Raleigh Standard 2 Nov. 1864 DIED, very suddenly of congestive chill, at his residence in Kinston, Lenoir County, N. C., the 22nd of October, 1864, MR. DANIEL HILTON, son of WILLIAM and SUSAN HILTON, aged 42 years, two months and 11 days. The deceased was a native of England, but removed with his father to this country, when only about eight years old. For the last 13 years he has resided in the town of Kinston, where he was most favorably known, both for the geniality of his temperament and the honest industry of his character. He was one of the first mechanics and architects in the South, and under his supervision, nearly every bridge on the Atlantic Railroad between the Towns of Goldsboro' and Newbern was erected and besides he has left more lasting monuments of his enterprise and attainments in other and more distant localities He leaves a dear wife and one little boy to mourn their loss, together with friends and relatives.
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