Wilmer HYLAND

Birth:
5 Nov 1820
Cecil, Maryland
Death:
28 Jan 1893
of Rockport, Spencer, Indiana
Marriage:
30 Jun 1853
Ohio, Spencer, Indiana
Father:
Mother:
Sources:
Internet IGI, Dec 2007
1880 Census - Rockport, Spencer, IN
Notes:
                   MARRIED
On the 30th ult. By Rev. D. McIntire, Mr. Wilmer Hyland to Miss Esther Mark Mears, daughter of Isaac Mears, esq., all of this county
On the 1st inst., by Rev. J. D. Cotton, Mr. Aaron Thurman to Miss Mary Ann Huffman
(The Planter, July 9, 1853)

WILMER HYLAND, a prominent citizen and early settler of Rockport, was born in Cecil County, Md., November 5, 1820, being the youngest of seven children born to the marriage of Jacob Hyland and Elizabeth Thackery, both of whom were natives of Maryland. The father, a soldier of the war of 1812, always resided in his native State, where he followed farming, fishing and merchandising, in which combined pursuits he was reasonably successful. He died when our subjet was a lad of about five years old, followed by his widow in Burlington, N.J., in 1843, while on a visit to friends in New York. Wilmer Hyland was raised in his native county to years of maturity, receiving a good business education. In 1844, he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, with a Polk delegation, and concluding to remain, embarked in the dry goods trade, at which he continued until 1846. He then took a stock of goods to Mundy's Landing, Mercer County, Ky., after selling which he came to Rockport, Ind. He here engaged in the dry goods business until 1852, and from that time to May 14, 1884, dealt in hardware, groceries, wooden and willow-ware, and seeds. Mr. Hyland has been an enterprising citizen and a successful merchant. In politics Mr. Hyland is a Democrat. He now owns 400 acres of good land in the county, beside valuable property in Rockport. June 29, 1853, he united in matrimony with Mary S. Mears, a native of Hamilton County, Ohio, and by her is the father of four children, three yet living: Mary M., Kate A., and Wilmer.
"History of Warrick, Spencer and Perry Counties, Indiana - Ohio Township" by Goodspeed Bros. & Co. - published in 1885
                  
Esther Mary MEARS
Birth:
11 Sep 1829
Hamilton, Ohio
Death:
10 Aug 1882
Rockport, Spencer, Indiana
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
16 Mar 1854
Rockport, Spencer, Indiana
Death:
16 Jan 1914
Princeton, Gibson, Indiana
Marr:
8 Jan 1874
of Rockport, Spencer, Indiana 
2
Birth:
1858
Rockport, Spencer, Indiana
Death:
Marr:
20 May 1891
of Rockport, Spencer, Indiana 
Notes:
                   No children to this couple
                  
3
Wilmer HYLAND
Birth:
1869
Rockport, Spencer, Indiana
Death:
7 Aug 1888
Rockport, Spencer, Indiana
 
Marr:
 
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Wilmer Hyland - Esther Mary Mears

Wilmer Hyland was born at Cecil, Maryland 5 Nov 1820.

He married Esther Mary Mears 30 Jun 1853 at Ohio, Spencer, Indiana . Esther Mary Mears was born at Hamilton, Ohio 11 Sep 1829 daughter of Isaac Mears and Mrs. Abigail Mears .

They were the parents of 3 children:
Mary Mears Hyland born 16 Mar 1854.
Kate a Hyland born 1858.
Wilmer Hyland born 1869.

Wilmer Hyland died 28 Jan 1893 at of Rockport, Spencer, Indiana .

Esther Mary Mears died 10 Aug 1882 at Rockport, Spencer, Indiana .