BIO: David HILEMAN, Huntingdon County, PA

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Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley: 
Comprising the Counties of Huntingdon, Mifflin, Juniata and Perry, 
Pennsylvania, Containing Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens and Many of the Early Settlers.  Chambersburg, Pa.: J. M. 
Runk & Co., 1897, pages 130-131.
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  DAVID HILEMAN, farmer, Morris township, Huntingdon county, was born 
September 21, 1838, on the farm on which he now lives and which has 
descended to him from his great-grandfather.  He is a son of William 
and Barbara (Good) Hileman.  His great-grandfather was a native of 
Germany, who settled first in the lower counties of the State.  For 
many years he drove a team from Harrisburg to Pittsburg.  He bought a 
tract of 500 acres in Morris township, on which he soon afterwards 
resided.  He died at Hollidaysburg, Blair county.  Frederick Hileman, 
grandfather of David Hileman, was a native of Pennsylvania, and was 
brought up a farmer.  His wife was Miss Bridenbaugh, and their children 
were: Mrs. Shaffer, deceased, of near Williamsburg; John, deceased, a 
farmer in Illinois; Mrs. Young, of Hollidaysburg, Pa.; Mrs. Sarah 
Hammond, of Kansas, who died in 1895 in Hollidaysburg; Mrs. Maria 
Rhodes, of Hollidaysburg; and Samuel, a farmer in Iowa.  After 
marriage, Frederick Hileman lived on the home farm in Morris township 
for many years.  Then, selling out to his son William, he bought a farm 
near Franktown, Pa., where he lived until the spring of 1861; he then 
sold this farm also to William, and set out to visit two sons living in 
Iowa and Illinois.  On the way he was taken sick and died in Ohio.  His 
remains were buried in the cemetery at Franktown by the side of his 
wife, who preceded him to the grave.  William Hileman, eldest son of 
Frederick Hileman, was born on the homestead in Morris township in 
1814, and died in 1880, at Brooks Mills, Pa.  He married Miss Barbara 
Good; their children are: David; Aaron, enlisted in the army during the 
Civil war and died in a hospital of lung disease; Milton, a miller at 
Snively's Mill, near Williamsburg, Blair county; Anna (Mrs. Samuel 
Tussey), of Blair county; and Harry, resides at Roaring Springs, Pa.  
After marriage, he remained on the homestead until 1861, when he bought 
and removed to his father's farm near Frankstown, Pa.  Later, he 
resided in Blair county, in "the Loop," but in 1873 he bought another 
farm near Brooks Mills, where he died in September, 1881.  His wife 
still lives near Hollidaysburg with Mr. Tussey, a son-in-law.  Mr. 
Hileman was an active member and officer of the Lutheran church.  He 
was a staunch Republican, and held many township offices.
  David Hileman attended the public schools in Morris township, but at 
an early age began farm work, much of which always depended upon him.  
In March, 1860, he started west on a tour of observation, visiting his 
uncle John in Ogle county, Ill., and his uncle Samuel in Iowa.  In 
October, 1860, he visited in Missouri.  Here he was taken sick with 
typhoid fever and was brought home by his father.  On February 28, 
1861, he married in Morris township Miss Maggie, daughter of Joseph and 
Elizabeth Isenberg.  Their children are: Ida Drucilla (Mrs. Joseph 
Harnish), of Morris township; Della Irene, at home; Bertha K. (Mrs. 
Arthur Roller), of Williamsburg, Blair county; Elizabeth; Dessa; Walter 
Scott; and Alton Lloyd.  After marriage he lived on his father's farm 
for a year, and then on the homestead, his father having bought and 
removed to another farm.  Here he still resides, having bought the farm 
to a fine state of cultivation.  Mr. Hileman is an ardent Republican, 
and has always taken a prominent part in politics, having served as 
supervisor several terms, and as school director since 1860.  He is a 
member of the Lutheran church at Shaffersville, of which he served as 
deacon and trustee many years, and is now an elder.  All consider him a 
worthy representative of the sturdy line from which he descended.