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William McKinley HILEMAN

William McKinley HILEMAN

Male 1900 - 1966  (66 years)


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  • Name William McKinley HILEMAN  [1]
    Birth 20 Jan 1900  Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7] 
    • Birth record and SSDI have birth date as Jan 22 1900, but death record, funeral card, obituary and "Hileman Genealogy" have it as Jan 20 1900. Marriage record doesn't specify.
    Gender Male
    Census 1900, 1930  Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1950  Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation carpenter, laborer, janitor  [1, 5] 
    Occupation Town of West Union  [8] 
    Occupation 1950  [9] 
    wall washing worker for drug store 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 10] 
    Death 19 Dec 1966  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13] 
    • "Hileman Genealogy" incorrectly reports death date as Dec 19 1967.
    Burial Hart Cemetery, Taylor Drain Rd, Oxford, Doddridge Co WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6, 8, 12] 
    Notes 
    • Birth records provide no explanation for the apparent 4-month age difference between William Grant Hileman, b. Jul 29 1922, and his sister Alma Katherine Hileman, b. Feb 11 1922, both in Doddridge County. Both are identified as children of McKinley Hileman and Lucy Davis. A search of the Social Security Death Index revealed William W. Hileman, b. Jul 29 1922, d. Aug 5 1978, resident of Virginia, Social Security card issued in West Virginia before 1951. Despite the different middle initial, given the same birthdate and the early West Virginia residence, it is considered probable that this is the same William Hileman.

      1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Jan 27 1920:
      McKinley Hileman, 19, farm laborer; wife Lucy, 19.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Southwest District), enumerated on Apr 14 1930:
      William M. Hileman, 30, farm laborer, age 19 at first marriage; wife Lucie B, 28, age 16 at first marriage; dau Alma K, 9 (or 8 ?); son William G, 7 yr 8 mo; son Howard Jr, 5 yr 6 mo; dau Virginia L, 1 yr 3 mo.
    Person ID I6206  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Sep 2025

    Father Isaac Lynch HILEMAN,   b. 18 Nov 1860, West Milford, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Feb 1921, Maxwell Farm, Hughes River Rd, near Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
    Mother Juliet HART,   b. 11 Nov 1865, Summers, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Jun 1910, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 44 years)
    Family ID F90  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Lucy Blanche DAVIS,   b. CA 1902, Wetzel Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage CA 1919  [14] 
    Children 
    >1. Alma Katherine HILEMAN,   b. 11 Feb 1922, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. William Grant HILEMAN,   b. 29 Jul 1922, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1978 (Age 56 years)
     3. Howard Junior HILEMAN,   b. 21 Aug 1924, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1988, Dade Co, FL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
    +4. Virginia L. HILEMAN,   b. 30 Mar 1929, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Ella Ruth HILEMAN,   b. 20 Mar 1931, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. (Stillborn female) HILEMAN,   b. 24 Mar 1933   d. 24 Mar 1933 (Age 0 years)
     7. (Stillborn) HILEMAN,   b. 20 Dec 1935, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Dec 1935, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F6630  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Goldie May LEESON,   b. 26 Mar 1916, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1988, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
    Marriage 23 Jul 1949  East Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 15] 
    Children 
     1. (Stillborn male) JONES,   b. 22 Nov 1948, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1948, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    >2. Living
    >3. Linda Darlene HILEMAN,   b. 26 Aug 1952, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Mar 2018, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    Family ID F2251  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    William McKinley Hileman    		William McKinley Hileman

    Documents
    1930 Census, Doddridge Co WV, Southwest Dist, 14Apr1930    		1930 Census, Doddridge Co WV, Southwest Dist, 14Apr1930

  • Sources 
    1. [S1592] Birth record of daughter.

    2. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR Bk 3, p. 95.
      Identified as his mother's 8th child.

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 16, p. 186.

    5. [S1563] Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 5, p. 78-C.

    6. [S5] Headstone.

    7. [S1837] Hileman Genealogy (1305) 1780-1981, (Pearl Hileman Cooper and Maysel Hileman Pierce (self-published, 1981)).

    8. [S14] Obituary, West Union Herald, Dec 22 1966.

    9. [S373] 1950 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union).

    10. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    11. [S692] Obituary of wife.

    12. [S1721] Funeral card.

    13. [S1773] Doddridge County WV Deaths 1853-1969, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101).

    14. [S2036] 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Southwest District).

    15. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR Bk 16, p. 186.
      He was identified as W.M. Hileman, age 47, b. Oxford, WV, son of I.L. & Julia Hileman; and she as Goldie Jones, age 33, b. Oxford, dau of Ray & Minnie Jane Leeson.