Individual Details
Dr. Tilman Bethel
(December 5, 1788 - March 9, 1865)
"Tilman Bethel, born in 1788, was one of Liberty's first doctors and a member of Sink Creek Baptist Church. His recipe book included a cure for cancer as well as a rheumatism ointment which called for toadfrogs and redworms to be boiled together with red pepper. Dr. Bethel apparently treated horses as well as humans as his recipe book also contained a cure for the bots (an ailment affecting a horse's stomach). ("Tennessee County History Series" page 655.)
DeKalb County Cemeteries; page 254, lists Tilman Bethell born December 5, 1788 died 9 March 1865.
" "Tilman" is spelled "Tilmon" in some sources. Some sources give the death date of Dr. Tilman Bethel as September 6, 1865." ("The Early Bethells and their Descendants" by Virginia Mohler Garde, Rt 3 Box 327A, Edwardsville, IL 62025; pg 94.)
Genealogical material concerning the Bethel Family written by Wm. M. Pierce, Everett, Washington to Travis Morris, Cleburne, Texas.
1850 US Census, of DeKalb County, Tennessee: Tilman Bethel is 60 years old and listed as born in NC. Sarah is listed as 65 and born in VA.
DeKalb County Cemeteries; page 254, lists Tilman Bethell born December 5, 1788 died 9 March 1865.
" "Tilman" is spelled "Tilmon" in some sources. Some sources give the death date of Dr. Tilman Bethel as September 6, 1865." ("The Early Bethells and their Descendants" by Virginia Mohler Garde, Rt 3 Box 327A, Edwardsville, IL 62025; pg 94.)
Genealogical material concerning the Bethel Family written by Wm. M. Pierce, Everett, Washington to Travis Morris, Cleburne, Texas.
1850 US Census, of DeKalb County, Tennessee: Tilman Bethel is 60 years old and listed as born in NC. Sarah is listed as 65 and born in VA.
Events
| Birth | December 5, 1788 | Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina | |||
| Marriage | September 2, 1813 | Smith County, Tennessee - Sarah Root Daughtery | |||
| Death | March 9, 1865 | Liberty, DeKalb County, Tennessee |
Families
| Spouse | Sarah Root Daughtery (1793 - 1869) |
| Child | Harriet Doughtery Bethel (1814 - 1892) |
| Child | Mary Cantrell Bethel (1816 - 1895) |
| Child | Nancy Doughtery Bethel (1817 - 1821) |
| Child | Infant Bethel (1818 - 1818) |
| Child | John Witt Bethel (1820 - 1878) |
| Child | Greene William Bethel (1821 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth A. Bethel (1823 - 1882) |
| Child | Chester F. Bethel (1825 - ) |
| Child | Lafayette A. Bethel (1827 - ) |
| Child | Eliza J. Bethel (1828 - ) |
| Child | Bluford J. Bethel (1830 - ) |
| Child | Madora Melcenie Bethel (1833 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Palmira Bethel (1836 - 1906) |
| Child | Infant Bethel (1836 - 1836) |
| Child | Woodford M. L. Bethel (1838 - ) |
| Father | Sampson Bethel (1750 - 1806) |
| Mother | Mary M. Cantrell (1754 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Larkin Bethel (1775 - 1830) |
| Sibling | Constance "Polly" Bethel (1776 - 1848) |
| Sibling | J. Bethel (1778 - ) |
| Sibling | Cantrell Bethel (1779 - 1848) |
| Sibling | Pierpoint? Bethel (1782 - ) |
| Sibling | Greene Floyd Bethel (1784 - 1842) |
| Sibling | Esther P. Bethel (1786 - ) |
| Sibling | Chester Bethel (1791 - 1869) |
| Sibling | Cloud Bethel (1793 - 1844) |
| Sibling | Talitha P. Bethel (1795 - 1859) |
| Sibling | Bluford C. Bethel (1798 - 1854) |