Talk:Benjamin Chew Tilghman

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I discovered the facts of his military career from find-a-grave, which mentioned nothing about his company-building. It's possible we're dealing with 2 people with the same name - but it's an unusual name, and the timeline is not inconsistent. --Alvestrand 00:14, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This reference claims there were 2 Benjamin Tilghmans: [1].

This source claims that the sandblasting Tilighman was an American general, and the long version mentions the paper stuff in passing: [2] No reference to why he was buried in the US, though.

And this reference credits "Benjamin C. Tilghman" with contribution to Daniel Barringer figuring out Meteor Crater - in 1906, 5 years after he died? A son? [3] --Alvestrand 06:50, 21 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

User rjstott found this URL: [4] --Alvestrand 05:38, 26 June 2006 (UTC) Now well quoted. Anyone know where to find the "National Cyclopedia of American Biograhpy" online (if anywhere)? --Alvestrand 06:57, 9 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

There's something very wrong here. This cannot be the man who worked with Barringer - as noted above, he was alive and presenting papers 5 years after his quoted death. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RunningNonsenseMan (talk • contribs) 19:41, 19 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

A source, with frustration[edit]

I found a book from 1912, "Leading American inventors", by George Iles, with a whooping 30 pages about Tilghman. All good. But that source, to my frustration, ignores entirely his UK-based business ventures, writing as if he were only doing business in the US. Which kind of makes me question whether its coverage is any good.... --Alvestrand (talk) 09:45, 7 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Related to the famous Chew family?[edit]

Is Benjamin Chew Tilghman related to the famous Chew family of Benjamin Chew and others in Philadelphia? The article doesn't give any hint about why he's named "Chew". —Dominus (talk) 02:02, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

According to "Leading American inventors", his ancestors on the male line were "eminent jurists", with William (his grandfather) being chief justice of Philadelphia. It would be surprising if the families did not know each other, but "Leading American inventors" seems to have no interest in his naming. I've added the link to his grandfather to the article. --Alvestrand (talk) 07:51, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Another source located[edit]

If anyone's able to go to Philadelphia to do research, this should be a treasure trove: [5] - entitled "Finding Aid to the Tilghman Family Papers, MS 2821 - Maryland Historical Society". Among other things, it tells us that the second wife of Edward Tilghman (1713-1786) was named Elizabeth Chew (born 1820), and that their fourth child, Edward (1750-1815) married Elizabeth Chew (1751-1842). This source claims that this Edward was the father of Benjamin, the father of Benjamin Chew, contrary to what "inventors" claims - there's a rather extensive family tree in the back of this PDF, which looks fairly authoritative. --Alvestrand (talk) 08:38, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Pedigree according to the MHS genealogy:

(6) Benjamin Chew II (b. 1823)

(2) Benjamin (b. 1785) m. Anna Maria McMurtrie of Philadelphia

(4) Edward II (1750-1815) m. Elizabeth Chew (1751-1842)

(7) Edward Tilghman I (1713-1786 m. 2nd (1747) Elizabeth Chew (b. 1720)

Col. Richard Tilghman II (1672-1738) m. Anna Marie Lloyd (1676-1748)

Dr. Richard Tilghman I (1626-1675) of London m. Mary Foxley (d. c. 1699)

Re-reading "inventors", it's quite plausible that he only wanted to say that the justice was in the same family. --Alvestrand (talk) 09:05, 28 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Meteor[edit]

The article on Meteor crater says Tilghman was a mathematician and physicist. Also, I want to know how his surname is pronounced. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 109.154.6.143 (talk) 14:08, 18 April 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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