Thomas F. Hilton, p. 838

THOMAS F. HILTON, a prominent and wealthy resident of Claysville, was born September 26, 1835, in Chartiers township, Washington Co., Penn., and is descended of rugged ancestry, of the "Land of the mountain and the flood," that "Caledonia, stern and wild," immortalized so beautifully in verse and song by Scott and Burns. His grandfather, a native of Scotland, had four sons and one daughter William, Robert, Thomas, George and Margaret all born in Scotland, and with his family immigrated to the United States, making a settlement in Chartiers and Buffalo townships, this county.

George Hilton, father of Thomas F., was married in Scotland to a native of the same part, and they had children as follows: John, Robert, Mary, Jane, Sarah A., Isabelle, George James and Thomas F., all natives of Washington county. Mr. Hilton came with his father's family to this county, and here followed the trade of miller, which he had learned in his native land. He died in 1837, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and in politics a Whig; his wife was called to her long home in 1835.

The early life of Thomas F. Hilton was passed at the home of Joseph Donahey, a resident of Buffalo township, and his education was received at the common schools of the district. On May 21, 1874, he was married to Sevena, a daughter of Benjamin Bartilson, of Hopewell township, and the results of this union were five children: Sadie, George, Mary, Benjamin and Roland (the latter being deceased). After marriage Mr. Hilton settled on a farm in Buffalo township, and here remained until 1889, when he moved into Claysville, and built his present residence, one of the finest in the borough. The family are all members of the Presbyterian Church at Claysville; in politics Mr. Hilton is a stanch Republican, and an active worker in the party.

Text taken from page 838 of:
Beers, J. H. and Co., Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893).

Transcribed March 1997 by Neil and Marilyn Morton of Oswego, IL as part of the Beers Project.
Published March 1997 on the Washington County, PA USGenWeb pages at http://www.chartiers.com/.

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