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Dr Charles George Tilden

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Dr Charles George Tilden

Birth
Delaware County, Iowa, USA
Death
17 Mar 1933 (aged 61)
Rochester, Olmsted County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Kalona, Washington County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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Descendant of Michael Frank Albrook

March 1933
Dr. Chas. G. Tilden Dies In Rochester
Was ISC Physician for 14 Years
Dr. Charles G. Tilden, 61, son of Frederick C. Tilden, Ames Civil War veteran, and for 14 years Iowa State College (now Iowa State University) physician passed away March 17, Friday night at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, following two operations. He had been ill about three months, and was taken to the hospital from his home at Kalona two weeks ago.

Dr. Tilden was born in Ames June 6, 1871 and received his early education here, attending Iowa State College for the two years of 1895 and 1896. He spent one year at the University of Iowa at Iowa City, studied also at Marion Simms College in St. Louis and finished at Drake University in Des Moines.

He practiced medicine at Riverside where he was married to Grace Ford April 20, 1904. He received his appointment as Iowa State College physician September 1, 1907 and remained here in that capacity until July 1, 1921 when he returned to private practice moving to Kalona. The first unit of the present Iowa State College Hospital was erected during his last year here.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Iowa City, also of the Acacia Fraternity and the Ames Congregational Church. Dr. Tilden leaves his wife, his father, a daughter Norma at home; two sisters: Mrs. Minta Tilden Macy and Mrs. Agnes Tilden Poole of Ames; two brothers: Dr. W.C. Tilden of Stanwood and Dr. Julius Tilden of Charles City.
Descendant of Michael Frank Albrook

March 1933
Dr. Chas. G. Tilden Dies In Rochester
Was ISC Physician for 14 Years
Dr. Charles G. Tilden, 61, son of Frederick C. Tilden, Ames Civil War veteran, and for 14 years Iowa State College (now Iowa State University) physician passed away March 17, Friday night at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, following two operations. He had been ill about three months, and was taken to the hospital from his home at Kalona two weeks ago.

Dr. Tilden was born in Ames June 6, 1871 and received his early education here, attending Iowa State College for the two years of 1895 and 1896. He spent one year at the University of Iowa at Iowa City, studied also at Marion Simms College in St. Louis and finished at Drake University in Des Moines.

He practiced medicine at Riverside where he was married to Grace Ford April 20, 1904. He received his appointment as Iowa State College physician September 1, 1907 and remained here in that capacity until July 1, 1921 when he returned to private practice moving to Kalona. The first unit of the present Iowa State College Hospital was erected during his last year here.

He was a member of the Masonic Lodge at Iowa City, also of the Acacia Fraternity and the Ames Congregational Church. Dr. Tilden leaves his wife, his father, a daughter Norma at home; two sisters: Mrs. Minta Tilden Macy and Mrs. Agnes Tilden Poole of Ames; two brothers: Dr. W.C. Tilden of Stanwood and Dr. Julius Tilden of Charles City.


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