Bio: Hilton, Thomas W. (1881)
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Surnames: Hilton

----Source: The History of Northern Wisconsin (Marathon County, Wis.) 1881, page 571

THOMAS W. HILTON, fireman in the Eau Pleine Saw Mill, Eau Pleine, came to Sparta in 1872, and has followed the lumber business since living in Wisconsin. He was born in Boothby, England, May 14, 1845. He came to America in 1866, and first settled in Nova Scotia, where he lived two years, occupied as a foreman on the railroad. Then he went to Canada West and followed lumbering principally until 1872, when he came to Sparta. During the time he lived in Canada he visited England and remained a short time.