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Reuben Harvey Hilton

Reuben Harvey Hilton

Male 1882 - 1957  (75 years)


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  • Name Reuben Harvey Hilton  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Birth 13 Feb 1882  Orwell Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 14 Mar 1957  Watertown, Jefferson County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I72774  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Harvey Sylvester Hilton,   b. 17 Jun 1858, Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1933, Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ella Frances Powers,   b. 23 May 1852, Ellisburg, Jefferson, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jul 1913, Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 61 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 10 Jan 1878 
    Family ID F24439  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Belle Potter,   b. 29 Dec 1882, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Feb 1964, Richland Twp., Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 25 Apr 1907 
    Children 
     1. Dana Celestine Hilton,   b. 15 Jul 1910, Pulaski, Oswego, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Nov 1965, Watertown, Jefferson, NY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F24398  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Reuben Harvey Hilton - February 13, 1882 - March 14, 1957. Son of Harvey Sylvester and Frances Ella Powers Hilton. Husband of Mary Belle Potter Hilton. Married April 25, 1907 at Pulaski, New York.
      Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, March 21, 1957 Pulaski Democrat - Pulaski, New York - Reuben Hilton Rites Are Held - Last rites for Reuben H. Hilton, 75, retired farmer of the Fox district, were held Sunday at the Taylor Funeral Home with the Rev. W. Russell Clark, pastor of Park Methodist Church, officiating. Interment was in Evergreen Cemetery at Orwell. Masonic services were conducted at the funeral home Saturday evening at 7 p.m. Four nephews including Brainard Hilton, Harold Greenfield, Hilton Barker and Ed Bohanon, also Roy Ellis and Horace Farrington acted as bearers. Mr. Hilton died Thursday noon at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Watertown where he had been a patient since February 25. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. M. Belle Potter Hilton; a daughter, Mrs. James (Dana) LeClair, of this village; four granddaughters, Mrs. Lawrence (Shirley) Mamele of Osceola, Patricia, Bette and Linda LeClair of Pulaski; one great-grandson, James Mamele of Osceola; two sisters, Mrs. Amy Barker of Parish and Mrs. Ben (Sadie) Bohanon of Orwell, and several nieces and nephews. Mr. Hilton was born in Orwell on February 13, 1882, the son of Harvey S. and Ella Powers Hilton. His early life was spent in that vicinity until his marriage to Miss M. Belle Potter on April 25, 1907. Following his marriage he came to the Fox district on the Centerville road where he was engaged in dairy farming until 11 years ago, when he retired and moved into the village. Mr. Hilton was engaged in breeding Holstein cattle for many years and at one time owned several purebreds of this strain. He was a member of Park Methodist Church for 50 years, a 30-year member of Pulaski Masonic Lodge, 415, F. & A.M. and a member of Pulaski Grange of long-standing.

  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Harvey S HILTON

    2. [S665] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;;;), Database online.
      Record for Dana Celestine HILTON

    3. [S665] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;;;;;), Database online.
      Record for Harvey S HILTON

    4. [S2] Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees, (Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;;), Database online.
      Record for Dana Celestine HILTON