Obituary S. R. (Sam) Hilburn   Died Feb. 3, 1897 at South Prong. He had lived in the Auburn community for almost 50 years, and was the father of S. R. Hilburn, Jr., Mrs. Guy Pierce and Mrs. V. H. Shelton. Services were held at the Methodist Church Friday morning, Rev. John S. Davis officiating. Abstracted from History of Ellis County compiled by Mrs. A. L. Feltenberger and the Rebecca Boyce Chapter DAR.   Copyright © 1999-2017, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Monday, 10-Sep-2018 10:23:31 MDT