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The Huron Expositor, 1948-05-14, Page 7Na.•••••ref''' r , (By WILFRED ( Continlled fro* last week) James Hilleti was a son Of Jelin who came to Canada about 1830 like the Madills and settled also in Clarke Township. John took with him a sis- ter, Martha, who married a Mr, gen- ry. When he died in 1880 a notice 'appeared in the Presbyterian Reeord, and presently a letter came to Clarke addressed to the relatives of the late John Hilton, from Mrs. Stirrett, of Ply•napton, neer Sarnia. She was niece of John, but had lost all trace of him until the notice appeared in The Recqrd. Contact was establish. - ed in this way and James and his • wife went froin McKillop to see the Stirretts. Dor sons Joe and Archie, returned the visit about Easter, 1887. Archie went to Vancouver, died there still young, and his wife fretted her - * elf to death after him. Joe is also dead, but a grandson of Mrs. Stir- rett has a large store in Sarnia at the present. The Henrys had four or five of a family, who'all settled on the sixth line of Clarke, where their descendants still live. One of them had a store, in Orono and committed suicide in the 1930's. John Hillen was born. in 1784. On the boat coming to Canada he met Elizabeth Dunkin (1801-78), and the two were soon married. They botight • a' farm from a man named MeMah n on the sixth.line.of Clarke, which v- erlooks the Village of Kendal', to e northwest, and has a fine view to the north. The had a family of eight. (1) Martha, married John Cochrane. They lived near Mitchell for a time, then moved to Iowa, leaving one daughter, Mary Robina, who prefer- red to remain with her grandparents. She became.Mrs. Andrew Sharpe, and bad a family of six, one boy- and five 4 LEGAL McCONNELL & HAYS Barristers, Solicitors, Etc. Patrick D. McConnell - H. Glenn Hays SEAFORTH, ONT. Telephone 174 A. W. SILLERY Barrister, Solicitor, Etc. SEAFORTH - ONTARIO Phone 173, Seaforth MEDICAL SEAFORTH CLINIC DR. E. A, McMASTER, M.B. • Physician - DR. P. L. BRADY, M.D. Surgeon Office hours daily, except Wednes- day: 1:30-5 p.m., 7-9 p.m. Appointments for consultation may Ite made hi advance. JOHN GORWILL, B.A., M.D. Physician and Surgeon IN DR. H. H. ROSS' OFFICE Phones: Office 6-W; Res, 5-J Seafbrth MARTIN W. STAPLETON, B.A., -M.D. Physician and Surgeon Successor to Dr; W. 'C. Sproat Phone 90-W - • Seaforth DR. F. J. R. r-ORSTER Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in Medicine, inlversity of Toronto. Late assistant New York Opthal- raei and Aural institute, 'Moorefield's Eye and Golden Square Throat' Hos- pital, London, Eng. At COMMERCIAL HOTEL, SEAFORTH. 53 Waterloo Street South, Stratford. JOHN C. GODDARD, M.D. Physician and Surgeon Phone 110 Hensall 408x52 DR. J. A. MacLEAN' Physician and Surgeon Phone 134 - Hensall VETERINARY J. 0. TURNBULL, D.V.M., V.8. L. C. HALL, D.V.M., V.S. Main Street Seaforth PHONE 105 Personal attention by either Veterinarian•when requested (if 'possible). AUCTIONEERS HAROLD JACKSON Specialist in Farm and Household Sales. Licensed in Huron and Perth Coun- ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction guaranteed. For information, etc., write or phone HAROLD JACKSON, 14 on 661, pea - forth; R.R: 4, Seaforth. EDWARD W. ELLIOTT / Licensed Auctioneer Correspondence promptly answered. 'Immediate arrangements can be made sale dates by phoning 203, Clin ton. Charges moderate and satisfac- tion guaranteed. 4142x52 C.N.R. TIME TABLE GOING EAST (Morning) , Goderich (leave) Seaforth Stratford (arrive) (Afternoon) Goderich (leaVe) Seaforth Stratford (arrive) GOING WEST (Mortiitig) Stratford (leave) Seaforth 430derk-b• (arrive) , (Afternoon) pan. StrAtterd (leti've) 0.80 Seatorth10.21 440414 i'airWo3); 11.00 a.m. 5.40 6.20 7.16 p.m. 3.00 3.46 4.40 10.45 11.36 12.20 15RENTQN KEM) girla. The boy is Ortne, who .ig, mar- ried and has a, family of three. The girls are pia, who is in the Regitt trar's Office, Ithiveraity o Toronta; Irene, a Mime in New 'York; Isa, who married Daniel, MacKenzie, has four or live of a family and lives in Al- berta; Razel, who married Norbal Kyle, banker at present in Blyth, and has a family of three; Erlranwho was blind in her' early tinentiest as a re - Snit of a tumor in the head, and is now living with Ella and their mother in TOronto. Of other Cochranes, there were five. Robert, living at Mitchell, 7vas kicked on the head by a horse and seriously injured; he wore a sil- ver dollar on his ekull for a plate, but suffered a