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'''Tillie''' (circa 1870 – 1932) was a female [[Asian elephant]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/01/26/robinsons-circus-wintered-terrace-park/97093392/|title= |
'''Tillie''' (circa 1870 – 1932) was a female [[Asian elephant]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2017/01/26/robinsons-circus-wintered-terrace-park/97093392/|title=Robinson's Circus wintered in Terrace Park|last=Suess|first=Jeff|website=Cincinnati.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> that was the mascot of the [[John Robinson Circus]].<ref name=WCPO2017>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wcpo.com/news/insider/cincinnatis-circus-connections-of-long-ago-come-to-mind-with-the-end-of-the-ringling-bros-and-barnum-bailey-circus|title=Where is Cincy's famous circus elephant buried?|date=2017-01-19|website=WCPO|language=en|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref><ref name=WCPO2018>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wcpo.com/home/home-tour/home-tour-the-elephants-are-gone-but-terrace-parks-robinson-circus-house-still-reflects-its-past|title=Home Tour: You think your house is a circus?|date=2018-04-20|website=WCPO|language=en|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref><ref name=Obit>{{Cite news|title=Tillie the elephant Obituary|date=1932|work=Cincinnati Enquirer}}</ref><ref name=CincinnatiCom>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/entertainment/2018/04/13/sale-5-beds-4-1-2-baths-1-elephant-tombstone-asking-1-189-m/444719002/|title=For sale: 5 beds, 4 1/2 baths, 1 elephant tombstone; asking $1.189M|last=Motsinger|first=Carol|website=Cincinnati.com|language=en|access-date=2020-02-09}}</ref> Tillie was acquired by [[John H. Robinson (circus owner)|John Robinson]], owner of the circus, in 1872.<ref name=WCPO2017/> She was the leader of the elephant pack.<ref name=WCPO2017/> Tillie was one of four elephants that the Robinsons kept when they sold the Robinson Circus in 1912.<ref name=WCPO2017/> |
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Tillie's image is shown on the cover Phillip J. Nuxhall's book ''Stories from the Grove'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvxu.org/post/phil-nuxhall-talks-about-his-new-book-stories-grove#stream/0|title=Phil Nuxhall talks about his new book, "Stories in the Grove"|last=O'Donnell|first=Brian|date=2014-04-18|website=Cincinnati Public Radio |
Tillie's image is shown on the cover Phillip J. Nuxhall's book ''Stories from the Grove'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.wvxu.org/post/phil-nuxhall-talks-about-his-new-book-stories-grove#stream/0|title=Phil Nuxhall talks about his new book, "Stories in the Grove"|last=O'Donnell|first=Brian|date=2014-04-18|website=Cincinnati Public Radio|access-date=2020-02-09}} -- cover is mentioned at 3:22</ref><ref name=Nuxhall/> and she can be seen in a poster on page 76 of Dann Woellert's book ''Cincinnati's Northside Neighborhood''.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I5RO0rglQRAC&q=tillie&pg=PA6|title=Cincinnati's Northside Neighborhood|last=Woellert|first=Dann|date=2009|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-7778-4|language=en|page=76}}</ref> |
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When the circus performed in the neighborhood of [[Northside, Cincinnati]] (formerly Cumminsville, Ohio), Tillie led the procession.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I5RO0rglQRAC& |
When the circus performed in the neighborhood of [[Northside, Cincinnati]] (formerly Cumminsville, Ohio), Tillie led the procession.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=I5RO0rglQRAC&q=robinson+circus+&pg=PA6|title=Cincinnati's Northside Neighborhood|last=Woellert|first=Dann|date=2009|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-7778-4|language=en}}</ref> |
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The T-shaped window on the old Robinson property in Terrace Park is for Tillie.<ref name=WCPO2018/> |
The T-shaped window on the old Robinson property in Terrace Park is for Tillie.<ref name=WCPO2018/> |
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Exactly where Tilles is buried is uncertain. Rumors that she was buried in [[Spring Grove Cemetery]] have not been substantiated.<ref name=WCPO2017/><ref name=Nuxhall/> Although there is a tombstone for Tillie on the Robinson's old property in Terrace Park, Lynn Nelson, who was a 30-year resident of Terrace Park, insists Tille is not buried under the tombstone, but is instead buried in a dry well on the same property.<ref name=WCPO2017/> |
Exactly where Tilles is buried is uncertain. Rumors that she was buried in [[Spring Grove Cemetery]] have not been substantiated.<ref name=WCPO2017/><ref name=Nuxhall/> Although there is a tombstone for Tillie on the Robinson's old property in Terrace Park, Lynn Nelson, who was a 30-year resident of Terrace Park, insists Tille is not buried under the tombstone, but is instead buried in a dry well on the same property.<ref name=WCPO2017/> |
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Nuxhall and Nelson both believe her legs were cut off and made into umbrellas stands.<ref name=WCPO2017/><ref name=Nuxhall>{{Cite book|last=Nuxhall|first=Phillip J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C7SWngEACAAJ |
Nuxhall and Nelson both believe her legs were cut off and made into umbrellas stands.<ref name=WCPO2017/><ref name=Nuxhall>{{Cite book|last=Nuxhall|first=Phillip J.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C7SWngEACAAJ|title=Stories in the Grove|date=2014|publisher=Orange Frazer Press|isbn=978-1-939710-08-6|language=en}}</ref> |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of individual elephants]] |
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| Sex | Female |
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| Died | 1932 (age 65) Terrace Park, Ohio |
| Occupation | Circus performer |
| Employer | John Robinson Circus |
Tillie (circa 1870 – 1932) was a female Asian elephant[1] that was the mascot of the John Robinson Circus.[2][3][4][5] Tillie was acquired by John Robinson, owner of the circus, in 1872.[2] She was the leader of the elephant pack.[2] Tillie was one of four elephants that the Robinsons kept when they sold the Robinson Circus in 1912.[2]
Tillie's image is shown on the cover Phillip J. Nuxhall's book Stories from the Grove,[6][7] and she can be seen in a poster on page 76 of Dann Woellert's book Cincinnati's Northside Neighborhood.[8]
When the circus performed in the neighborhood of Northside, Cincinnati (formerly Cumminsville, Ohio), Tillie led the procession.[9]
The T-shaped window on the old Robinson property in Terrace Park is for Tillie.[3]
A full page obituary was published in The Cincinnati Enquirer when Tillie died in 1932. An audience of two thousand celebrated her death in Terrace Park at her home on Elm Avenue in Terrace Park, Ohio as planes dropped carnations and the remaining three elephants stood by as a cannon was fired.[2][5]
Exactly where Tilles is buried is uncertain. Rumors that she was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery have not been substantiated.[2][7] Although there is a tombstone for Tillie on the Robinson's old property in Terrace Park, Lynn Nelson, who was a 30-year resident of Terrace Park, insists Tille is not buried under the tombstone, but is instead buried in a dry well on the same property.[2]
Nuxhall and Nelson both believe her legs were cut off and made into umbrellas stands.[2][7]
