serviceyears branch death_place death_date birth_place allegiance unit birth_date rank article_title name
1862-63 ; 1864-65 union army minneapolis , minnesota 24 october 1912 parsonsfield , maine united states of america union 27th ma light artillery ind batt maine infantry , 6th ma infantry , 12th 22 july 1845 private , corporal charles augustus hilton
 charles augustus hilton
charles augustus hilton

charles augustus hilton -lrb- july 22 , 1845 -- october 24 , 1912 -rrb- was a union soldier in the american civil war and later became a free will baptist preacher .
hilton , new york , a village in the town of parma , was named after him in 1896 .
he was born on july 22 , 1845 in parsonsfield , maine , the son of george and abigail f -lrb- ricker -rrb- hilton , and died in minneapolis , mn on october 24 , 1912 .
he was married on april 21 , 1872 in frankfort , illinois to sarah adelaide carpenter , the daughter of josiah and frances -lrb- haradon -rrb- carpenter .
she was born on january 21 , 1853 in frankfort , illinois and died in minneapolis , minnesota on october 8 , 1944 .
he first enlisted into the 27th maine infantry on september 30 , 1862 , having just turned 17 that summer -lrb- papers say age 18 -rrb- .
following his mustering out in july 1863 , he moved to lowell , massachusetts , and was working as a clerk there when he re-enlisted twice .
he served as a private first class in the 6th massachusetts infantry for a 100-day service call -lrb- 7 july 1864 to 27 oct , 1864 -rrb- , followed by his service with the 12th independent battery of massachusetts light artillery -lrb- 14 nov , 1864 - 25 july 1865 -rrb- .
during one of these military stints , he became sick with disease , as noted in his biography in the history of parsonsfield .
he filed for a pension immediately after the war , on 20 oct , 1866 .
beginning in 1868 , charles entered the ministry as a free will baptist preacher , though having no theological training except for his own self-teaching .
in his first year , he was a pastor in nearby ross corner -lrb- shapleigh -rrb- , maine , but then removed to frankfort , illinois .
it was during his five years here as a school teacher and minister that he met his wife sarah and had two of their three children .
in 1874 , he accepted a position at the free baptist church in parma , new york .
his service to the village was deemed so memorable in the 7 and a half years he was there , that they renamed their village after him in 1896 .
his biography again mentions his poor health , forcing him to `` accept a field where the demands upon him would not be so exacting '' -lrb- a smaller church membership perhaps ? -rrb-
, and settled at east kendall , new york in 1882 .
only remaining here a year , he then returned to new england and to a church in haverhill , massachusetts .
the two-page biography of him in the parsonsfield history ends in 1887 , with him still in haverhill .
from here , likely in 1888 , he went to chelsea , massachusetts , and was there during the time of the 1890 census -lrb- and veteran schedule -rrb- .
street directories show his residence there through 1893 , but he removed to randolph , massachusetts by 1900 .
his final pastorate began around 1904 , when he was certified on 10 february as a congregational minister and began work at the church on fremont ave in minneapolis , mn .
charles had moved to the city c. sept , 1903 .
it was in this city where charles and his wife died , presumably buried here .
charles and sarah had three children : edna , george fay , and ruth