good deal and died on the operating table. Contact with the CoChranes in Iowa has long been lost. (2) John married Margaret Nay, liv- ed by turns at Mitchell, Detroit, on a farm near Leskard in DUrhana Coun- ty and died in. Detroit; bad five chil- dren of whfina' we -notice only John, who did well in the real estate busi- ness infDetroit. (3) Samuel, married Mrs. -Rutledge, of Mitchell, a widow with four children, to whom they added three more. (4) James, the object of our special interest, who married Elizabeth Madill and lived in Mc.Killop. (5) Alexander, married Mary Ana Watson .61 Mitchell, lived in Clinton. and had a large fantify. Three sons went to Detroit and Chi- cago; of the daughters, Mary Serie became 'Mrs. Hollick, of Kitchener, with two sons and a daughter„ Eliza- beth became Mrs. Jcihn Walker of Clinton, with -one boy; Ann became Mrs„ James Walken of Goderich, with a daughter; Margaret went to Alber- ta, married and has a family. (6) Eliza Jane, married William Johnston of Clarke, lived in Stanley Township for a time and moved too•Dakota, had a family of four, one of whom was killed by lightning while he was en horseback. (7)„ . William, married Eliza Ann Johnston, Sister ef the Wil- liam above, lived on the sixth line of Clarke opposite the father's fartn, no family. (8) Robert, who was to have the farm but lost his leg in a,Inhorse- power. He tried a store in exidal with a partner and failed; went to the States and finally to Alberta, where he bought'. a ranch near High River and died about 1900. He had married and had at least one daugh- ter. John Hillen, son of John the No. 2 of our list, deserved notice by reason of his frequent exchange of visits with the Hillen and Kerr families of lVICKillop and Seaforth. He was born in Darlington Township, back of Ty- rone, in 1863; went with his father to farms near Leskard, Mitchell, Clin- ton, Leskard again after a venture in Detroit. In 1886 John went back to Detroit, worked for the horse street car company, got into a livery, and married Mrs.' Louella Gray, He gave up the livery in good time and went into the real estate business. He is the only man of the families within our view who "made money." He died in 1943, and the widow in 1945. --- James Hillen, fourth of the above list, married Elizabeth `Madill on Jan- uary 1, 1866, as has been stated. Her lost vivid recollection of her girl- lood was of a walk to Port Hope in 1860, undertaken by herself and one her sisters, fourteen miles, to see ,ward the Prince of Wales. Fortu- rely they had relatives in that PHONE: EXETER - SEAFORTH••• • 235 15 LIVE kPOULTRY ASK US FOR QUOTATIONS We Pay Top Market Prices PRICES Armstrong & Smith Arthur - Ontario Or Phone C. M. (Smitty) SMITH Phone 279-J Seaforth CALL 279-J, SEAFORTH tilE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. HEAD OFFICE SEAFORTH, ONT. • OFFICERS: Frank McGregor, Clinton - President Chris Leonhardt, Brodhagen, Vdce-Pres. Merton A. Reid, Segorth - Manager and Secretary-Till/I-Surer. DIRECTORS: Chris. Leonhardt, Bredhagea; E. J. Trewartha, Clinton; Harvey Fuller, RA. 2, Goderich; J. IL MeEvring, R.R, 1, Blyth; Frank McGregor, R.R. 6, Clinton; Hugh Aleiander, ri.R. 1, Wal- ton; William 14, Archbald, 'RR. 4, Seaforth; John.L. littlone,,R.tR. 6, Sea. forth; S. 11. Whitmore, It.R. 8, Sell; forth. AGENTS: Finlay MeXereher, R.R. 1, to.tblin,; Pepper, Bruoefteld; J, E. Prizeter, Brodhogen; George A. Watt; 31111h. 0"at;lirir11$74e Uie twsr tita;-:)41,:rirttpre: Alto bride ' 410.! ZfooKnii*oci!, 94' rtiho. Jpiew .pa,r4114:. Atzrit.1)01), we ,baltre bread and, UOt .0we Of beraelf iu tile art, and Oh. one 0,0easima, thinking the OUP had- • IY MiXed, she throw. it dawn into the etilly behind the hoWie again. Here the lira and an ri e btorecl n, • Martha Jane, OetOber '18, 1860. But the young couple could nen expect te inherit the farm. john Hillen bad arranged that his youngest son, Mb - ern should have it .and the others should look out for themselves. Rob- ert, however, lost his leg and was unable to take Oar the farm, which Was sold and is a present owned by john Stewart. The family visited it in 1931 and ranch appreciated the line views from the rolling hills of Clarke. Mr. Stewatt receivedus in kindly fashion and showed us what We want- ed to see. There was •still a crab apple tree surviving from the Un - lens' time and in the barn was the weaver's beam used„ by John Hillen. After the sale, John and his wife re- tired to Newtonville and liyed in a small frame house near the