OBITUARY: James W. Hilton, Jackson County, Oregon ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ********************************************************************************* Transcribed and formatted for use in USGenWeb Archives by Elizabeth Corethers 22 Jan 2003 *************************************************************************** Medford (Oregon) Mail Tribune, Sunday, 16 Jan 1944, p. 12 Klamath Falls, Jan. 15-Funeral services for James W. Hilton, 73, a resident of Klamath Falls for the past 36 years, were held Friday. Mr. Hilton passed away at his home Tuesday. Born in Louisville, Ky., Aug. 10, 1870, Hilton moved to Klamath Falls in 1908. He operated a boat on Upper Klamath lake when he first moved here and later served on the police force and as county jailer from 1925 to 1928. For the past seven years he has served as custodian of the courthouse.