Robert Lee Hilliard, Sr.

Hilliard, Robert L., of Orange Park, a prominent lumberman, was born in Ware county, Ga., August 17, 1864. His father, Captain Cuyler W. Hilliard, served through the civil war as a captain in a gallant Georgia regiment, rendering honorable service for the South, afterward represented Ware county in the Georgia legislature and for many years was successfully engaged in the lumber business in Georgia, until his removal in 1890 to Dinsmore, Duval county, Fla., where he is engaged extensively in lumbering under the firm name C. W. Hilliard & Sons. Robert L. Hilliard is an important member of that firm, and was sent to Orange Park to take control of a small lumber business which the company purchased in 1897. He has continued in charge of the porperty, developing and increasing it until it has reached hansome proporitions. This mill ships large quantities of lumber by boat to New York and other important markets of the world. On September 22, 1887, Mr. Hilliard was married to Gracie, daughter of James A. and Christine (Daniels) Tripp of New York state, and they have two sons, Robert Lee and Frank H. Mr. Hilliard is a member of the famious lumberman's order of Hoo Hoos, and is accorded an honorable place among his fellow business men. [Memoirs of Florida] Taken from the Clay County Historical Archives webpage: http://archives.clayclerk.com/individuals.html