W.O.
AND N. E. TILLOTSON, under the firm name of Tillotson Bros., carry on
one of the leading dry goods stores in Greenville. They were born in
Sodus, Wayne Co., N.Y., March 13, 1843, and August 22, 1847,
respectively. Their father, William Tillotson, was born in Genoa,
Cayuga Co., N.Y., December 20, 1810, and is a son of Matthew N. and
Asenath (Higby) Tillotson, natives of Hartford, Conn., of English
ancestry. William grew to maturity in New York State, and was there
married October 17, 1837, to Miss Louisa Ogden. She, too, was born in
Genoa, N. Y., and is a daughter of Ezekiel and Abijail Ogden, natives
of New Jersey. Two sons and two daughters were born of this marriage:
W. Ogden, Clara, wife of James F. Crandall, of Jersey City; Norton E.,
and Ida, wife of James A. Waugh, of Greenville. The parents came to
Greenville in 1868, where they have since resided. Mr. Tillotson is a
Democrat in politics, and a member of the Masonic order. In January,
1866, W. Ogden, senior member of Tillotson Bros., came from New York
State to Greenville, and bought the dry goods stock of Simon Dormer,
which occupied a room in Packard’s Commercial Block. In 1867 his
brother, Norton E., came to Greenville to assist him, and the stock was
removed to a frame room which stood on the site of Reiss & Son’s
tobacco store. In 1868 Norton E. obtained an interest in the business,
and the present firm was formed. In the extensive fire which occurred
in Greenville January 15, 1873, the store of Tillotson Bros. was among
those destroyed, and they immediately erected the brick building now
occupied by Reiss & Son. They carried on business in that room till
the erection, in 1881-82, of their present block, which they took
possession of in the latter year. W. Ogden Tillotson was married August
15, 1872, to Miss Eliza, daughter of Hon. John Allison, late register
of the United States Treasury. Of this union two sons have been born:
W. Ogden and Gustav K. The family belong to the Methodist Episcopal
Church, and Mr. Tillotson is a member of the Masonic fraternity. Norton
E. was married June 6, 1876, to Miss Augusta M., daughter of W. P.
Leech, of Greenville. Two children have, been born to them, Jesse M.
and William P.
History of Mercer County, PA, 1888, page 830
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