Yale University - Sheffield Scientific School Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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ROBERT GIBSON HILTON Died May 19, 1903

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B1o0RAPH1Es. 6 I His mother, whose maiden name was Harriet Clinton Collins, died January 25, 1902, in Cincinnati, O. He has six sisters, all of whom are living, also one brother, 'William Collins C Harvard 1887J. - He married Georgie M. Aldrich of Birmingham, Ala., daughter of Truman Hemenway Aldrich, May 27, 1896, at Washiiigton, D. C. He is a graduate of the Troy Poly- technic Institute, and a consulting engineer and coal miner of Birmingham, Ala. They have two children: Eleanor, born August 22, 1900, and Truman Aldrich, born February 18, 1903. Herron became President and General Manager of the Royer VVheel Co. in January, 1902. In politics he is a Republican. 1 Business adciress: The Royer VV heel Co., Cincinnati, O. Home add1'ess: 1808 Dexter Ave., Cincinnati, O. ROBERT GIBSON HILTON, son of John and Anna L. Turner Hilton, was born June 26, 1868, in Newburgh, N. Y. He prepared at Phillips Academy, Exeter, N. H., and entered college in the beginning of Freshman year, pursuing the Civil Engineering course. After graduating he was engaged as a civil engineer, and since 1902 had been in the office of the United States Engi- neer at Savannah, Ga. He was killed at Savannah, May I9, 1903, by jumping from a balcony of St. Joseph's Hospital to the street below. Hilton had been ill for several days with intermittent fever, and on the morning of May I8 went to the hospital for treatment. The next morning, after a restless night, he stepped from his window to a balcony and jumped to the ground 30 feet below. His skull was fractured and he died instantly. He was 34 years of age and unmarried. He was a member of the Presbyterian church, and a Republican. He left to mourn his loss, two brothers: John Ralph, of Yale, and 'William Txurner, also one sister, Mrs. F. C. Balfe.

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BIOGRAPHIES. 63 ROBERT MASSONNEAU HOFFMAN was born june 29, 1868, in Red Hook, N. Y. He prepared at Hol- brook's School, Ossining, N. Y., and entered college in September, 1887, taking the Mechanical Engineering course. In answer to the question of his history before entering Yale he says Always a good boy. Wfhile in college he was a member of Chi Phi. His father, John W. Hoffman, a farmer, of Red Hook, N. Y., was born March 10, 1828, in Red Hook, N. Y. His parents were George C. Hoffman and Lydia VValdorf. He died in Red Hook, N. Y. His mother, whose maiden name was Lydia Manning, was born February 18, 1830, in Albany, N. Y. Her parents were John Manning and Margaret McGregor. She died in Red Hook, N. Y. He had five brothers, all of whom graduated from the DeGarmo Institute: NNilliam M., who died in july, 1893, Allen H., George E., Horace A., Otis C., who died in December, 18823 also two sisters: Margaret T., who died in May, 1883, and Harriet C., who died in February, 1897. He married, july 21, 1900, at Red Hook, N. Y., Elizabeth Stevens Perrine CMt. Holyoke ISQSD, daughter of Edgar Allen Perrine, retired, of Red Hook. They have two children :M Elizabeth B., born May 20, 1901, at Fishkill-on- Hudson, N. Y., and Robert M. Ir., born April 17, 1905, in Holyoke, Mass. In October, 1905, Hoffman was made Cleveland Manager of the Williain Skinner Manufacturing Co. He is a mem- ber of the Masonic order. Busivezress address: Blackstone Building, Cleveland, O. I-Iome Cl'dd7'6SS.' 24 Chapman Ave., East Cleveland, O. THOMAS OS-BORN HORTON was born june 2, 1870, in Peconic, N. Y. He prepared at Siglar's Prepara- tory School, Newburgh, N. Y., and entered college at the beginning of Freshman year, pursuing the Civil Engineer- ing course. X