Benjamin Hilbert ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: MRDZ-9KL.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Exeter Twp., Berks, PA. ⁴ The 1860 census recorded Benjamin HIlbert, 40, living with wife Catharine, 31; daughter Catharine A., 12; Henry, 9; Mary E., 7; Isaac, 4; and George, 2. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania.

2. Obituary: Reading Eagle: obituary of Benjamin Hilbert on 17 Sep 1892 in Reading, Berks, PA. ⁵ Benjamin Hilbert, aged 72 years, of Stonetown, died of apoplexy after an illness of 36 hours. Deceased was well known and highly respected. He leaves a widow and the following children: Henry, of Birdsboro, Isaac, Jerome and Charlotte, of Stonetown; Mrs. John Bechert and Mrs. Benjamin Blatt, both of Birdsboro. Deceased was a member of Schwartzwald Lutheran Church.

Benjamin married Catharine Boyer on 12 Oct 1845 in Reading: Trinity Lutheran Church, Berks, PA.¹ (Catharine Boyer was born on 30 Nov 1822 in Exeter Twp., Berks, PA,^{4 6} died on 18 Aug 1896 in Exeter Twp., Berks, PA ⁶ and was buried in Jacksonwald: Schwarzwald Cemetery, Berks, PA ⁶.)