dora HOLM, of Mecklenburg, Germany, 
in Chicago, Nov. 7, 1857; she was born Sept. 3, 1838; they have five children - 
Lewis, born Sept. 3, 1858; William, born May 3, 1862; Mary E., born Nov. 25, 1864; 
Henry, born Dec. 29, 1869, and Carrie, born Aug. 5, 1873.


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