Person:P D Hillyer (1)

. D. HILLYER, Delaware, one of the old set tiers of Delaware, was born in Hartford Co., Conn. March 28, 1810, son of Andrew D. and Betsey (Pettibone) Hillyer ; his father was a native o Connecticut, and was engaged in the practice o law; Mr. P. D. Hillyer was engaged in mercantil business, in his native State, then went to Phila delphia, and was clerk in a wholesale tin manu factory, for a short time; in 1833, he came t Delaware, and was engaged for a number of year in selling wooden clocks, being interested in a firr that sold, in Ohio, over 3,000 clocks in 1839, he entered the mercantile business in Delaware, in company with Henry Lamb, which he pursued for several years, when Mr. Hillyer commenced in the real-estate business, and to-day it may safely be said that Mr. Hillyer has handled more real estate than any man in the city of Delaware; he was a Director in one of the first banks organized in 1 Delaware, the "Bank. of Delaware," and was its President for four or five years; Mr. Hillyer has filled several offices of public trust, among others, Justice of the Peace and School Director. Mr. Hillyer was married, in 1846, to Miss Mary Sweetser, of Delaware, whose parents came to Delaware Co. at an early day; they have had four children, three of whom are now dead; the daughter living is Alice, wife of J. W. White, Professor of Greek in Harvard College, and a graduate of the Ohio . Wesleyan University.

1. ↑ History of Delaware County, Ohio. (1888)
   pp 627-629.