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Anson B. Van Leuven was born on October 16, 1829 at Camden, Canada. He came with his brother to San Bernardino in 1854 from Utah. He developed a ranch in Old San Bernardino and became a pioneer orange grower in the county in 1867. He was a sheriff and a U.S. Marshall. He married Elizabeth Frances Robinson on January 14, 1863. Van Leuven died May 23, 1896 and is buried at the San Bernardino Pioneer Cemetery.
Photo courtesy of City of San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society