Richard Nelson Tillman, b: 1912 - Baltimore, Maryland

^{1929 The Great Depression begins}
^{1939 - 1945 World War II}
^{1945 Atomic bomb detonated (Hiroshima)}
^{1950 Korean War begins}
^{1964 - 1973 Vietnam War}

^{1898 Spanish-American War}
^{1903 Wright brothers 1st plane flight}
^{1908 Ford produces Model T}
^{1913 Edison invents movies w/sound}
^{1914 - 1918 World War I}

^{1846 War w/Mexico,Calif & NM acquired}
^{1861 - 1865 Civil War, North vs. South}
^{1867 Alaska Territory purchased}
^{1869 Transcontinental Railroad complete}
^{1879 Edison invents phono/light bulb}


			^{David Chiles Tillman}^{b.1835 Anson Co., North Carolina d.1904 Deep Creek, North Carolina}

		^{Richard Henry Tillman}^{b.1884 Anson Co., North Carolina d.1960 Riderwood, Maryland}	^{Martha Elizabeth Arnold}^{b.1845 d.1911}

	^{Richard Nelson Tillman}^{b.1912 Baltimore, Maryland d.2002 Baltimore, Maryland}		^{Franklin Decker Nelson}^{b.1855 Toledo, Ohio d.1918 Springfield, Massachusetts}

		^{Frances Taisey Nelson}^{b.1880 Toledo, Ohio d.1957 Riderwood, Maryland}	^{Mary Ella Taisey}^{b.1859 d.1881 Lake City, Minnesota}

^{Hope Nelson Tillman}^{b. Living d.}			^{Francis Crayton Sturtevant}^{b.1838 Hartland, Vermont d.1916 Hartford, Connecticut}

		^{Francis Raymond Sturtevant}^{b.1877 Hartford, Connecticut d.1934 Baltimore, Maryland}	^{Harriet Helen Ellis}^{b.1848 d.1905 Hartford, Connecticut}

	^{Hope Sturtevant}^{b.1910 Dorcester, Massachusetts d.1987 Baltimore, Maryland}		^{Samuel Shurtleff Atwood}^{b.1853 Roxbury, Massachusetts d.1941 Baltimore, Maryland}

		^{Avis Dora Atwood}^{b.1886 Boston, Massachusetts d.1974 Raynham Ce, Massachusetts}	^{Florence Nelson}^{b.1859 Nantucket, Massachusetts d.1930}