main cor- ner, where their grandchildren came to yisit Utah. He died in -18•80 and is •buried in Newtonville cemetery. James sought a farm for himself and his family in 1V1cKillop Township, and bought one from a man named George Low, in 1867, for $900. It was composed of the •tWo front halves of lots 15 and 16, concession 11, and later James bought the back half of lot 16, making a total of 150 acres in his property. When he camento it there was a log house:and a little clearing had been done, four or five acres. He brought his family from Clarke in the fall of 1867. His wife and daughter arrived by train to Mit- chell; James met them 'there and took them to his farm in a wagon through pouring rain amid many pro- tests from the baby. He finished the clearing of his lots and sold the logs in Seaforth. He was able to replace the log barn by the present one in, 1877, .to build a new brick house in 1886 and to plant a new orchard to the south .of it. His farm was. to same extent reduced in value by a sandy ridge which made a fine play- ground_for the boys and girls in win- ter, but was of use only for pasture, andbytg a swamp to the north of the ridge, The Swamp, however, was drained and proved good soil. James Made a good living out of the land - and was a successful farmer. He was an ardent member of Cavan Church, Winthrop, and was Elder of it for fifty years. Be was elected to the township council in 1878, but not re- elected, and this event terminated his aspirations for. public office.. He was a strong Conservative:and sympathiz- ed with the Orange Order, although he was R.ever a member of it, and he nook the Mail as his newspaper, ad& ing the Sentinel on occasion. He was of slight build, and in later days wore •a moustache and a beard. There was much of the Irish in him, even to a trick of saying' "watther" and "yis sorr." He gave over the farm to his son, Calvin, in 1903 and benght a small house and acre of land 21/2 miles north of Seaforth on the gravel road, just to the west of the bridge over the river. He raised vegetables and oats for the horse, and kept a cow and chickens. For two or three years he drove a wagon for the creamery, collecting milk and: cream from the farmers, but he soon found this too much for him. His home was the half -way house and place of call for the relatives on their way to school or town, and he had many friends. He and his wife celebrated their golden wedding in 1916 and their diamond one in 1926. The year of his Birth was not certainly known, but is thought to have been ten years before that of his wife, or 1835, which made him 91 in 1926. His intelligence and his memory were hardly. impaired, al- though his physical powers were no longer what they had been. Yet he was able to go about and to welcome visitors He passed away peacefully in his sleep within a mentli of the diamond wedding, January, 1926, and was buried in Maitlandbank Ceme- tery. His widow sold the small house and lot and lived principally with her son,. Calvin. At the age of 83 she fell ill with pneumonia while at her daughter Martha's house, but had strength enough to survive it. In her later years her memory failed her badly, and she could barely recognize even her son and daughters. She pass- ed away peacefully, also in her 90th year, in December, 1935. • James Hillen and his wife had a family of four daughters and two sons, Martha Jane, 1866; Ellie Senn., 1869; Lucy Lorena, 1861; Elizabeth Madill, 1873; Calvin Arthur, 1875; Jame Albert, 1883. Martha Jane we vial -pone for the moment. Ellie mar- ried James Dorrance and had one son, Harvey. Thee young mother died of a decline in 1900 at the age of 31. Har- vey fended for himself at an early date. While leading a horse from a buggy, he was dragged out and had a leg broken. The painful ekperience left him with a slight limp, but has been no handicap' to his activities. He went west to relatives In Saskatche- wan for a time, then returned to Mc- Killop in 1913 and worked with con- tractors for a year. When the war broke out, he promptly enlisted in. the First Battalion. He had an excel- lent war record, was wounded twice, became intelligence officer of his un: - it, won the Military Medal and the Military Cross. After the war, he took a quarter -section of land in the Carragana area of Saskatchewan, 'married 1Nina Copeman, who had been a war nurse, and has a daughter, Patricia. He became an -active mem- ber of the Liberal party of Saskatche- wan and was an M.L.A. 1934-38. In the latter year he