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WAYNE CO., IL

1884 BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES

LAMARD TWP

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HILLIARD, GEORGE H., farmer, P.O. Jeffersonville. Among the enterprising farmers of Lamard Township is George H. Hilliard, who was born November 7, 1838, in Ohio.

He is the son of George B. Hilliard, of Ohio, formerly of Scotland.

Our subject came to Wayne County, 111 with his parents in the fall of 1853. His mother died in Wayne County, Ill., in 1874. Then George B. Hilliard went to live with his son, James W., in Wayne County, IL.

Our subject was married, July 23, 1859, in Wayne County, Ill., to Amanda E., daughter of Thomas P. Green, of Wayne County, Ill.

Subject had ten children by Mrs. Amanda, all living, viz., Mary F., John W., Thomas J., Sarah B., Joseph M., David A., Charles S., Frank B., Clara M. and James A.

Mrs. Amanda Hilliard was born October 24, 1839, in Wayne County, IL., and died May 13, 1881. Mary F., daughter of George H. and Amanda Hilliard, was married to Dudley D. Davis, June 6, 1883, and moved to St. Louis, Mo., where they still reside.

Subject has been a-member of the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints, for sixteen years, and a minister of the same denomination for fifteen years. He is also a member of the Masonic order.. He owns 420 acres of good land, and is engaged in farming and stock-raising. Politics, Re-publican.