George Tillotson

Name

George Tillotson

First Name

George

Last Name

Tillotson

Born

1805

Died

1888

Profession

Minister

Note

Gives opening prayer at Windham County Peace Society meeting August 1832, when WHB made his poetic debut.
Presided over marriage of Prudence Crandall and Calvin Philleo in August 1834
Helped fund an HBCU in Texas that bears his name - Huston-Tillotson University, in Austin, TX
Yale graduate
Extensive correspondance in the BPL Anti-Slavery collection

Huston-Tollotson University home page

Related Places

Connecticut - Eastern

Texas

Associated Causes

Temperance

Peace

Freedmen, Aid to

Abolition

Religious Affiliation

Congregational

Windham County Peace Society
Windham County Education Society
Windham County Temperance Society