FOURTH GENERATION

88. William Thomas⁴ HILLARD (Benjamin F.³ HILLARD, Thomas Jefferson² HILLARD, Richmond A.¹ HILLARD) was born on 14 DEC 1867 in Ravenna, Muskegon Co., Michigan. He appeared on the 1870 and 1880 U.S. Censuses with his parents in Chester Twp., Ottawa Co., Michigan. He died on 27 OCT 1936 in Jackson, Jackson Co., Michigan, USA. He went by the name Thomas according to Arthur Hillard, Jr., son of his brother Arthur Hillard, Sr.

Reference: Lynn E. Garn, "The Descendants of Richmond A. Hillard, A John Alden Line," in the Mayflower Descendant, Summer 2008, vol. 57, page 142.

He was married to Alvira S. WART (daughter of Wm. WART and Frances) on 11 MAR 1898 in Sherman City, Isabella Co., Michigan, USA. Children from this marriage were reported in the Stewart-Hillard Reunion Papers. However their mother was not named. The marriage record was located at , which was accessed on 6 November 2008. The marriage record of daughter Lillian, also found at , confirms that Alvira was the mother of the child named in the Stewart-Hillard Reunion Papers. Alvira S. WART was born in 1873 in Michigan, USA. William Thomas HILLARD and Alvira S. WART had the following children:

+144 i. Dewey M.⁵ HILLARD.
+145 ii. Lillian M.⁵ HILLARD.

He was married to Hazel P. HAYSTEAD (daughter of George HAYSTEAD and Nancy MCCLUISHY) on 26 FEB 1906 in Muskegon, Muskegon Co., Michigan, USA. William and Hazel appeared on the 1910 U.S. Census in Colfax Twp., Wexford Co., Michigan. Hazel P. HAYSTEAD was born about 1887 in Michigan, USA. William Thomas HILLARD and Hazel P. HAYSTEAD had the following children:

+146 i. Cora Faye⁵ HILLARD.
+147 ii. Jennie Marie⁵ HILLARD.
+148 iii. Edgar G.⁵ HILLARD.
+149 iv. Violette Anna⁵ HILLARD.
+150 v. George Thomas⁵ HILLARD.
+151 vi. Theola⁵ HILLARD.
+152 vii. Eileen Pearl⁵ HILLARD.