Hylton, Jehiel F.

HYLTON

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Date: 6/29/2021 at 12:10:49

History of Warren County, Iowa from Its Earliest Settlement to 1908, by Rev. W. C. Martin, Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, Illinois, 1908, p.881

JEHIEL FRANCIS HYLTON
In recording the history of the lives of the permanent residents of War­ren County it is interesting to note that the settlements, in the great majority of instances, date no farther back than to the parents of the present occupants of the land, and the life history of Jehiel Francis Hylton is no exception to this general rule. His father, Nathaniel Hylton, was born in Floyd County, Vir­ginia on March 27. 1811. In early life he removed from Virginia to Indiana, and in 1857 drove a team and wagon, accompanied by his wife and four chil­dren, to this county, locating from the government one hundred and sixty acres of land in section 17, Virginia Township. Here he spent the remainder of his days, passing away on July 25, 1882, a few months over seventy-one years of age. While a resident of Indiana he was married to Miss Seytha Tincher, who was a native of Clark County, Kentucky, where she was born on the 10th of January 1826. She survived her husband by fourteen years and died on the old homestead on March 30, 1896. Like her husband she was a loyal member of the Methodist Church, the faith of which she embraced when quite young. Of the father it has been said he was never known to turn a deaf ear to the needy, his own privations and hardships experienced during the pioneer days having taught him to be merciful and charitable. Three of their children are still living, namely: Benjamin A., who lives on the old homestead; J. S., who resides at Lorimor, Iowa; and Jehiel Francis, of this review.
Jehiel Francis Hylton was born in Hendricks County, Indiana, August 11. 1848. He was, therefore, in his tenth year when his parents undertook the journey overland from Indiana to Iowa. He is indebted to the public schools of his native state for his education, to which he has added the practical knowledge and experience of an active and busy life. When twenty-five years of age he purchased forty acres of slightly improved land, upon which he undertook to make a livelihood and a competence. That he has been success­ful in this undertaking is attested by the fact that he still continues to re­side thereon, although he has added to his holdings until he now owns two hun­dred acres of land with all the necessary improvements.
In 1873 Mr. Hylton was married to Miss Hettie Joseph, who died ten years later leaving three children: Carl, Eddis and Ida. Carl, who was a farmer of Virginia Township, died in November, 1906, leaving a widow, for­merly Miss Riley. Eddis is a telegraph operator. Ida is the wife of James Boyles, a farmer in Clarke County, Iowa. In 1889 was celebrated the marriage of Mr. Hylton and Miss Carrie Fassauer, the daughter of John and Margaret (Diehl) Fassauer, who came from Ohio in January, 1857, and to Warren County, Iowa, in 1884. Mrs. Hylton was born in Ohio. Her father has passed away, but her mother is still living and resides with her mother in Indianola. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Hylton have been born three children: Charles, Ralph and Wynne, all of whom reside at home with their parents. In politics Hylton is a staunch Republican and is now serving his party for the third term as township trustee.