Tillotson, Carrie H. (Bowen)

Carrie H. (Bowen) Tillotson
Feb. 1, 1840-May 13, 1906

Niles Daily Sun, Saturday, May 13, 1916, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library


    Mrs. Carrie H. Tillotson, widow of the Late W. Irving Tillotson, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. George E. Gillam, at 1 o'clock this morning after an illness that began the last of December. Little hope for permanent recovery had been entertained from the  beginning of her illness.  The death of her husband occurred only seven weeks ago, on March 21.  Mrs. Tillotson's condition at the time was such that she was unable to accompany the remains to their old home at Oneida,N.Y., where Mr. Tillotson was taken by his own request and pursuant to arrangements made by himself.  Mrs. Tillotson had expressed her views often that she wished to be buried wherever she might be at the time of her death, and this wish will be observed.
    The funeral services will be held at the residence on Oak street at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon, the Rev. George Huntington officiating, with interment at Silver Brook cemetery.
    Mrs. Tillotson was borrn at Ogden, N.Y., February 1, 1840. She was married to W. Irving Tillotson in 1865.  Of five children born of this union, three survive, viz., Mrs. Luella J. Millen of Duluth, Minn.., Mrs. Rena B. Gillam of Niles and Mrs. Daisy E. Lacy, of Yale, Michigan, all of whom were with their moth during the last days of her life, and her death coming so soon after the death of their father, is keenly felt.  One daughter, Miss Carolyn P. Tillotson lies in Silver Brook and her mother will be placed beside her.
    Mrs. Tillotson was a deep student of current literature, but her special delight was the study of nature and the flowers, the birds and the trees were an open book to her.
    Spending her winters in the south for many years with her daughter, Mrs. Millen, and her summers in the north, she was afforded the opportunity she so much appreciated to indulge this passion for nature study to the utmost.
    She became a member of the NIles chapter of the Eastern Star a number of years ago, and aside from this she had no club or other local society affiliations.


Niles Daily Star, Monday, May 15, 1916, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library


    The last rites for a dear mother were held this afternoon, as the body of Mrs. Carrie H. Tillotson was laid to rest in Silver Brook cemetery.  Mrs. Tillotson passed away early Saturday morning, as her three daughters were gathered about her bedside, watching the dear life ebb away, and eagerly watching for some sign of revival come over the sweet features, sweet to the last.  A nature filled with the love of God's creatures, she communicated with them incessantly and it seemed that she partook of some of that beautiful undefinable something which pervades the great out-of-doors through her constant intercourse. Her soul was broadened and glorified and as she lay in death, it appeared that she had only been called the closer to the things she worshipped.
    She had been ill all winter, thus preventing the joy which she had annually of spending the months of cold and snow in the southland, where she could always enjoy the flowers and birds, and the taking of her husband early in the spring was also a severe shock, which she survived by seven weeks.  She was born in Ogden, N.Y. February 1, 1840, marrying W. Irving Tillotson in 1865. Five children were born, the three daughters, Mrs. Rena B. Gillam of Niles, Mrs. Daisy E. Lacy of Yale, Mich., and Mrs. Luella J. Millen of Duluth, Minn., surviving.  A number of years ago she united with the Niles chapter, O.E.S., which was the extent of her fraternal and social connections.  The funeral this afternoon was conducted at 3 o'clock by Rev. George Huntington from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Gilliam in Oak street.