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FRIENDSHIP   CEMETERY
McDONOUGH  COUNTY,  ILLINOIS

 

WILLIAM E. HILLMAN
1880-1900

 

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WILLIAM E.
SON OF H. & H. HILLMAN
DIED SEPT. 25, 1900
AGED 20 Ys. 6 Ms. 16 Ds.

The fading inscription on William Hillman's tombstone calculates to a birth date of March 9, 1880. That is in agreement with the 1880 Federal Census listing for the family, but not the 1900 listing.

See: Horrace Hillman and Harriet Nelson (parents)

1880 Illinois Census, McDonough County, Hire Township, page 403C
enumerated June 15, 1880, dwelling #227
[in proximity to Harriet's parents]

Hillman, Horace, white, male, 38, married, farmer, born KY, born parents born KY
Harriet, white, female, 32, wife, married, keeps house, born IL, father born KY, mother born [no entry]
Floora, white, female, 12, daughter, single, at school, attended school within the year, born IL, both parents born IL
Alice, white, female, 11, daughter, single, at school, attended school within the year, born IL, both parents born IL
Arthur, white, male, 10, son, single, at school, attended school within the year, born IL, both parents born IL
Joseph, white, male, 7, son, single, at school, attended school within the year, born IL, both parents born IL
Sadie, white, female, 5, daughter, single, born IL, both parents born IL
Lewis, white, male, 2, son, born IL, both parents born IL
Infant, white, male, 3/12, born March, son, born IL, both parents born IL

 

1900 Illinois Census, McDonough County, Hire Township, page 133A
enumerated June 19, 1900, dwelling #176
[in proximity to son-in-law William H Hall]

Hillman, Horace, head, white, male, Dec 1834, 55 [these numbers are pretty clear - it must be an enumerator's error], married for 34 years, born KY, both parents born KY, farmer, months not employed - 3, could read, write and speak English, owned his farm home free of mortgage, farm schedule 143

Harriet, wife, white, female, July 1848, 51, married for 34 years; mother of 12 children, all living; born IL, father born KY, mother born TN, could read, write and speak English

William, son, white, male, Mar 1879, 21, single, born IL, father born KY, mother born IL, farm laborer, months not employed - 3, could read, write and speak English

Herbert, son, white, male, Oct 1881, 18, single, born IL, father born KY, mother born IL, farm laborer, months not employed - 3, could read, write and speak English

Gertie, daughter, white, female, Feb 1884, 16, single, born IL, father born KY, mother born IL, at school for 6 months, could read, write and speak English

Mary, daughter, white, female, Apr 1886, 14, single, born IL, father born KY, mother born IL, at school for 6 months, could read, write and speak English

Ida, daughter, white, female, Feb 1888, 12, single, born IL, father born KY, mother born IL, at school for 6 months, could read, write and speak English

Glenn, son, white, female, Mar 1889, 11, single, born IL, father born KY, mother born IL, at school for 6 months, could read, write and speak English

 

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