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Whiting Mitchell Hilton

Whiting Mitchell Hilton

Male 1893 - 1985  (91 years)


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  • Name Whiting Mitchell Hilton 
    Birth 23 Mar 1893  Ipswich, Edmunds, South Dakota, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death Feb 1985 
    Person ID I72968  Stewartsny
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Father Hobart M. Hilton,   b. 12 Jul 1857, Orwell Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Mar 1929, Orwell Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rose Catherine Shepard,   b. 7 Sep 1859   d. 25 Oct 1939 (Age 80 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 12 Jul 1882  Sandy Creek Twp., Oswego County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F24507  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Bernice Amelia Barker,   b. 14 Mar 1900, Orwell, Oswego, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Jul 1953, Chapel Hill, Orange County, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 53 years) 
    Marriage 7 May 1918  [1, 2] 
    Children 
     1. Jack Elsworth Hilton,   b. 5 Apr 1920   d. 18 Jun 2002 (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Melvin Mitchell Hilton,   b. 5 Feb 1924   d. 1 Sep 1990 (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Joyce Hilton,   b. Abt 1926   d. Aft 2002 (Age > 77 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F24487  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

    Family 2 Cecile Ann Blodgett,   b. 16 Nov 1903, Orwell, Oswego County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1987, Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years) 
    Marriage 1955 
    Family ID F24486  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 2 Dec 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Whiting Mitchell Hilton - March 21, 1894 - January 24, 1985. Military Service: Veteran of the United States Army during World War I; Inducted at Pulaski, New York on April 1, 1918 with rank of Private; Served overseas in Company A, 307th Machine Gun Battalion, 78th Division from June 1, 1918 to May 19, 1919; Honorably discharged May 25, 1919 with rank of Private First Class. Son of Hobart and Rose Catherine Shepard Hilton. Husband of Bernice Amelia Barker Hilton (married May 7, 1918 at Orwell, New York) & Cecile Anna Blodgett Hutchins Hilton (married November 8, 1955 at Orwell, New York.)
      Newspaper Obituary - Monday, February 4, 1985 Sandy Creek News - Sandy Creek, New York - Whiting M. Hilton - Whiting M. Hilton, 90, of Deerfield Apartments, Pulaski, died Thursday in Oswego Hospital after a short illness. He was born March 21, 1894, in Ipswich, South Dakota. He attended South Dakota schools. He served in World War I with the United States Army in France. He was first married to Amelia Barker in 1918. She died in 1953. He later married Cecile Hutchings in 1955. He was a self-employed carpenter and owned Orwell Ladder Company. He also worked for the Sandy Creek Central School District in the maintenance department. He was a member of the Orwell Union Church and the Russell Tryon Post American Legion in Altmar. Surviving are two sons, Jack E. of Orwell and Melvin M. of Lakeland, Florida; a daughter, Joyce Watson of Tulsa, Oklahoma; a step-son, Fred Hutchings of Orwell; five step-daughters, Frieda Kaul of Orwell, Lillie Franklin of Pulaski, Julia Howard of Orwell, Norma Hutchings of Lakeland, Florida, and Ruby Woolson of Pulaski; seven grandchildren, and eight great-grandchildren. Private services were conducted at the convenience of the family, with the Rev. Jeremy Duncan officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery. Donations may be made to Orwell Union Church organ fund. Arrangements Were by the Foster Hax Funeral Home.

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

    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 Bernice Amelia Barker