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- Eugene Edson Hilton - March 15, 1902 - December 20, 1923. Son of John Josiah and Rosetta Wart Hilton.
Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, December 27, 1923 Sandy Creek News - Sandy Creek, New York - Killed Felling A Tree - Eugene E. Hilton, Orwell Man, Had Skull Fractured By Limb of Dead Tree - Funeral Eugene E. Hilton, 21, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Hilton, of Orwell, who died Tuesday in Ideal Rest Hospital, Orwell in felling trees near Orwell, was held Sunday afternoon at 1 o'clock. The deceased, who was hurt Tuesday when a flying branch from a dead tree which was struck by a large tree Mr. Hilton and two of his men were cutting down, struck him on the head. He was rendered unconscious, and was treated throughout the day at a shack on the property until his brother Clarence, a Syracuse contractor, arrived and took him to Ideal Rest. A fractured skull and concussion of the brain was the cause of death. He had planned to go to Syracuse the first of the year and engage in the contracting business. He is survived by his parents, by three brothers, Clarence and O. J. Hilton, Syracuse, and F. S. Hilton, Eastwood; two sisters, Mrs. R. D. Barker, Marathon, and Miss D. May Hilton, Syracuse. His grandfather, Josiah Hilton, was a veteran of the Civil War and his great-grandfather, a Revolutionary War veteran. The family were pioneers in Orwell.
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Abt 1901 - Abt 1922 (21 years)
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