Michael Hileman Memoirs, part 1a

	transcribed by Harold D. Hileman, hhileman@ix.netcom.com
	November, 1999

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THE
MEMOIRS OF MICHAEL HILEMAN
1820 - 1915

PROLOGUE

	The purpose of this biography is to give the descendants and friends of 
Michael Hileman a history of his life, as he was able to tell it, after he was 
past his ninety-third year of life. All the neighbors and friends who have known 
him intimately for many years declare with much emphasis that he is the most 
remarkably preserved man, mentally and physically, whom they have ever known. So 
in view of his extraordinary life and marvelous vitality at this time, we feel 
prompted to record some of his history.

					Thomas Pirnie Sr., 1914