Background
Tillman, John Plummer was born on January 25, 1849 in Perry County, Alabama, United States. Son of John Miller and Mary Elizabeth (Plummer) Tillman.
Tillman, John Plummer was born on January 25, 1849 in Perry County, Alabama, United States. Son of John Miller and Mary Elizabeth (Plummer) Tillman.
Howard College, Marion, Alabama, 1865-1868. University of Kentucky, 1868-1870 (non-graduate). Studied law in office of Edmund West. Pettus and Nathaniel H. R. Dawson, Selma, Alabama.
Admitted to Alabama bar, 1871. Practiced at Selma until 1883. Special reporter Alabama Supreme Court Montgomery, Alabama, 1883-1884.
Removed to Birmingham, 1884.
Became member Tillman, Bradley & Morrow. Firm attorneys for L.&North. Railroad Company, Seaboard Air Lincolnshire Railway, Birmingham Railway, Light & Power Company, Birmingham Trust & Savings Company, American Radiator Company, Standard Oil Corporation of Alabama, et cetera
City attorney, Selma, 1872-1873. Member City Council, 1878-1879.
One of code commissioner of Code of Alabama, 1886.
Member Methodist Episcopal Church, South Reporter of the 69th, 71st, 73d and 75th Alabama Reports.
Married Sallie B. Hurt, January 13, 1876 (died 1890). Married second, Annie Simms Chew, November 9, 1892.