lost the seat to a C.C.F. candidate, and returned to his 'farm. Later he had a Government post, and lived in Saskatoon. He was uniform, again, 1940-45, and seri'ed In, Canada. Patricia was in the Wo- men's Division of the R.C.A.P. Lucy •married Robert Archibald, of the 13th coneeasion, MOKillOp, two railed west of Leadbury. They had one daughter, Ellie, who took a busi- ness course; worked. In several offices Iia Tpr0340, including that of the Mac - real Ptilashin'g Cd&pany., and be- came a dictaphone operator. She' married Charles Me, of Tdronto, a young Rtglishman. But she was not strong, contraCted tuberculosis and died in the TOtionte General Masi:40-1 *lox; ArtOr vOilogt,'IA 44o, OPA*Oik, 044ritAPIA*0' 0P„ t440p Ar4 -00thipp hod 07.014' tito.'rOv.n12,441918• or,n4 AzurOycp4 VcrSo'ag401.1.,:, t.0414.0ri� I' RilAihAtIx UIUeI1 woOt to seA;orth Soho, tAug4t. r,Vollinvigpa, %Wean andApra le and r 4 14 'r rled hums Morriaron, rof her iltuno concession, She was a .well-ittformsd tiid intelMent woraan. A,lnfetIunately she suffered a paralytic strike about 1932 and had clifficultieS 'in talking ',P.04tO440,40.00; • :0.eh�pa arstu1 Wiil.op was ee OP*40,04',KAOP, ed; .tho. §ohoot.,hk• that. 14140,..$0• WAAAA0Ot died OMR: tWO', toms te .fann Attkit,, ... "•tyi ii!!! r,flre thficip,, (4 AIM /PATIO, 011ItAl ituaintr, f gePt 11rA 9400' tV' op art, tOtert. Toot 4, 40 nt olOiroc)"0 U os Milton liegame Arts, teacher. She,. h011eY '1•,t va.k, /rrqr - and going about, which increased • . • , " from year to year. IP, 1937 ,fthe sue - dumbed at the age of 64. Calvin succeeded his father in the 'possession of the hoe farm. In 1903 he raarried Margaret. Davidson, neigh- bor of a daughter, and.they have a family.of two daughtera.and two sons. Bessie, the eldest, went, to Seaforth: Collegiate, to Stratford Normal - and taught in various schools in Huron County until 1938. In that year she married Kenneth Cowan, of Blyth, and went with him to Dhristian Is- land, where he was in the service of the United Church to the Indians. At present he teaches in Midland. They have two daughters; Stanley married Jessie Dennis and has two daughters. Harvey, the youngest, went to Sea- forth–Collegiate and had a successful schooaareer. He went, to Stratford Normal and taught school until the summer of .1938, -In -the..fall of that Year he went to Western University, Loadon. He graduated ,in due time and—is teaching in Kingston. James Albert. Hillen, the youngest child of James and Elizabeth Hillen, was known familiarly as Bert. He went to Seaforth Collegiate and to Normal, taught school for a time, es- pecially near Cromarty, and after some years became a commercial traveller. But he was never strong,. and he contracted tuberculosis And came home to the house 21/z miles north of Seaforth. His•illness was of the painful and protracted kind, and he was in bed for a year until he passed away in 1912. Martha Jane Hillen was born Octo- ber 18, 1866, as we have said, and came to McKillop with her mother a year later. As she grew up, she took part in the community dile of Win- throp, in the church and the temper- ance lodge, and on occasion made ad- dresses or recitations. She attended No. 6 School and did so well that at Christman1881, she was the first in the entrance, examinations for Sea - forth High School. She went to that institution during 1882 and half of 1883. The fall of 1883 she spent in the Model School at Clinton and ob- tained a temporary teacher:sn certifi- cate. She secured a positing:1'in Wal- ton school and taught there until the autumn of 1886, boarding at the Neals' who had the post office and the larg- est,store in the village. She was the second teacher, the principal being Mr. Daniel Johnston, brother of the later Mrs. Peter Kerr. In January, 1887, she went to the Normal School in Toronto and in six months obtain- ed her permanent teacher's certifi- cate. In the fall of that year she visited the relatives inic Clarke Town - ... you and your girl friend doing home work together, by telephone. But it does tie up the party line .– perhaps When someone needs it badly. So please don't make it a habit . Check? PARTY LINE COURTESY IS CATCHING... Putting it into prattlais on every call you make is your best guarantee that others will do the same for you. ta Keep calls brief; * 2: Spode your calk. 12.' GPS) rIght-of-W4 Wiriosrgency THt ear. TFLEPI1OPiF • coltilta OF CANADA' • z! rf "'-' ' e. ' ,,•,•100At , •, ..frf •-.. 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