Greene County IN Archives Biographies.....Hilburn, E. W. 1833 - 
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Author: Goodspeed (1884)

   DR. E. W. HILBURN, the youngest but one of a large family of children, was
born in Taylor Township, this county, December 31, 1837, a son of Reason and
Rebecca (Elmore) Hilburn, who emigrated from South Carolina to Greene County,
Ind., in 1835. They first located in Taylor Township, where Mr. Hilburn engaged
in farming, but he afterward carried on a store, in partnership with Cary
O'Neal, in the neighborhood of where Alexander Neff now resides in Newberry. He
died at his home in Taylor Township in July, 1844, but his widow survived him
many years, finally dying at the home of Dr. Hilburn in Newberry, in December,
1872. Of the children born to them, five are now living, three in Greene County,
one in Knox County, and one in Webster County. Iowa. E. W. Hilburn lived with
his parents until eighteen years old, when he began school at Asbury University,
remaining there about six months, then for six months longer attending the State
University. He confined his studies at these two places to the branches on
sciences and that which seemed to be of the most practical value. After leaving
college, he taught public school nine terms, then began the study of medicine
with Dr. J. H. Dagley, with whom he remained four years. He then attended a
course of lectures at Chicago, succeeding which he practiced for a time in Owen
and Knox Counties, and in 1871 graduated from the Miami Medical College of
Cincinnati. In 1865, he located in Newberry, which has since been his home, and
where he has achieved flattering success in his profession. For the past eight
years, he has also been engaged in a profitable merchandising business. Dr.
Hilburn is one of the influential Democrats of Cass Township, and although a
seeker after no political favors, is now serving his second term as Township
Trustee, during his first term having built the present brick school edifice. He
is the present Master of Newberry Lodge, No. 166, F. & A. M., and himself and
wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The marriage of Millie
Trueblood with Dr. Hilburn occurred in 1869, and their union has been blessed
with two children, only one—Alice C.—yet living.

Additional Comments:
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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