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This shoehorn and pair of glove stretchers also belong to Frances Phebe Abigail Tilley Hanington. The items were made by Adie & Lovekin, silversmiths of Birmingham, England, in 1889.

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Shoehorn and glove stretcher belonging to Frances Phebe Abigail Tilley
1889
Birmingham, England

Credits:
Gift of Mrs. K.M. Willet, 1973
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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At the age of thirteen, Samuel Leonard Tilley left Gagetown to apprentice as a pharmacist in Saint John, New Brunswick. This portrait was painted in the 1840s and features an apothecary chest in the background and various tins and jars. The prosperous young Tilley is rosy cheeked and well dressed as befitting a professional businessman of his time.

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Painting: Samuel Leonard Tilley
c. 1845
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
Gift of Judith Tilley Moreira, 2003
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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Samuel Leonard Tilley was partnered with one of his cousins, Thomas W. Peters. The firm of Peters & Tilley advertised themselves as the "Cheap Drug Store". Tilley was certified as a pharmacist in May 1838 and worked with his cousin until Peters' retirement in 1848 when the business became Tilley's Drug Store. Tilley held on to the business until 1860 by which time politics consumed his time and career and he sold the business.

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Mortar and pestle used in apothecary's shop
1850-1900
Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
Gift of M. Patricia Jenkins, 1975
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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Samuel Leonard Tilley married Julia Ann Hanford of Portland, Saint John, New Brunswick, 6 May 1843. This daguerreotype shows the couple early in their marriage, some time in the late 1840s.

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Photograph: Samuel Leonard Tilley and Julia Hanford Tilley
c. 1843
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
National Archives of Canada
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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Samuel Leonard and Julia Tilley had eight children. The following two images show some of the Tilley children: Annie, Louisa, William, Leonard and Julia.

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Photograph: Julia Hanford Tilley and her daughters, Annie and Louisa
c. 1850
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada, 2001
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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Photograph: William, Leonard and Julia Tilley
c. 1855
Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
Courtesy of the National Archives of Canada, 2001
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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This book, Scott's Poems, belonged to Lousia Tilley, a daughter of Samuel Leonard Tilley.

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Scott's Poems belonging to Louisa Tilley
c. 1860
Gagetown, New Brunswick, Canada

Credits:
Queens County Historical Society & Museum Inc.

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By 1850 Samuel Leonard Tilley was at the height of his business career. He was prosperous, married with a growing a family, deep family roots in Saint John and Queens County and could have easily lived out his life a very contented individual. Circumstances, personal conviction and duty were soon to alter that plan.