Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

H. F. MOULTON, conductor C., A. St. L. R. R. Wilmington; was born near Portland, Me., Feb. 
4,1830; when about 15-years of age, he left his native State and went to Massachusetts, where 
he was employed for several years in the factories at Lowell and Lawrence; in 1853, he removed
to Illinois, locating at Bloomington, McLean Co., and, on the 1st of August of the following 
year, engaged as brakeman on the Chicago & Alton R. R., which was put in operation that season; 
in the spring of 1855, he took charge of a freight train, as conductor, and in February, 1861, 
was transferred to a passenger train, which position he has held for over seventeen years, 
without loss of time, and is now the oldest in the service of any conductor on the road. 
Married in 1856 to Miss Josephine CONNOR, who was born in New York City; four children by 
this union - Belle, Jennie, Charles and Harry. Mr. MOULTPN is a member of the following 
Masonic bodies: Wilmington Lodge, No. 208 Joliet Chapter, No. 27, and Joliet Commandery, 
No. 4. His longest absence from service on the railroad was during his trip to England, 
from June to September 1877.