. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . nd his educational ad-vantages were limited to the country schools. In1859 he removed to Uniontown, Dauphin Co., wherehe engaged in merchandising until 1865, when, havingretired from mercantile pursuits, he began the manu- WILLIAM T. Hildrup (1754r-1795), a native of England,came to America and settled at Hartford, Conn., in1766, where he learned the trade of a jeweler, andcarried on that business there during the remainderof his active life. He was an influen
. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . nd his educational ad-vantages were limited to the country schools. In1859 he removed to Uniontown, Dauphin Co., wherehe engaged in merchandising until 1865, when, havingretired from mercantile pursuits, he began the manu- WILLIAM T. Hildrup (1754r-1795), a native of England,came to America and settled at Hartford, Conn., in1766, where he learned the trade of a jeweler, andcarried on that business there during the remainderof his active life. He was an influential citizen ofthe place, and was appointed and served as post-master of Hartford for several years. He had fivesons,—John, Joslin, Thomas, William, and Jesse,—and two daughters. Jesse Hildrup (1789-1865) spenthis life as a tanner and shoemaker in Middletown anda farmer in Danbury, Conn., and died in Belvidere,111. His wife was Sophia Turner, of Middlefield, andtheir children were William T., Mary (married C. Howe, a Methodist clergyman), Jesse (a lawyerof Chicago, 111.), Martha, and John (a machinist in. £/>.*/&> i BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY. 579 the car-works at Harrisburg). William T. Hildrup,son of Jesse Hildrup, was born Feb. 6, 1822, in Mid-dletown, Conn. His early life was marked by a de-sire for education and a full knowledge of the age of nineteen, with only twenty-five dollarsin money, but with self-reliance, industrious habits,and a will to do for himself, he left his home to carveout a fortune for himself. He worked at the carpen-ters trade for two years in Cape Vincent, N. Y., thenproceeded to Worcester, Mass., where he became anemploye in the Bradley Car-Factory. Here he beganas a journeyman mechanic in a business that he be-came so thoroughly master of in nine years as tomerit the highest place in the concern, and becomeprincipal manager of the works. It was here thatdecision, capacity of mind to direct and manage, anda natural talent for
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