Record #430 from Delaware Annual Conference Methodist Episcopal Church Memoirs 1865-1950

Date of Conference Journal Memoir/Obituary	April 19-20, 1945
Deceased Person	William Edward Hilton
Birth	7/5/1860 at Green Spring, Harford County, Md
Death	ca 4/18/1945 at home of son in Merchantville, N.J. Funeral held at Merchantville Church N.J. & Camphor Memorial in Philadelphia where he was the first pastor.
Church Service, Charges Served, Affiliated Locations, and Other Biographical Information	Converted at early age & baptized in Baptist Church, but joined Methodist Episcopal Church with mother. Attended Centenary Biblical Institute in Baltimore (now Morgan State College). Moved to Philadelphia becoming active in Bainbridge Street Church (now Tindley Temple); became superintendent of Sunday School. Sent as supply pastor at Quantico, Md in 1888 & admitted to Delaware Conference in 1889. Served churches for 53 years in Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey & Pennsylvania.
Family and Other Information	Parents: William Edward Hilton & Elizabeth Rigby Hilton who married in 1832 & had 13 children, he being #7. Spouse: Mary Ellen Hudson (met in Philadelphia) Daughter: Mrs. Shockley of Milford, Del. Son: Leslie G. of Merchantville & William Edward, Jr. of Philadelphia. 2 brothers, 1 sister, 17 grandchildren & 15 great grandchildren also survive him.
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