Rufus
Joseph
"Ruf"
Tillman
Born in Saint Elmo, Mobile, Alabama, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
Amanda Mandalia Missouri (Tillman) Day, John James Madison Tillman, Willis Alfred Tillman Jr, Sarah Elisaba (Tillman) Wilkinson, Mary Lovinia (Tillman) Mader, Claude Thomas Tillman and Willis Tillman [half]
Husband of
Mary Margaret (Brady) Tillman
— married
6 Apr 1900 in Jackson County, Mississippi
Descendants 
Father of
Madison Tillman, Sarah Lovenia Tillman, Myrtle Margaret Tillman, Emma Seadonia (Tillman) Gazzier, John Houston Tillman, Delores Carmen Tillman, Vidas Adelia Tillman, Joseph Gilard Tillman, Edith Madelaine Tillman, Frado Levert Tillman, Helen Leonard Tillman and Eleanor (Tillman) Johnston
Died
at age 96
in Bayou La Batre, Mobile, Alabama, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 May 2017
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Biography
Rufus was born about 1876.
Sources
- "Mississippi Marriages, 1800-1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2ZR-QCX : 10 February 2018), Rufus Tillman and Margaret Bosarge, 06 Apr 1900; citing Jackson County, Mississippi; FHL microfilm 892,035.
- "Alabama Deaths, 1908-1974," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JND9-9W1 : 15 February 2018), Willis Tillman in entry for Rufus Joseph Tillman, 21 Dec 1970; citing reference 31775, Department of Health, Montgomery; FHL microfilm 2,033,364.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36149811/rufus-joseph-tillman : accessed 14 June 2022), memorial page for Rufus Joseph Tillman (3 Sep 1874–21 Dec 1970), Find a Grave Memorial ID 36149811, citing Odd Fellows Cemetery, Bayou La Batre, Mobile County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Carolyn (contributor 47153996) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rufus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rufus:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Rufus by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Rufus:
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~12.50%
~12.50%
Sherry Langham 
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A713431 [compare], Ancestry member sherryhicks61
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~3.12%
Denise (Keifer) Graupmann :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 6199822 [compare], Ancestry member johnniegraupmann
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