Merced County Biographies

CHARLES B. TILLER

Transcribed by Kathy Sedler

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        One of the best painting and decorating contractors in Los Banos is 
Charles B. Tiller, who was born in Dekalb County, Mo., on January 26, 1887. He 
attended school in his home locality until he was eleven, at which time his 
parents came to Riverside County, Cal., and settled in Corona, where the lad 
continued his education, then they moved to Lincoln, Placer County, and he 
finished there. Upon leaving school he entered the laboratory department of the 
Standard Oil Company in Richmond and remained for eighteen months, when he went 
to Oakland and served his time in learning the trade of painter. Coming to Los 
Banos, Cal., in 1905, he soon formed a partnership with W. P. Sears and for four 
years they did business as painting contractors under the name of Sears and 
Tiller. Thereafter Mr. Tiller has carried on an independent contracting 
business. Numerous buildings stand to his credit, among which we mention Bank of 
Los Banos building, a $150,000 structure; the Masonic Temple; Odd Fellows Hall; 
Oberon Hotel; two annexes of the Los Banos High School building; the Kneep and 
Cornett residences. He does all the painting and decorating for F. H. Riedle, 
which takes in dairy plants all over the West Side. For several years he was 
painting foreman for Miller and Lux. Thus it will be seen that Mr. Tiller is a 
very busy man.
        When Mr. Tiller came to marry in 1912, he was united with Miss Emily M. 
Jameson, born in Los Banos, and they have two boys, Norman and Charles B., Jr. 
Fraternally, Mr. Tiller belongs to Los Banos Lodge No. 312, F. & A. M., and to 
the Merced Pyramid of Sciots.
 
History of Merced County, California � Los Angeles, Historic Record Co., 1925
page 732-733