 1865 - 1932 (66 years)
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| Name |
HILDRETH, William Henry |
| Birth |
28 Oct 1865 |
Watsonville, Santa Cruz, California, USA  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
1880 |
Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States [4] |
| Residence |
1900 |
Chama, Rio Arriba, New Mexico [5] |
| Residence |
1910 |
Jerome, Lincoln, Idaho [6] |
| Residence |
1920 |
Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho [2] |
| Residence |
1930 |
Long Beach, Los Angeles, California [1] |
| _UID |
025DFB192F2E5949B764A6BE955D3FB2D474 |
| Death |
16 Feb 1932 |
Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, USA [3, 10] |
| Burial |
22 Feb 1932 |
Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, USA |
| Notes |
- 1 UID FFB78168D41B684490EE60DC1BBA8390DC4A
2 SOUR S12
3 PAGE Book B page 368
3 QUAY 3
William Henry Hildreth was born in Watsonville California 2 8 October 1865, the third child of John L. and Angeline Sim ms Hildreth. While still an infant his parents moved to Tex as, and two years later crossed the plains to Pueblo Colora do. Here he grew up and resided nearly forty years. His edu cation was obtained in the public schools of that city, an d at the early age of eleven he earned his first money work ing in the Evening Democrat office at Pueblo. Later he acce pted a position in the office of the Pueblo Chieftain and i t was there that he learned his trade working up from the p osition of "printers devil" to that of foreman. His life si nce then has been one long identified with printers ink. I t was in Leadville that he met Lula Dean Scudder, they wer e married in Leadville 26 of February 1888. The new Mrs. Hi ldreth was the daughter of Benjamin F Scudder and Elizabet h Stephenson Scudder who resided in Rifle Colorado. She i s one of seven children, and the first to marry.
On April 1, 1889, while living at Leadville, the couple wa s blessed with a son whom they called William Scudder Hild reth.
A letter was recieved yesterday from Mr . William
Hildreth, of the Chieftan, who is at Le adville, bringing
the pleasing information that he is th e proud father of
a fine eight pound boy presented on Mon day morn-
ing by his excellent wife. Will says th e boy is a daisy
and sets the "cases" already. The Chief tain force
extends their hearty congratulations t o "Papa, Mama,
and Me."
William was followed by Lambert Dean on the 15 of Decembe r 1890
Mr. W.H. Hildreth, foreman of the Chie ftain news-
room, is rejoicing over the arrival o f a 10 pound
boy, which came to his home Monday mor ning.
Lambert was born at Rifle Colorado. (home of the Scudder's)
AN EXTRA EDITION
Last night Mr. W.H.Hildreth, the fore man of the
Journal, was willing to run a three l ine head in
the middle of a column, break a colo n on a para-
graph, run matter on the outside o f the chase or
do anything anybody wished.
It's a girl, healthy, well develope d lungs and bids
fair to be pretty as its pa. Mothe r doing nicely.
Ruth Hilda Hildreth was born 24 February 1893 at Pueblo Col orado
( City where Will's parents lived) where her daddy was empl oyed at
the offices of the Star Journal. Needless to say her mothe r certainly
welcomed a little girl into the house full of boys. Notic e there was no weight listed on the announcement for Ruth , I remember grandma Dean telling me she was so tiny they u se to carry her around on a pillow.
In 1894 we find the little family in Basalt Colorado wher e W.H. was
the editor and publisher of the Eagle County Examiner. It w as here
that another son was born.
Mr. and Mrs W.H. Hildreth are recievi ng congratulations
from their friends. Someone playe d a joke on Hall-
oween and left a 12 pound boy at thei r house.
They named him Fay Edward Hildreth born November 1, 1895
In 1897 the family moved to Eagle with the paper. Here Wil l was
editor and publisher of the Eagle County Examiner.
Mrs. Hildreth loved parties and very hapily gave a fourth b irthday
party for her daughter Ruth
BABY RUTH CELEBRAT ES
It wasn't the fourth of July but R uth Hildreth's fourth
birthday anniversary last Thursday . The little one's
around Eagle had all recieved rea l printed invitations
to attend, and they were all ther e in frills and tucks
and ribbons, looking wise and wond ering. The little
hostess soon had them all feelin g at home, and such
a rollicking, romping time has sel dom been seen in
Eagle. Several of the little one s were heard to say
they wished Ruth would have a birt hday every day.
A JUVENILE GOO D TIME
The little folks of Eagle were al l happy on the after-
noon of Thursday last. Ruth Hild reth celebrated her
fourth birthday by a party, an d the earth had no
sorrows for the little folk. Lit tle Miss Ruth was made
supremely happy by being the rec ipient of many
presents. Supper was served an d most thoroughly
enjoyed. God bless the children!
