William B. Hildreth
HILDRETH
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Date: 11/7/2022 at 20:40:54
William B. Hildreth
William B. Hildreth was born in Vermont, March 27, 1839. When he was ten years old his parents moved to Canada and remained sixteen years. In 1865 he went to Osage, Iowa. He. followed farming and carpentering five years. He then purchased 140 acres on section 1, Lincoln township, Worth county, where he has since lived. He married Abagail Hitchcock, March, 1863. She died in 1873, leaving five children-Carl C., Clarence C., Lillie M., Jane B. and William P. He was again married, in 1874, to Elizabeth E. Cooper, a native of Michigan, born in 1845. They have one child-Scott L. She has one child, Calvin Cooper, by her former marriage. They are members of the M. E. Church. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. He has been treasurer of township four years and school director two years, also town trustee. Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1884, p.793
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