Tilton, Frederick W. (Frederick William), approximately 1821-1890

found: Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Louisiana Research Collection Archival guides, 17 August 2015:finding aid for George Stannard letter to F.W. Tilton, 1850 (access point: Tilton, Frederick William; scope and contents note: Frederick William Tilton (of New Orleans, Louisiana); confederate financial backer and New Orleans businessman, from which the Howard-Tilton Library gets half its name due to his wife's $50,000 donation facilitating the library's construction) - http://specialcollections.tulane.edu/archon/?p=collections/controlcard&id=101

found: Ancestry library edition, 18 August 2015:New Orleans, Louisiana, city directory, 1861, 1866, 1876, and 1890 (Tilton, Frederick W.; 1861 and 1866: hardware; 1861: hardware, wholesale and retail) United States Federal Census, 1860 (Fred. W. Tilton [fills available space on census form]; age 40 (born about 1820); birthplace: Mass.; home in 1860: New Orleans, ward 3, Orleans, Louisiana; household member: Caroline Tilton) U.S. Federal Census, 1860: Slave schedules (name of slave owner: F.W. Tilton)

found: The daily picayune, June 7, 1890, viewed online 18 August 2015:p. 4 (Died: Tilton; F.W. Tilton; on Friday evening, June 6, 1890; a resident of this city [New Orleans] for the past 50 years; funeral will take place this (Saturday) evening from his late residence, 186 Canal Street)

found: The daily picayune, July 8, 1908, viewed online 18 August 2015:p. 6 (Died: Tilton; Caroline Stannard, relict of the late Frederick W. Tilton)

found: Dictionary of Louisiana biography, 1988-1999, viewed online 17 August 2015(Tilton, Frederick William; businessman, philanthropist; born in Portsmouth, N. H., ca. 1821; education: Pittsfield Academy and private tutors; removed to New Orleans in 1840, worked about a year in hardware business before becoming agent of Henry Van Wart (hardware manufacturer of Birmingham, England) in New Orleans; married Caroline Stannard; no children; supported South in Civil War; went to England to buy arms; most of his property seized by Federal troops when they occupied New Orleans; rebuilt his fortune in postwar years; a patron of the arts, made liberal donations to cultural organizations; before death, expressed desire to do something for Tulane University; died June 6, 1890; interred in Metairie Cemetery [New Orleans]; after his death, wife donated funds for construction of F.W. Tilton Library; cornerstone of library laid June 8, 1901, on Tulane campus; opened 1903)

found: Dyer, John P. Tulane, 1966:p. 109 (in 1901, a new library building was under construction as a result of gifts in 1900 and 1906 totaling $77,500 by Mrs. Frederick W. Tilton, who wished to perpetuate the memory of her deceased husband, a wealthy and cultured New Orleans iron merchant) p. 130 (Tilton Memorial Library)