The following children were pres ent: Charles and
Marie Fulford, Georgie Benis, E dna Wilkson,
Ralph Belding, May and Eugene E nos, Ruth Nogal,
Myron and Inne McCabe, Lenna an d Maggie
McGuire,Roy McDougal,Willie Her man, Minnie
Stien and Fay, Willie and Lambe rt Hildreth.
In 1896-1897 Will was editor and publisher of the Eagle Co unty Examiner.
W.H. Hildreth has bought out th e intrests of his par tners in the Eagle County Examiner at Aspen
Junction and will continue it' s publication. Mr Hildreth
was for several years foreman o f the Pueblo
Chieftain news rooms and has hos ts of friends
here who rejoice to learn of hi s success in the
newspaper business. The advise r extends best
wishes. Hang to it Billy, and yo u'll wear diamonds
yet.
W.H. Hildreth has bought out hi s partner on the
Eagle County Examiner. Billy, a s he is familiarly
known all over the west, is on e of the brainest
writers in the state, weildin g a clever, facile pencil
that treats the subject with a s moothness and ease
that is delightful. He is humoro us but not vulgar,
witty but not rude, sharp and po inted on occasions
without being scurrilous and abu sive. The Examiner
is one of the leading weeklies o f the west.
Will also had the reputatuon of being able to "take a joke"
Under the "found" heading, the N ew Castle News
advertises a lady's garter 8 3/ 4 inches in diameter!
The champion fat women must hav e been along
there. And the news sardonicall y requests the owner
to come forward and "prove" owne rship. They'll
probaly send for Will Hildreth t o umpire the affair.
"The town of Eagle prospered during the late 1890's...The f irst printing office was began by W.H.Hildreth, and althoug h the outfit changed hands many times during the years tha t followed, the town was never without a newspaper." (Colo rado Magazine 1944 p 146)
On August 27, 1904 we find the family back in Basalt.
SCHOOL ELECTION
Monday afternoon was a most exci ting half day
for Basalt. It was school electi on day and the
issues were sharp drawn and clea r out. Some
two or three weeks ago, in fac e of the fact that
our schools are in most excellen t condition, and
that the teachers have given per fect satisfaction,
someone started a report that ou r teachers have
been in our schools long enoug h and that a change
was needed. Other minor matter s were advanced as reasons fo r a change. All these arguments were
so apparently absurb on their fa ce that the people
at once determined to silence th ose who produced
such untenable and foolish reaso nings. The people
felt that fairness and justice t o the schools, to the
patrons and to the teachers dema nded that such
false and pernicious arguments , detrimental alike
to schools and all other institu tions, must be over-
whelmingly defeated at the balle t box. W.H. Hildreth
was designated as the canidate t o uphold the
present condition of our schools , W.W. Frey, our
present mayor and leading dry go ods merchant,
was named as the standard beare r of the opposition.
One hundred and twenty-eight vot es were cast, of
which W.W. Frey recieved 34, an d W.H. Hildreth
recieved 94. Thus in this most b itterly contested
election, the people of Basalt h ave expressed
their entire satisfaction and ap precitation of the
work of our teachers and have de clared unto the
world that faithful public servi ce in our town shall
not go without it's due reward.
The families next move was to Chama New Mexico. It was her e that John Franklin was born.
Surly the editor may be excuse d or even condoned,
for cutting up a few verbal shin es this week, for on
last Tuesday December 27, 1898 t here appeared
at his home a delicate bit of hu manity----the fifth
shaft in his quiver------ whos e tiny clutching fingers
have twined around the editora l heart and--- but we
will ring off before we get to o poetic. It is a boy
weighing 12 1/2 pounds, and Dr . Wood officiated
in his accustomed pleasing style . Mrs. H. is getting
along finely.
But it seems that tragedy was to strike while in Chama.
William H Hildreth came in fro m Chama, New
Mexico, and will spend a few day s visiting friends.
Mr. Hildreth lost his entire new spaper outfit in
the recent fire at Chama.
W.H. Hildreth of Chama N.M. form erly of Pueblo,
is at the Southern Hotel on hi s way to Denver
where he is going to purchas e a new printing
outfit to take the place of th e one he lost in the
recent fire at Chama. Mr Hildret h's family are still
at Chama, and he will resume th e publication of
his paper upon his return.
When Will got back to Chama with his new press there were c ongratulations for his first edition.
The Chama Tribune made it's fir st appearence
since the fire last week. It i s as bright as the new
dollars it is rustling for.
