Counties of Morgan, Monroe and Brown, Indiana. Historical and
Biographical. Charles Blanchard, Editor. Chicago: F. A. Battey & Co.,
Publishers, 1884. Unknown County.

JARVIN J. HILTON, a native of Indiana, was born September 21, 1855, in
Morgantown, Morgan County.  He was the second son and fourth child of
Emsley C. and Sarah A. (Jones) Hilton, natives of Indiana and Kentucky
respectively.  His parents were married in Johnson County, Ind., where
they remained for some time, removing thence to Morgan County, where his
father followed cabinet-making and carpentering until his death, which
occurred October 5, 1877.  The mother at present resides in Morgantown. 
In April, 1869, Jarvin J. Hilton was employed as clerk in a general
merchandise store, where he remained three years.  He then went into the
employ of the National Publishing Company for a short time, after which he
was in Franklin, Ind., for some time.  Returning to Morgantown, he clerked
for Samuel Rozengarten, a merchant in that place, until the fall of 1877;
afterward for another merchant in the town until December, 1878. 
Meanwhile he had been reading law, and in November, 1877, was admitted to
the bar in Morgan County.  He is at present extensively engaged in the
practice of law and pension business in Martinsville.  In 1881, he was
appointed Deputy Prosecuting Attorney and served creditably for about two
years.  In April, 1877, he was married to Ida M. Skinner, daughter of
George W. Skinner, a pioneer of Morgan County.  By this union there was
one child - Fred H., November 19, 1879.  His wife dying, he was next
married, May 6, 1880, to Flora B. Pervis, daughter of George C. Pervis, a
citizen of Johnson County.  Mr. Hilton is a member of the I. O. O. F., and
is at present Prelate of the K. of P., Anniversary Lodge, No. 89.
 
Hilton Jones Rozengarten Skinner Pervis
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Morgantown-Morgan-IN Johnson-IN

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