Albert Ray Hilton

1903 - 1950  (47 years)

• Name	Albert Ray Hilton  [1]
  Born	18 Jul 1903	Dennison, Grayson, Texas, USA
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Aug 1950	Knox, Texas, USA
  Buried	Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
  	Earthman Resthaven Cemetery
  Person ID	I7859	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2020

  
  

  Father	Wade Hampton Hilton, Jr.,   b. 17 May 1879,   d. 16 Oct 1959  (Age 80 years)
  Mother	Lillie Bell Johnson,   b. 4 Apr 1880,   d. 6 Feb 1970  (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F1522	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ruth Elizabeth Lincecum,   b. 28 Aug 1903, Morales, Jackson, Texas, USA ,   d. 16 May 1982, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA  (Age 78 years)
  Married	23 Dec 1922	Houston, Harris, Texas, USA
  Children	+ 1. Dorothy Ray Hilton,   b. 12 Aug 1923, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA ,   d. 1 Oct 2001, Pasadena, Harris, Texas, USA  (Age 78 years) + 2. Addison Hampton Hilton,   b. 4 Sep 1928, El Campo, Wharton, Texas, USA ,   d. 30 Apr 2004  (Age 75 years) + 3. Albert Ray Hilton, Jr.,   b. 3 Sep 1930, Houston, Harris, Texas, USA ,   d. 23 Nov 2018, Texas, USA  (Age 88 years)
  Last Modified	28 Feb 2020
  Family ID	F2765	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Married - 23 Dec 1922 - Houston, Harris, Texas, USA Buried - - Houston, Harris, Texas, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Photos

  Sharp-Hughes Tool Company at Houston, Texas Albert was firstly a chemist and metallurgist, at one time connected with the Hughes Tool Company (est. 1908 as Sharp-Hughes Tool Company).

  
  

  Documents

  Albert Ray Hilton, Sr. Certificate of Death

  
  

  Histories

  Cotton Duster Killed Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) – 11 August 1950

  
  

• Notes

  According to the 1930 Harris County, Texas Federal census, Albert's father was born in Arkansas. His mother was born in Tennessee. Amarillo Globe-Times (Texas) Monday, 22 September 1947 - pg. 4 [via Newspapers.com] Flying Instructor, Student Injured in Crash Landing HOUSTON, Sept. 22 -- A flying instructor and his student today were recovering from injuries they received when they were forced to crash-land a light plane at the South Main Airport yesterday afternoon. Albert Ray Hilton, 44 years old, was flying the plane about 100 feet above the ground when the craft developed engine trouble. He made a "pancake" landing on a vacant lot adjoining the flying field. Hilton suffered a cut over his left eye, possible broken nose and bruises... [Robert N. Owens was the 20-year-old student bruised in the crash.] Per his certificate, Albert's cause of death was noted as, "Burned in aeroplane accident." This was due to "mechanical failure of air craft" and "falling of air craft." Valley Morning Star (Harlingen, Texas) Friday, 11 August 1950 - pg. 11 [via Newspapers.com] Cotton Duster Killed BENJAMIN (AP) Albert Ray Hilton, 47 of Houston, was killed when his cotton dusting plane crashed eight miles east of here Thursday. Witnesses said he apprently was trying to fly under a power line when the plane rammed into trees and burst into flames. Gladewater Daily Mirror (Texas) Friday, 11 August 1950 [via The Portal to Texas History] News Of The Day HOUSTON, Aug. 11 (UP) -- Albert Ray Hilton, 47-year-old Houston pilot, was killed yesterday when his light plane crashed and burned while he was dusting cotton in Munday, Texas, his wife said here today. Witnesses said Hilton apparently was flying too low in an attempt to dodge power lines when his plane struck a tree and crashed. Mrs. Hilton said her husband was flying for the Southland Dusting company of Plainview. She said she had been begging him to stop flying, but that he only laughed at her fears.

  
  

• Sources

  [S311] Texas Under Many Flags, By Clarence Wharton. Published 1930 by American Historical Society. Page 124.