Person

Charles Tilden (Jefferson County, Kentucky, bank clerk and banker)

b. 1811? d. 1884-08-09

Jefferson County, Kentucky, bank clerk and banker. Maryland native. Married to Sarah T. Dubberly Tilden in Union County, Kentucky, on May 17, 1842. Father of Henrietta Tilden, Edward B. Tilden, Richard Tilden, Charles W. Tilden, William B. Tilden, Mary E. Tilden, David M. Tilden, Sallie T. Tilden, and Ludwell A. Tilden. Clerk for the Bank of Louisville in Jefferson County in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Jefferson County in 1850. Banker in Jefferson County in 1860. Cashier for the Bank of Louisville in Jefferson County in 1861.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3, p. 325A.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville District 3, p. 846.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, District 1, p. 935.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Union County Marriages, Film #000817883, p. 372 of 462 of microfilm.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994041, Jefferson County Deaths, p. 61.

"The Death Call," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pittsburgh, PA), Aug. 11, 1884, p. 4.

KYR-0001-017-0190.

Citation

Tilden, Charles. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32206325 (November 12, 2026).

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