CRAWFORD COUNTY OHIO - BIO: B. S. VAN TILBURG (1881)

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HISTORY OF CRAWFORD COUNTY AND OHIO
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, Part III, p.876 [V surnames]
CHICAGO
BASKIN & BATTEY, HISTORICAL PUBLISHERS
186 DEARBORN STREET
1881

AUBURN TOWNSHIP, CRAWFORD COUNTY, OHIO

B. S. VAN TILBURG, merchant, Tiro. One of the most prominent business firms of Tiro is I. & B. S. Van Tilburg,
dealers in groceries, dry goods, notions, grain, etc. The junior partner. B. S., was born in Richland Co., Ohio, Nov.
1, 1851. His parents, Vincent and C. E. (Musser) Van Tilburg, were married in Richland Co., Ohio, in 1849, and to
them were born the following family: B. S., F. O., M. L., J. M., Eva M., Emma E., Charlie G., Ettie and Adda, and
one who died in infancy. Our subject was reared on his father's farm. He received a good common school
education, and on the 19th of February, 1878, he was united in marriage with Miss Elizabeth Bender, daughter of
Jacob Bender, of Vernon Township, and by her has one daughter, Edith M., born Sept. 24, 1878. Mr. Van Tilburg
is a Republican, and member of the Lutheran Church. He owns a half-interest in one of the best stores in Tiro,
Crawford Co., Ohio.