Pagosa Springs Times
The Chama Tribune made it's fi rst appearence
at this office since the grea t fire. W.H. Hildreth
the propriator is a hustler an d will no doubt make
the paper a success.
Pagosa Springs News
The Chama Tribune has resume d publication
under the managememt of W.H. H ildreth who
founded the paper about a yea r ago. Last year
the fire that wiped Chama out , temporairly
silenced the Tribune. Chama i s very much alive
again and so is the Tribune, w hich ably advocates
statehood for New Mexico.
Durango Herald
The Daily Press has recieve d a copy of the
Chama Tribune, New Mexico, a n elegant and
well edited paper published b y W.H. Hildreth
formerly of this city. The Tri bune is filled with
bright and newsy articals, an d the people of
Chama are to be congratulate d on having such
an enterprising journal re-est ablished in that
city. Among many other of th e Tribune's articles
of information, we glean the f act that is is
published on Coyote Avenue. W e therefore
have no hesitancy in predictin g that the Tribune
will be a "Howling success"
Cripple Creek D aily Press
Along with tragedy it seems there is always a bit of sunshi ne, Lula Dean's grandfather had passed away, but he also ha d remembered her in his will.
The family must really have had a special place in their he art for Basalt though, because in August of 1904 we see Wil l back as the
editor and publisher of the Basalt Journal. In the book Bas alt,
Colorado Midland Town (p 331) we find some editorals from t he
Basalt Journal. On Jan. 23 1906 "It has fallen to the lot o f the writer to travel up and down this broad commonwealt h to a considerable extent, both in search of business an d pleasure, and with-out an attempt to flatter the good peo ple of this section it can be truthfully said that no tow n of equal size has yet been found that equals our own litt le city."
On April 29 1908 (p330) "Editor Hildreth of the Basalt Jour nal has purchased the Eagle County Blade at Red Cliff and h as yet not found a successor for the Journal.
However we also have a record of him moving from Basalt t o Idaho in 1910.
On comming to Idaho the family first settled at Jerome, Lin coln County where Will remained on year as foreman of the N orth Side News. Following that he came to Soda Springs (191 0)
THANK YOU BILLY
We are pleased to note that W. H. H ildreth, who has
been foreman of the North Side New s the past year
has branched out in business for hi mself. He has
bought the Soda Springs Cheiftain f rom Joe DeWitt
and took charge this week. "Billy " is an old time news-
paper man from Colorado and is an o ld friend of the
editor of the Sun. He is a newspape r man from the
ground up, and it is a safe predict ion that he will give
the people of Soda Springs a good p aper, and the
Sun wishes him the best of luck i n the undertaking.
Hagerman Valley Sun
HILDRETH IS AN OP TIMIST
The local editor had the pleasure o n Tuesday to
meet, for the first time, since hi s sojourn in Grace,
the pleasant editor of the Soda Sp rings Chieftain,
Mr Hildreth. All printers are brot hers, you know, and
it afforded the Progress editor mu ch pleasure in
meeting Brother Hildreth ath the t hriving town of
Soda, on Tuesday, and found him t o be a very
genial fellow, and a newspaper ma n of experience.
We want to congratulate the Soda p eople in having
a man of Mr Hildreth's stamp in th eir community.
being in optimist of the choices t order, and a man
any community could be proud of. W e believe in
strewing flowers before people ar e dead, and
saying good things about someone w hile they are
alive. Mr Hildreth, we repeat, i s deserving of the
best treatment Soda Springs peopl e can give him.
He had a very modern plant in every way and this is where h is children found their life long mates. All of them came w ith him but Fay who stayed in Pueblo with his aunt Ruby Cul lins in order to finish his education. We do find him bac k with his family in 1911 however, as he attended a specia l scout party. I remember Ruth telling about Grandma (remem ber she was from Missouri) and how she was frightened to b e so close to the "Mormons". In her experience, gossips ha d made them to be very bad people, even spouting "horns an d tails" , so it must have been a worry for her to take he r young family into such an enviroment, especially when he r next door neighbors were Mormons. She did get aquainted h owever and seemed to thrive in the community. February 6, 1 912 was a dark day. Lambert Dean, the 21 year old son had b een suffering with mastoiditis and passed away. He was th e first to be buried in the family plot.
June 25 1914 was a happier day, Ruth Hilda married Frank Li ston, from Bancroft Then onJuly 1 1914 William Scudder Hi ldreth married Josephine Burchfield. All of a sudden onl y Fay and Frank were left at home.
