BIO: Hezekiah HULME, Beaver County, PA
    
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    BOOK OF BIOGRAPHIES.  This Volume Contains Biographical Sketches 
    of Leading Citizens of Beaver County, Pennsylvania.  Buffalo, N.Y., 
    Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Publishing Company, 1899, pp. 115-116.
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    HEZEKIAH HULME is the efficient and well-known sexton of Grove Cemetery,
  New Brighton, Pa., and he has been in charge of the same for the past score
  of years. He was born in Lancastershire, England, February 23, 1844, and is a
  son of Mark and Mary (Flindle) Hulme.
    
    Mark Hulme was born in England, and there he continued to reside until his
  death in 1863, pursuing his vocation as a hat maker,
    
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  which he had learned during his boyhood days.
    
    Hezekiah Hulme also learned the hatter's trade, and upon his arrival in the
  United States in 1868, he remained in Lewiston, Maine, a short time, and there
  took up his former occupation. He then made a trip to Denver, Colo., and after
  prospecting in the West, he returned East and first located in Mercer county,
  Pa., and later, in Beaver county, where he has ever since continued to
  reside. He first settled in Beaver Falls, where he worked at cutlery, but in
  1879, he was given charge of his present position. The Grove Cemetery was
  incorporated March 19, 1859, and the grounds were dedicated to the purpose of
  burial October 13, 1859; thirty-two acres were first purchased adjoining Block
  House Run, and later, twenty-seven acres were added thereto. The cemetery is
  located on the east side of New Brighton, near Braeburn Hillside stream, and
  is commonly known as Oak Hill; beautiful drives and walks are laid out
  through the grounds, which contains many fine oak, hickory, ash, and elm
  trees. There is also an attractive variety of shrubbery, which is always kept
  in excellent trim by Mr. Hulme and his assistants; there are two entrances to
  the cemetery, one on Grove avenue and the other on Nineteenth avenue, better
  known as the north entrance. Mr. Hulme occupies a neat cottage near the Grove
  street entrance, and his assistant also resides near that entrance. By the
  faithful performance of his duties the subject of this sketch has gained for
  himself the esteem and good-will of not only the members of the corporation,
  but of the citizens of New Brighton and vicinity.
    
    Mr. Hulme was first united in marriage with Sarah Chadwick, a daughter of
  George Chadwick, and a native of England; she died at the age of twenty-five
  years, leaving one son, George, who is also deceased. His second wife is
  Matilda Swift, a daughter of James Swift, of Liverpool, England, a contractor
  and builder, who died at the age of fifty-five years, in Cheshire, England.
  Mr. Hulme is a faithful member of the I. O. O. F., of which he is also past
  grand; and a member and past chief patriarch of the Encampment. In religious
  views, he is inclined to favor the Episcopal church. In politics, he is a
  Republican.