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Lancaster Pa. June II, 1880. At an
early age he attended school for a short
t1me and acquired what education he
could In 45 he went to Philadelphia to
live with Mr.. Samuel Miller, who kept
the Chestnut street house on Chestnut
below Fourth street, where he remained
until 1852, after having risen from bell
boy to head waiter and head porter in
the hotel, he left and went into the
clothes renovating business and catering
IN the Arcade building. In 1866 he
started for the west and on arriving at
Cincinnati he was engaged as porter on
the steamer Niagara, this was his first
steamboating and was quite novelty to
to him. He soon tired of the south and
IN 1906 came to Galena and went porter
on the old Granite State, the boat run
ming between Galena and st. Paul. In
the fall OF SO he started back to Phila-
neelphla but only got as far as Cleveland
and here he met some old friends who
sTsreysled ON his sending for his family
which he did, and he has made his
home west ever since. The names of
these friends are, J. AID. Mitchell, at
present the leader of very fine brass
and string band, John M. Bush, the I'M
rivalled bass performer and music
tea cher, land the other was John E. Bel
who was porter on the old Sultania, and
was lost when she was blown up on the
Mississippi river. Mr.. Hilvard after
living in Cleveland until 1859, went to
New Albany, Ind. to live, and followed
steamb eating again until the breaking
out of the war. He went out with the
3Sth regiment. as clerk in the suffers
department. After travelling through
Kentucky, Tennessee and other southern
states, he returned home and went
steward on the steamer Duke, which
was IN the government service. He re-
turned to st. Paul in '66' to remain, and
engaged in the clothes renovating bus
mess, and also. the Hilyard Quadrille
Band of which he is director. H
married Saba Anna Halforn of Oberlin.
Ohio, June l9, 1873. By a former mar
riage he has three sons, Henry T. Jane S
K. and William A. who are all in bus
mess, married and doing well. Mr..
Hilyard by strict integrity to business,
and honest purposes, has made for HIM
self a name and reputation. He to-day
isworth considerable real and personal
estate, and is what might be truly termed
aself-made man.
In 1850 on the 18th of June he Joined
the Masonic order. Father David Learv
one of the ablest masons, white or black,
IN this country, assisted by DR.. J. Davis,
the great masonic Journalist, Enoch
Hall. 2. n. G. M. of America, VIM. G.
Gibson, 2. G.. M. of the state of Pa,
Jonathan Miller, an old and able lawyer
in masonry, Jas. Robinson and other
tried and true masons, performed the
Initiation, all Of whom except Gibson
and Robinson have gone to rest. Bro.
Hilyard helpedBro. David Leary to re
organize Prudence No. 4, of which David
Leary was w. NJ, was elected sec'y and
was given two other degrees. The next
year he was elected S. W., and the next
w. NJ, which position he held for two
years. In 1852 he helped organize
Prudence Royal Aarh Chapter, and was
elected King, and the next year High
Priest, also the same year was elected
Treasurer of che Grand Chapter of Pa.
In 1852 he assisted in reorganizing ST..
George Co1nmandery, and was elected
Generalissimo; In 1853 he assisted in
organizing st. Andrews consistory and
on the 21st, Day of September 1881, he
received the 33rd and last degree of
masonry and was elected a Deputy to
represent the United Supreme Council
333rd, for the state of Minnesota and
| Northwestern Jurisdiction. Bro. lilly
ards utilization with masonry in the
west has been very extended. In 1867
he received his den1it from Prudence
No. s, in Philadelphia Pa, and joins