Person Sheet


Name James Benson John HILTON
Birth 12 Jan 1812, Stamford Twp., Welland Co., Ontario3
Death 25 Nov 1896, Wainfleet Twp., Welland Co., Ontario3 Age: 84
Death Memo He died at the home of his sister, Mrs. Margaret (Hilton) Stokes, according to Lewis Parker Abell.
Burial aft 25 Nov 1896, Fonthill, Pelham Twp., Niagara District, Ontario3
Burial Memo buried
Father John Burgess HILTON (1783-1832)
Mother Hannah OSTRANDER (1789-1864)
Spouses
1 Hannah Sayre RICHARDS
Death 1863, Thorold Twp., Welland Co., Ontario3
Father Thomas RICHARDS
Mother Sarah SATRE
Marriage 3 Jun 1833, State Street Methodist Church, Troy, N.Y.3
Marriage Memo R. W. /Rogers/
Children Rachel Josephine (1841-1883)
Notes for James Benson John HILTON
According to Lewis Parker Abell, "He finished his education at the
Boy's Academy, Albany, as had become customary with members of the
Hilton family and afterwards took a teacher's course at the State
Normal School at Troy, N.Y., upon completion of which he taught
school for a period in New Jersey. In the meantime he had met,
perhaps as a classmate at the Troy Normal School, and married Hannah
Sayre, a daughter of Thomas and Sarah ( Sayre) Richards, of Madison,
N.J. ...
Sometime late in the 40's perhaps, Mr. Hilton returned to Canada
with his family and followed his profession of schoolteacher until an
advanced age when he was retired on a pension. He may have been
assisted for a period by his wife or by his only surviving child,
Rachel Josephine, before her marriage in 1862. Then, to the time of
her death in 1883, he made his home with his daughter in St.
Catharine's, Ont., at intervals, and therefore, passed his later
years at the home of his sister, Mrs. Margaret (Hilton) Stokes, in
the town of Wainfleet, Welland Co. He was buried at Fonthill."
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