Background
Tillinghast, Benjamin Franklin was born on July 4, 1849 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Samuel R. and Julia A. (Searle) Tillinghast.
Tillinghast, Benjamin Franklin was born on July 4, 1849 in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, United States. Son of Samuel R. and Julia A. (Searle) Tillinghast.
Educational public schools of Providence, Rhode Island, preparatory departments Beloit College and Monmouth College, graduate Monmouth College, Bachelor of Science, 1870.
Editor College Courier at Monmouth College, 1868-1870. Editor Moline (Illinois) Review, 1872. City editor, Davenport (Iowa) Gazette, 1878.
Associate editor, 1882-1894, editor, since 1904, Davenport (Iowa) Democrat.
Secretary of organization sending relief to Russia, 1892. Independent in politics.
United States del to International Conference of Red Cross, Saint St. Petersburg, Russia, 1902. Author: Rock Island Arsenal, in Peace and War, 1898.
Address: Davenport, Iowa.
Married Nellie Nourse, September 25, 1878.