William Hilands and Maria Henry

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Husband William Hilands ^{1 2}

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           Born: 17 Oct 1809 - Allegheny Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: Robert Hilands (Abt 1780-1853) 1 2 3
         Mother: Sarah Dixon (Abt 1780-1863) 1 3 4

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       Marriage: 13 Nov 1839 1 5

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Wife Maria Henry ^{1 5}

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         Father: Thomas M. Henry (      -      ) 1 5
         Mother: Eliza [Unk] (      -      ) 1

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Children

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1 M Robert Hilands ⁵

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2 M Henry Hilands ⁵

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3 M William Hilands ⁵

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4 M John M. Hilands ⁵

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5 M Edwin Hilands ⁵

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6 F Mary Hilands ⁵

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         Spouse: Delavan Young (      -      ) 5

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7 F Nettie Hilands ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - William Hilands

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His father being a surveyor, his own taste was early turned in that direction. He studied surveying, and assisted his father in field work. His father aided in running the early compass lines for the Erie canal, and was a valuable assistant of Dr. Whipple. The son ran compass lines for some time on the canal and afterwards succeeded John A. Roebling as engineer in charge of the 1st division above Newcastle. From 1839 to 1854 he lumbered in Venango County, PA. After 1859, with the exception of three years, he was the county surveyor.

He learned the profession of surveying from his father. In 1827 he was on the staff of Charles T. Whipple in making the first survey under state [Pennsylvania] auspices for a water communication between Lake Erie and the Ohio river, running the compass line from Clarksville to Erie. He was also employed in making the initial observations for the French Creek canal. In 1828 he was on the staff of Edward F. Gay in making an examination of the Allegheny river from Franklin to Pittsburgh for slackwater navigation. After several years spent in teaching school and in the construction of mills at various points, he entered the employ of McKee, Clarke & Company as clerk on a steamboat plying between Pittsburgh and Louisville, serving as freight agent at the company’s wharf in Pittsburgh more than a year. In 1836 he became assistant engineer in charge of the construction of the first division of the Erie extension canal above New Castle, and superintended the construction of twelve miles of that work, including four locks between New Castle and Middlesex, under the direction of Charles T. Whipple and Henry C. Moore, from both of whom he received the highest testimonials, relinquishing this position in 1839. From March of that year until the spring of 1855 he was engaged in the lumber business in Forest County. He then located at Two Mile run, engaging in farming and surveying, and in 1865 came to reside at Franklin. [HVC 1890, 818]

1 J. H. Newton, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Columbus, OH: J. A. Caldwell Publishers, 1879), Pg 486.

2 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 818.

3 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 361.

4 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 647.

5 —, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 819.