#1Lydia H. Tilton
1839–1915American journalist and temperance worker
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Lydia H. Tilton, the American journalist and temperance worker, was born in 1839. Their birth falls in the early republic. One language has an article about them so far. The nearest list is next door in Moultonborough: 3 names, starting with Benning M. Bean.

#1American journalist and temperance worker
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