Name Info

Henry Clark Hoghton 1874-1952

Search.........Person
Gender.........male
PAF-ID.........09121904
Age............77y 5m 19d
Fam-Group......WILSON
Fam-ID.........WILSON
Citizenship....US born
Status.........deceased
Last-Marital...married

#Marriages.....2
#Divorces......0
#Sources.......4
#Events........1
#Images:.......2
#Comments......2
#Siblings......0
#Children......1

Person-Type....S
Immigrant?.....no
Immig-Known?...no
Parent?........father
Spouse?........husband
Sibling?.......brother
Child?.........son
Twin...........no
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Burial.........Prairie Rest Cemetery

Parents and Siblings
  1. Parent: Henry Clark Hoghton
  2. Parent: Henry Clark Hoghton

Spouse(s) and Children
  1. Spouse: Henry Clark Hoghton
  2. ...Spouse's Other Marriage: Henry Clark Hoghton , born:1874-11-15 Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, died:1952-05-04 (77y 5m 19d) Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois
  3. ...Spouse's Other Marriage: Henry Clark Hoghton , born:1874-11-15 Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, died:1952-05-04 (77y 5m 19d) Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois
  4. ...Spouse's Other Marriage: Henry Clark Hoghton , born:1874-11-15 Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, died:1952-05-04 (77y 5m 19d) Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois
  5. ...Spouse's Other Marriage: Henry Clark Hoghton , born:1874-11-15 Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, died:1952-05-04 (77y 5m 19d) Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois
  6. Marriage: 1904 ?Tazewell county Illinois
  7. Spouse: Lora H. WILSON, female, born:1880-03-09 Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, died:1963-01-14 (82y 10m 5d) Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, Dad:John Hildebrand WILSON, Mom:Gertrude A. Vincent, #SrcDocs:6
  8. ..Child: Frances Hoghton, female, born:1913-09-05 Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, died:1988-03-23 (74y 6m 18d) Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois, Dad:Henry Clark Hoghton, Mom:Lora H. WILSON, #Cmnts:1, #SrcDocs:2

Events
Birth
: 1874-11-15, Age:77y 5m 19d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois
Job
: 1896-1904, Age:77y 5m 19d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Role:owner, harness and buggy business, Before starting his own mortuary, Henry owned a harness and buggy business.
Married
: ?1900 , Age:77y 5m 19d, ?Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Role:STUV Spouse
Job
: 1904, Age:77y 5m 19d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Role:owner, mortuary, Henry sold his mortuary to Joyce Hallmann two weeks before he died.
Married
: 1904 , Age:77y 5m 19d, ?Tazewell county Illinois, Role:groom
Death
: 1952-05-04, Age:77y 5m 19d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois
Burial
: 1952-05-06, Age:77y 5m 19d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois, Prairie Rest Cemetery, Rev. Richard Newhall, His funeral services were held at his own Hoghton Mortuary. Reverend Richard Newhall, pastor of the Methodist Church, presided over the service. Pall bearers were: Robert Culbertson, George Million, Marion Minton, Harry Goeken, James Classen, and W.C. Roemersberger. Businesses closed and the Rotary dinner was cancelled during the services., ImageID: W__0587
Obit
: 1952-05-08, Age:77y 5m 19d, Delavan, Tazewell county, Illinois

Places In
Delavan (Tazewell) Illinois

General

Henry formed a small orchestra in Delavan. This group performed at the opening of the new library building in 1914.

Henry worked on various community projects to improve the town's recreational facilities.


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W__0385 - Burials in Prairie Rest Cemetery, 1 of 2
W__0587 - Graves of the Hoghton Family in Prairie Rest Cemetery in Delavan, Illinois


Sources
Henry C. Hoghton obituary, Delavan Illinois, 1952


Historical
1874-1875: Spain - First Republic in Spain
1874: France - The Societe Anonyme Cooperative des Artistes Peintres, Sculpteurs, and Graveurs, better known today as the Impressionists organize and present their first public group exhibition at the Paris studio of the photographer Nadar
1874: India, England - The British East India Company is dissolved
1875-1900: India - 26 million in India perish due to famine
1876-1879: China - 13 million die of famine in northern China
1876-1914: United States - The massive expansion in population, territory, Industry and wealth in the United States is referred to as the Gilded Age
1876: Bulgaria - The Bulgarian revolt against Ottoman rule
1877-1878: Europe - Following the tenth Russo-Turkish War, the Treaty of Berlin recognizes formal Independence of the Principality of Serbia, Montenegro and Romania, Bulgaria becomes autonomous
1877: United States - Great Railroad Strike in the United States may have been the first nationwide labor strike
1878: United States - First commercial telephone exchange in New Haven, Connecticut
1879-1883: Chile, Peru, Bolivia - Chile battles with Peru and Bolivia over Andean territory in the War of the Pacific
1879: South Africa - Anglo-Zulu War in South Africa
1880-1881: England, South Africa - the First Boer War between England and the Dutch-speaking Inhabitants of South Africa
1881-1899: Sudan - The Mahdist War in Sudan
1881: England - First electrical power plant and grid in Godalming, Britain
1882: England, Egypt - The British Invasion and the subsequent occupation of Egypt
1883: Indonesia - Krakatau (often mispelled Krakatoa) volcano explosion in Indonesia (Java and Sumatra)
1884-1885: Africa - The Berlin Conference signals the start of the European "scramble for Africa", attending nations also agree to ban trade in slaves
1884-1885: Japan, Korea - The Sino-French War led to the formation of French Indochina
1885: United States - Singer begins production of the "Vibrating Shuttle" which would become the Model T of sewing machines
1886: Russia - Russian-Circassian War ended with the defeat and the exile of many Circassians, Imam Shamil defeated
1888: Brazil - Slavery banned in Brazil
1888: England - Jack the Ripper is believed to have begun murdering in August and murdered his last victim in November
1889: Brazil - End of the Brazilian Empire and the beginning of the Brazilian Republic
1889: France - Eiffel tower was Inaugurated in Paris
1889: India - Mirza Ghulam Ahmad establishes the Ahmadi Muslim Community
1890: United States - The Wounded Knee Massacre was the last battle in the American Indian Wars, this event represents the end of the American Old West
1891: United States - James Naismith in Springfield, Massachusetts, Invents basketball
1894-1895: Japan, Korea - After the First Sino-Japanese War, China cedes Taiwan to Japan and grants Japan a free hand in Korea
1895-1896: Ethiopia, Italy - Ethiopia defeats Italy in the First Italo-Ethiopian War
1896: Canada - Klondike Gold Rush in Canada
1896: Greece - Olympic Games revived in Athens
1896: Philippines, Spain - Philippine Revolution ends declaring Philippines free from Spanish rule
1897: Korea - Gojong, or Emperor Gwangmu, proclaims the short-lived Korean Empire lasts until 1910
1898-1900: China - The Boxer Rebellion in China is suppressed by an Eight-Nation Alliance
1898-1902: Colombia - The One Thousand Days war in Colombia breaks out between the "Liberales" and "Conservadores", culminating with the loss of Panama in 1903
1898: United States, Cuba, Philippines - The United States gains control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines after the Spanish-American War
1899: England, South Africa - Second Boer War begins, lasting until 1902