William F. Hillpot, 88, Frenchtown, NJ, died in Hunterdon Medical Center.
For many years he was a self employed hatcheryman owning and operating Hillpot Hatcheries, Frenchtown, NJ. They had one of the major chicken hatcheries in the Eastern United States with branches at Frenchtown, Freehold, Somerville, and Morristown; Easton and Norrisville, Pa. and Des Moines, Iowa. He invented the Tempador incubator, which can hold 40,000 eggs at one time; and hatch 1,000,000 chicks per year. At the time of his death he operated the Hillpot Laundry, Frenchtown, NJ.
Born in Frenchtown, he was a son of the late Reuben and Mary Rittenhouse Hillpot.
Former member of N.J. Poultry Association, life member of the American Poultry Association and the International Baby Chick Association. He was a member of Hunterdon County Tax Board, a Republican committeeman.He was a member of the Frenchtown Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow Lena M. Hillpot; three sons, Edward of Freehold, NJ, and Lawrence and Welling both of Frenchtown; three daughters, Mrs. Mabel Godown, Frenchtown, Mrs. Dorothy Shultz, Flagtown, NJ and Mrs. Lucile Baldwin, Columbia, MD; 19 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
He had six children:
1) Mabel Verga
2) Edward Wayne
3) Lawrence William
4) Welling Stover
5) Dorothy Jean
6) Lucile Elizabeth
For many years he was a self employed hatcheryman owning and operating Hillpot Hatcheries, Frenchtown, NJ. They had one of the major chicken hatcheries in the Eastern United States with branches at Frenchtown, Freehold, Somerville, and Morristown; Easton and Norrisville, Pa. and Des Moines, Iowa. He invented the Tempador incubator, which can hold 40,000 eggs at one time; and hatch 1,000,000 chicks per year. At the time of his death he operated the Hillpot Laundry, Frenchtown, NJ.
Born in Frenchtown, he was a son of the late Reuben and Mary Rittenhouse Hillpot.
Former member of N.J. Poultry Association, life member of the American Poultry Association and the International Baby Chick Association. He was a member of Hunterdon County Tax Board, a Republican committeeman.He was a member of the Frenchtown Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow Lena M. Hillpot; three sons, Edward of Freehold, NJ, and Lawrence and Welling both of Frenchtown; three daughters, Mrs. Mabel Godown, Frenchtown, Mrs. Dorothy Shultz, Flagtown, NJ and Mrs. Lucile Baldwin, Columbia, MD; 19 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
He had six children:
1) Mabel Verga
2) Edward Wayne
3) Lawrence William
4) Welling Stover
5) Dorothy Jean
6) Lucile Elizabeth
William F. Hillpot, 88, Frenchtown, NJ, died in Hunterdon Medical Center.
For many years he was a self employed hatcheryman owning and operating Hillpot Hatcheries, Frenchtown, NJ. They had one of the major chicken hatcheries in the Eastern United States with branches at Frenchtown, Freehold, Somerville, and Morristown; Easton and Norrisville, Pa. and Des Moines, Iowa. He invented the Tempador incubator, which can hold 40,000 eggs at one time; and hatch 1,000,000 chicks per year. At the time of his death he operated the Hillpot Laundry, Frenchtown, NJ.
Born in Frenchtown, he was a son of the late Reuben and Mary Rittenhouse Hillpot.
Former member of N.J. Poultry Association, life member of the American Poultry Association and the International Baby Chick Association. He was a member of Hunterdon County Tax Board, a Republican committeeman.He was a member of the Frenchtown Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow Lena M. Hillpot; three sons, Edward of Freehold, NJ, and Lawrence and Welling both of Frenchtown; three daughters, Mrs. Mabel Godown, Frenchtown, Mrs. Dorothy Shultz, Flagtown, NJ and Mrs. Lucile Baldwin, Columbia, MD; 19 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
He had six children:
1) Mabel Verga
2) Edward Wayne
3) Lawrence William
4) Welling Stover
5) Dorothy Jean
6) Lucile Elizabeth
For many years he was a self employed hatcheryman owning and operating Hillpot Hatcheries, Frenchtown, NJ. They had one of the major chicken hatcheries in the Eastern United States with branches at Frenchtown, Freehold, Somerville, and Morristown; Easton and Norrisville, Pa. and Des Moines, Iowa. He invented the Tempador incubator, which can hold 40,000 eggs at one time; and hatch 1,000,000 chicks per year. At the time of his death he operated the Hillpot Laundry, Frenchtown, NJ.
Born in Frenchtown, he was a son of the late Reuben and Mary Rittenhouse Hillpot.
Former member of N.J. Poultry Association, life member of the American Poultry Association and the International Baby Chick Association. He was a member of Hunterdon County Tax Board, a Republican committeeman.He was a member of the Frenchtown Baptist Church.
Surviving are his widow Lena M. Hillpot; three sons, Edward of Freehold, NJ, and Lawrence and Welling both of Frenchtown; three daughters, Mrs. Mabel Godown, Frenchtown, Mrs. Dorothy Shultz, Flagtown, NJ and Mrs. Lucile Baldwin, Columbia, MD; 19 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren.
He had six children:
1) Mabel Verga
2) Edward Wayne
3) Lawrence William
4) Welling Stover
5) Dorothy Jean
6) Lucile Elizabeth
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