Benjamin W. Tilford

          Benjamin W. Tilford, physician and druggist was born in this town 
      November 8, 1859, where he was reared and attended the high school. In 
      1878, he began the study of medicine under his father's instruction; also 
      attended lectures at the Indiana Medical College at Indianapolis in 1879 
      and 1880; graduated in March, 1881; came home to Martinsville, and in the 
      autumn engaged in the drug trade. He has a $2,000 stock, and has done a 
      satisfactory business. 
      
      Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and 
      Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 
      1884.