Salem A. Tilford, M. D.

    Salem M. Tilford was born in Jefferson County, Indiana, February 2, 1827, with good opportunities for education in the Madison High School. In 1845, he took up the study of medicine under Dr. J. H. D. Rogers, of Madison; afterward attended lectures at the University of Louisville, and the Indiana Medical College, at Indianapolis; graduated from the latter, and took the ad eundem degree in 1879. In 1848, he located here and has continued his practice successfully.

    November 28, 1849, he married Miss Emeline Major, who died in May, 1853, leaving one child -Ella R., now a well-known teacher in this county. April 1, 1857, he married Miss Ann Wolfe, which union was favored with eleven children -Isabel, Benjamin W., Lulie, Jennie, Ann, Alex S., Mary, Joseph W., Amanda, Harry and Roy E.

    Dr. Tilford was a Whig, but affiliated with the Democrats, by which party he was elected, in 1870, Auditor of Morgan County, having served about eighteen months previously as said officer. Dr. Tilford is a Chapter Mason. When he cam first to this town there were only 350 souls therein.

Source: Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. F. A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1884.