A. J. Hylton
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| + | ALLEN Jackson Hylton (1862-1946) was a reform school director and a physician in Indiana, Montana and Colorado. | ||
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| + | Allen J. Hylton was born in Hendricks County, Indiana, in the year 1862, and is a son of Abraham and Minerva (Powers) Hylton, the former of whom was born in North Carolina, and the latter of whom was a daughter of Allen Powers, who came from North Carolina and became a pioneer farmer in Indiana, where he passed the remainder of his life. Abraham Hylton became a stationary engineer by vocation, and both he and his wife were still young at the time of their death. | ||
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| + | Doctor Hylton was an infant at the time of the death of his parents, and was taken into the home of William Conn, a substantial farmer near Danville, Hendricks County, where he was reared to the age of fifteen years, he having assisted in the work of the farm during the summer seasons and having attended the local schools during the winter terms. His ambition for higher education was not to be denied, and in obtaining the same he depended mainly upon his own resources. At the age of twenty-one years he was graduated in the Indiana State Normal School at Danville. | ||
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| + | ===Indiana Reform School for Boys=== | ||
| + | Hylton worked as an officer for the Indiana Reform School for Boys, Plainfield, Indiana for 9.5 years, the last seven years as the Assistant Superintendent. While there his projects included having boys make bricks, and he was favorably reported by the director in his report to the state. | ||
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| + | ===Montana State Reform School=== | ||
| + | In 1893, the newly formed state of Montana awarded Miles City the state's institution for troublesome youths, the [[State Reform School]]. Hylton was hired in 1894 to be the director and to build the facility (with the help of a three person board). For four years, he and his wife engaged in the endevour, but ran over budget most of the time. Late in 1896, a committee of the state legislature investigated complaints of abuse towards some inmates and in March 1897, he resigned. | ||
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| + | ==Physician== | ||
| + | Hylton returned to Indiana and in its capital city completed a course in the Medical College of Indiana. From this institution he received in 1901 his degree of Doctor of Medicine, and he then engaged in the practice of his profession at Mooresville. In 1905 he went to Colorado, where he served fourteen months as superintendent of the Telluride Hospital, and he then resumed his residence at Mooresville, Indiana, where he has since continued in the active general practice of medicine with an office at 43 West Main Street, and his home at 63 West Main Street. | ||
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| + | Doctor Hylton had membership in the Morgan County Medical Society, Indiana State Medical Society and American Medical Association, his political allegiance is given to the Democratic party, and he was affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of Pythias and the Modern Woodmen of America. | ||
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| + | ==Family life== | ||
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In the year 1907 Doctor Hylton was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Mills, who was born and reared at Mooresville and who was a daughter of Amos and Eliza (Bowman) Mills, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of North Carolina. The death of Mrs. Hylton occurred in the year 1927, and she is survived by one child, William Madison, who was born in 1909. | In the year 1907 Doctor Hylton was united in marriage to Miss Mabel Mills, who was born and reared at Mooresville and who was a daughter of Amos and Eliza (Bowman) Mills, the former a native of Indiana and the latter of North Carolina. The death of Mrs. Hylton occurred in the year 1927, and she is survived by one child, William Madison, who was born in 1909. | ||
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