Portrait and biographical album of Ingham and Livingston counties, Michigan, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the counties ... the governors of the state and of all the presidents of the United States.

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of the town. lie of whlom we write las ever taken
a lively interest in politics, favoring the tactics of
the Democratic party. lie has leen Treasurer in
Mason for three terms. lie is a member of the
Masonic fraternity, and like most of those who
took par't in the terrille struggle between North
and South, is a member of tlhe (rand Army of the
Republic. lie is a Knight of Pythias, a Knight of
1lonor, and also I)elonlgs to the Royal Arcanum.
4."EjI IEN B,. Il IA. (ur subject, al-, tllhougll tlhe proprietor of ole hluntdred alnd
A \ forty acres of good land on section 8, l)el' lli Townslhip, Ingham County, llas for
lmanly years devoted himself to thle noble calling of
tlaching. Iis has been tle sacred i)rivilege to take
ytounl minds anid develop and cultivate them, seeiljg tlleml g1row from formless disembl)odied sllapes
to tlhings of loveliness, and tlie traniing of thie
moral life l1e hals alwaysv considered, not of secondary ill)mortance but tlhe prime object iln his work.
First of all, a child must have l)iniciples of lionor
an11( ligh-toned purity ingrained into its wlole
knlowled(ge and being befolr any kind of a beatutiftul strlctlutle of inltelligencle can le erected. Tis,
lie of whlom we have tlie lleasure of writing tlis
slhort sketch, has done.
Mr. 1lilliard was borni in (lIenango) County
N. Y.. archl 2, 1842, land is tllle sonl of )elnnison
II. and I lan unat (larvey) I lilliard. tile father a native of Connecticut, born April 3, 1789, and of
English ancestry, and tlie mother being born Novemnber 21, 1808, having hler native place in New
York State. lie of whom we write waS aboutt four
years of age when his parents renoved from their
first home to l)elphi Township, about the year 1846.
lere le was reared on a farm, receiving tile basis
of his education in the commlon schools, after which
lie attended a select schlool and finished at the
HIigh School at Lansing, this State.
Mr. Hilliard begaln his career as a teacher at the
age of eighteen years, his first efforts il this direction being in the country schools of his own town

ship. His winters were occupied in pedagogic work
and tle summers in the work incident to a farm,
in planting, cultivating and harvesting, for which
lie had a great liking. HIe finally, however, abanldoned country teaching and for the past twenty
years has b)een emngaged in teaching in the graded
schools in different cities. The perfectly outlined
course of study employed at tlle present time, with
the new theories in vogue in regard to mental
training, have a fascination for one wlio hIas engaged for some time in the work of a teacher, for
it has greatly improved, at least in tlhe scope of
work if not always in (general thoroughness upl)o
the young mind.
()ur subject's marriage took pl)ace Au tgust 25,
1879, llis bride being Miss Augusta M. Smith, a
daughter of Frederick F. and.Jane E. (Ross) Smith.
She was l)orn in Ionia County, Mich., I)ecember 16,
1858. IHer parents were natives of New York. 1y
tlis marriage tlere 1are two children who ]ave
coime to Oadden tie om1es a(nd ]learts of their
parents. The eldest, Fred S.,was 1)orn Januaryn 21,
1882, and the younger, Robert B., first opened his
eyes November 30, 1883. They are 1}oth brligllt
and intelligent lads, having for tleir years made
marked progress botl in getting strong pl)ysiques
and in tlie development of their minds.
The original of our sketch was formerly a D)emocrat but of late yearls Ile ha affiliated with the
memlnbers of the Farmer's Alliance; striving to seek
for lhimself, as well as to help his brother farmers
do tlie same, a deeper appreciation among the people at large of the importance of tlme agricultural
class. Mr. I Hilliard l1as several times served as
School Inlslpector, and lhas been tle melans of lringing ab)out mlany reforms and tmuch inmprovement
inl thle district schools in thle coluty to which he
belongs. Although interested that the county, and
especially the part of it, in which he resides, should
have the best local government and the men best
fitted for tlle places to be at the head, he has never
in any sense been a politicianl. Hle is a mnember of
the I)isciples (hulrch and is a generous and devoted
tupholder of the belief and doctrines of that body.
()ur subject's father was twice married, first,June
19, 1817, to Polly Ann Miner who was borln May
22, 1 797, and died J.ianuaryv 13, 1837, havi.ng