STEUBEN REPUBLICAN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1897, page 4, column 4

JAMES HILTON, 08 Aug 1837 - 20 Jul 1897

   DIED at his home in Jackson township, Steuben county, Indiana, 
July 20, 1897, James Hilton, aged 59 years, 11 months and 12 days.  
   Deceased was born in Morrow county, Ohio, and Sept. 9, 1858, was 
united in marriage with Lydia Jane Smith, and to the union were born 
eight children, three sons and five daughters, who with the mother, 
survive him.  Mr. Hilton had been a resident of Steuben county for 
many years. He was a man of unusual strength, but the reaper, whose 
name is death, did not spare him.  He will be missed by his family 
and many friends.  Funeral services were conducted by Elder Medbury, 
of Angola.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

   James Hilton, 09 Aug 1837 - 20 Jul 1897, on 09 Sep 1858, married 
Lydia Jane (Smith) Hilton, 12 Oct 1833 - 20 Nov 1897.  They are 
buried at South Scott Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

CHILDREN:

   Oleric Jackson Hilton. 16 Mar 1859 - 30 Nov 1928, married 1st, 
Eliza J. (Zimmer) Hilton, 20 Jul 1859 - 20 Sep 1913, daughter of 
Adam and Mariah (Williams) Zimmer.  Oleric and Eliza are buried at 
South Scott Cemetery.  He married 2nd, Clarissa Salena (Bennett) 
Dygert Hilton, 1854 - 1921, widow of Theodore Abraham Dygert.  She 
was the daughter of William Ward and Eliza (Stevens) Bennett.  
Clarissa is buried at Dygert Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

   Dora A. (Hilton) Kissinger, 1861 - 1932, on 25 Dec 1883, married 
Charles J. Kissinger, 1858 - 1941.  They are buried at South Scott 
Cemetery.

   Mary L. (Hilton), 1866 - 1940, married William C. German, 30 Aug 
1863 - 1928, son of Edward German, 17 Oct 1826 - 22 Jun 1894, and 
Rebecca (Schweitzer/Switzer) German, 05 Apr 1833 - 01 Apr 1891.  
They are buried at Flint Cemetery, Steuben County, Indiana.

"Cemeteries of Steuben County, Indiana, 1990" by Audree Siebel 
Lewis, Vol. I, pages 549, 711, 713, 894, 895; Vol. II,page 1055. 

Submitted by:  Mona Hilden-Beckwith
e-mail:  hilbeck123@att.net