1864--Miss Mandana Tileston Marries to Man in Prison

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Title
1864--Miss Mandana Tileston Marries to Man in Prison
Date
7 Jul 1864
Formatted date
1864-07-07
Event type
Escape
Description
Mandana Tileston marries Rev. Calvin Fairbanks after a 13-year engagement. Fairbanks had been imprisoned 12.5 years prior in Kentucky for helping the escape of enslaved people.
Participant
Tileston, Mandana; Tileston, Cornelius; Fairbanks, Calvin
Location
Williamsburg (Mass.)
Oxford (Ohio)
Kentucky
Immediately Preceding Event
1865--Rev. Calvin Fairbank Imprisoned
Bibliographic citation
The Iowa Transcript., July 07, 1864, Image 2
Source
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87058318/1864-07-07/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1792&index=10&rows=20&words=escape+Kentucky+slaves&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1865&proxtext=%22kentucky%22+%22slave%22+%22escape%22&y=8&x=6&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1

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1865--Rev. Calvin Fairbank Imprisoned Event