Obituary of LAURA HILTON
Transcribed and contributed by Gerri Williams, 15 May 2006.
The Pleasanton Herald
Friday, Sept. 3, 1886
Obituary - HILTON - At her home in Pleasanton, on Tuesday, August 31, 1886, Mrs. Laura Hilton, aged 72 years, of consumption.
Mrs. Hilton was born in New Philadelphia, O., October 25, 1814. In 1847 she emigrated to Indiana. She was married to H.J. Hilton January 12, 1851, at Greencastle, Indiana. Migrated to Kansas in 1882. First settled at Galena, and in 1883 came to Pleasanton, where she has since lived. Mrs. Hilton was a true and consistent Christian, having been a member of the M.E. church for forty-eight years. Her death was caused from a severe cold she contracted in 1883, when on her road home from church one cold winter's night. Deceased was a kind and true hearted woman. During all her three years of sickness she was never known to utter a single word of discontent. A husband and one child, Mrs. I. Beeler, and a host of friends are left to mourn her departure to that better land. The funeral services were held at the residence on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, and were conducted by Revs. A. Beeler and J.E. Whitman. The remains were followed to their last resting place in the Pleasanton cemetery, by a large procession of sympathizing friends, where they were duly interred.