When the war came along in 1917 both Fay and Frank wanted t o do their part, on April 25 1917 (age 21) Fay left with th e first boys called from Soda Springs. Fay was sent to Ne w Mexico where he helped build housing for the troops. Fran k left in 1918 and was sent right to France. While there h e was one of the boys that were gassed. He came home and co ntinued to live a full life, but it had effected the muscle s in his neck, and he could never turn his head again prope rly. After the war Fay married Emma Beus on December 15, 19 19.
Frank never married. Fay took the profession of carpenter , he worked on the Soda Springs court house, the high schoo l, at Utah Power and others. After their first child was bo rn they moved to Burlingame California. Ruth and her husban d Frank had also moved to California. Lula Dean, after visi ting Ruth fell in love with the "Golden State", and in 192 1 Will sold his intrest in the newspaper and moved to Lon g Beach where he did job printing for several years. Bill a nd Josie, and Frank went also, so the whole family was in C alifornia. However in May of 1931 he returned, with Bill, t o Soda Springs and started the Soda Springs Sun. On Februar y 16, 1932 Will passed away suddenly of a heart attack. H e was going about his work as usual and was on his way to t he post office about 3:30 when he was stricken with a hear t attack (from which he had been a suffer for the past thre e weeks) He fell in the street and was taken to the Rexal l Drug store where Dr. Kackley came and pronounced him dead . There was no lingering and no protracted period of suffer ing. He left as he probaly have wished to have gone, in th e midst of the day's tasks, without warning, and in a momen t, as the call from beyond came to him. Mr Hildreth is a ch arter member of the Caribou Lodge A.F.&A.M. No. 84. He dimi tted from the lodge at Avondale Colorado 82. Also a membe r of the Oasis Lodge no. 447 O.O.F. of Long Beach Californi a. Funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon from th e Presbyterian church at 2:00 under the auspices of the Mas onic Lodge. (age 66 years)
"He sees when their footsteps falter
When their hearts grow weak and fa int.
He marks when their strength is fa iling,
Though there be no word of complai nt.
He bids them rest for a season,
For the pathway has grown too stee p,
And folded away in green pastures
He giveth His loved ones sleep."==
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| Person ID |
I16077 |
Our Generations Ancestors |
| Last Modified |
17 Oct 2010 |
| Father |
HILDRETH, John L, b. 8 Mar 1824, , Bourbon Co., Kentucky, USA d. 20 Feb 1894, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA (Age 69 years) |
| Mother |
SIMMS, Angeline, b. 30 Jul 1837, Paris, Missouri, USA d. 9 Nov 1893, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA (Age 56 years) |
| Marriage |
23 Dec 1858 |
Hannibal, Missouri, USA [11, 12, 13] |
| _UID |
5612EDDBE084BC4DB8BB0F30E13BD66DAE31 |
| Notes |
- 1 UID F235BE7FF802F9408FB43CEBB9A9E18ACE50
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| Family ID |
F6361 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
SCUDDER, Lula Dean, b. 21 Jun 1869, Maryville, Maryville, Missouri, USA d. 10 Jun 1961, Long Beach, Los Angles, California, USA (Age 91 years) |
| Marriage |
26 Feb 1888 |
Leadville, Lake, Colorado, USA [14] |
| _UID |
FF6E48E3A31D0E46AA12B89D257EF1BB0C98 |
| Notes |
- 1 UID 2EEE364857B0834E9954F07102C261B69B9D
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| Children |
| | 1. HILDRETH, William Scudder, b. 1 Apr 1889, Leadville, Lake, Colorado, USA d. 13 Jan 1939, Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, USA (Age 49 years) |
| | 2. HILDRETH, Lambert Dean, b. 15 Dec 1890, Rifle, Garfield, Colorado, USA d. 6 Feb 1912, Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, USA (Age 21 years) |
| | 3. HILDRETH, Ruth Hilda, b. 24 Feb 1893, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, USA d. 9 Apr 1974, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 81 years) |
| | 4. HILDRETH, Fay Edward, b. 1 Nov 1895, Basalt, Eagle, Colorado, USA d. 13 Aug 1974, Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho, USA (Age 78 years) |
| | 5. HILDRETH, John Franklin, b. 27 Dec 1898, Chama, New Mexico, USA d. 1 May 1958, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 59 years) |
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| Family ID |
F6502 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Birth date: abt 1866Birth place: CaliforniaResidence date: 1930Residence place: Long Beach, Los Angeles, California
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Birth date: abt 1866Birth place: CaliforniaResidence date: 1920Residence place: Soda Springs, Caribou, Idaho
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Birth date: 10/28/1865Birth place: Death date: 02/16/1932Death place: Caribou, Idaho
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in notes
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Marriage date: 7 Feb 1859Marriage place: Ralls
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