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Ward Spencer Hilton

Ward Spencer Hilton

Male 1893 - 1964  (70 years)


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  • Name Ward Spencer Hilton  [1, 2] 
    Birth 23 Dec 1893  Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Death 20 Mar 1964  , Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Burial Evergreen Cemetery, Orwell, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Person ID I72962  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Lafayette Hilton,   b. 4 Jul 1846, Orwell, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jan 1926, Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Ellen Louisa Fink,   b. 26 Aug 1852, Oneida County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1938, Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 13 Oct 1875  Orwell, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F24474  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mabel C. Nichols,   b. 24 Feb 1896, Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Sep 1981, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 7 Sep 1921  Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Charles Lafayette Hilton,   b. 17 Oct 1925, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1992, Pulaski, Oswego, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F24482  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Ward Spencer Hilton - December 23, 1893 - March 20, 1964. Military Service: Veteran of the United States Army during World War I; Enlisted September 28, 1917 at Pulaski, New York, with service in Company B, 310th Infantry; Served overseas from June 4, 1918 to November 28, 1918; Discharged with rank of Sergeant. Son of LaFayette and Ella Fink Hilton. Husband of Mabel Nicholls Hilton. Married September 7, 1921 at Williamston, New York.
      Newspaper Obituary - Thursday, March 26, 1964 Sandy Creek News - Sandy Creek, New York - Ward Hilton, 70 Dies in Hospital - Ward Hilton, 70, Richland, retired Orwell farmer and pony dealer, died March 20, 1964 at the House of the Good Samaritan, Watertown, where he had been a patient for 24 hours. The funeral was held Monday at 1:30 at the family home in Orwell and at 2 p.m. at the Orwell Union church with Rev. Robert Murphy, pastor, officiated. Burial will be in Evergreen cemetery, Orwell. Mr. Hilton is survived by his wife, Mrs. Mabel Nicholls Hilton and a son, Charles L. F. Hilton, Orwell, and six grandchildren. - Born in Orwell - He was born on December 23, 1893, in Orwell, son of LaFayette and Ella Fink Hilton and attended schools in the Redfield area. He married Miss Mabel Nicholls on September 7, 1921 at the home of the bride’s parents in Williamstown. Following their marriage, Mr. Hilton was employed as a manager of milk plants at Pierrepont Manor and Centerville. He moved to the farm in Orwell in 1928, retiring from that occupation in 1950. For the past 30 years, Mr. Hilton was a substitute rural mail carrier. Mr. Hilton served overseas during World War I with Company B of the 310th infantry. He attended the Orwell Union church and was a member of the American Legion Post 358, Pulaski, and also the V.F.W., Lacona.

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