Greene-Owen-Daviess County IN Archives Biographies.....Hilburn, Reason C. 1833 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   REASON C. HILBURN, one of the oldest and most successful teachers in Greene
County, was born January 1, 1833, in South Carolina, and when nearly three years
old, his parents moved to Indiana and settled in Taylor Township, this county.
Here the subject of this sketch was reared, his educational and other advantages
being only such as were common at that early day. By economy, he was afterward
enabled to attend Asbury University for about three years, after which he
embarked on his career as a school teacher, which profession he has since
followed with marked success. For upward of fifteen years he had charge of the
schools of Newberry, but in 1871 his services were recognized by the
authorities, and he received the appointment of County Superintendent. He served
in this capacity until the fall of 1876, and in 1880 he was again elected to
this position, serving one year longer. Prof. Hilburn deserves no small amount
of credit for the part he has taken in the advancement of educational matters in
Greene County, and to his energy and forethought the county is largely indebted
for the numerous good school buildings which are now an honor to it. With the
exception of two terms in Owen County, and five terms in Daviess County, Prof.
Hilburn has always plied his vocation in Greene County, and among its educators
he ranks second to none. He was united in marriage with Miss Mary Ann, daughter
of Andrew Slinkard, deceased, on the 21st of April, 1858, and although five
children have been born to them, only one son—Willie Andie—is yet living. Prof.
Hilburn is an unswerving Democrat in politics, and he and wife are members of
the Lutheran Church.

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Cass Township Biographies

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HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES,
STATE OF INDIANA,
FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC.

ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1884.

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