TILLMAN F. PALSGROVE Tillman F. Palsgrove. One of the recent recruits in commercial affairs at Bloomer is Tillman F. Palsgrove, who, in 1920, after many years spent in agricultural pursuits in Miami and Franklin counties, became the proprietor of a garage at Bloomer. Mr. Palsgrove, who has already taken apposition of recognized importance in the business life of the community, was born in Franklin county, Ohio, in 1874, a son of Tillman and Sarah (Whims) Palsgrove. There were four children in the family: William, Tillman F., Altus and George. Tillman F. Palsgrove was a child when taken by his parents to Miami county, where he was reared on a farm and received his education in the rural district schools, and resided at home until his marriage to Nora, daughter of John Rawn. For many years Mr. Palsgrove applied himself to agricultural pursuits, cultivating farms in both Franklin and Miami counties, but in 1920 he retired from farming and came to Bloomer, where he became the proprietor, by purchase, of the former Finfrock property, on which, in 1920, he built a garage. He has a prosperous business, and conducts a modern establishment, including a repair department, service station, etc., and handling tires and standard accessories.. He has won public confidence and patronage by a straight-forward business policy and a courteous personality. Mr. Palsgrove, in the various communities in which he has resided, has displayed public spirit in his support of worthy civic enterprises, and was a liberal contributor to the various movements necessitated by the World war. He and his wife are the parents of six children: Russell, Ernest, Virgie, May, Floyd and Fay. Russell Palsgrove is an overseas veteran who saw much active service in France. He enlisted at Troy and after intensive training at Camp Chillicothe was assigned to Company F, Twenty-sixth division, subsequently being transferred to the Eighty-third division. He was gassed in the Argonne sector, and was in hand-to-hand encounters with the enemy in that region, taking part also in the engagements at Verdun and St. Michael. He married Fern Brandt, a daughter of Joseph Brandt, and they reside, in Bradford, where he is engaged with the railroad company, and is one of his community's most popular young men. Return to the Biography Index Copyright © 1999 by Computerized Heritage
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