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2 unusual facts about Claude M. Hilton


Lavabit

Levison and his lawyer made two requests to Judge Claude M. Hilton to unseal the records, both of which were denied.

Judge Claude M. Hilton then granted the request to unseal the records, despite his refusal the previous two times.


Mario Cristobal

During the off season recruiting period, Cristobal was able to secure FIU's first ESPN 150 player, Willis Wright, from nearby Miami Springs High, the same school that produced T.Y. Hilton.

Orrin N. Hilton

Judge Hilton successfully defended George Pettibone of the Western Federation of Miners when Pinkerton detective James McParland accused him of conspiracy to murder former Idaho governor Frank Steunenberg.

Richard Rowland Kirkland

General Kershaw would later be buried in that same cemetery, which also maintains the graves of Civil War General John Bordenave Villepigue and his descendant, World War I Medal of Honor recipient John Canty Villepigue, in addition to World War I Medal of Honor recipient Richmond Hobson Hilton.

Richmond H. Hilton

After his death in 1933, he was buried in "Old Quaker Cemetery" in Camden, South Carolina, which is also the cemetery in which World War I Medal of Honor recipient John Canty Villepigue is buried.

Hilton was born in Westville, South Carolina, and joined the army in Westville, assigned to Company M, 118th Infantry, 30th Division.


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