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- Hiram Eugene Hilton - March 5, 1852 - September 19, 1926. Son of Peter and Catherine Clark Hilton. Husband of Maria A. Myers Hilton (married April 4, 1874 at Sandy Creek, New York) & Lucy Ann Leonard Hilton (married August 15, 1888 at Pulaski, New York.)
Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, September 23, 1926 Sandy Creek News - Sandy Creek, New York - Hiram Hilton - The death of Hiram Eugene Hilton, 75, occurred at his home on the Rome road near Pulaski at 6:15 o'clock Sunday morning following an illness of about two weeks. Mr. Hilton was born March 5, 1851, in the town of Richland, the son of the late Peter Hilton. He was twice married, first to Maria Myers, who died about 38 years ago, and his second wife, Lucy Leonard Hilton, who survives him. Retiring from active work 12 years ago, Mr. Hilton closed a long business career in this section as a farmer, at which he enjoyed great success. Surviving besides his widow are four sons and three daughters, William and Arthur Hilton, Pulaski; Herbert Hilton, Lacona; Leonard Hilton, Pulaski; Mrs. Grover Miner, Rochester; Mrs. Herbert Bambury and Mrs. Cornelius Wafful, Pulaski; one brother, Harvey Hilton, Orwell, and several grandchildren. Services were held at the family home on Rome street, Pulaski, at 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, with the Rev. Lowell H. Palmer, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Pulaski, officiating. Bearers were his four sons, Leonard, William, Arthur and Herbert, and two sons-in-law, Herbert Bambury and Cornelius Wafful. Burial was made in Evergreen cemetery at Orwell.
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