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John Telemachus Hilton (April 1801 – March 5, 1864) was an African-American abolitionist who established barber, furniture dealer and employment agency businesses.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Black Entrepreneurs brochure )〕 He was a Prince Hall Mason and established the Prince Hall National Grand Lodge of North America and served as its first National Grand Master for ten years. He also was a founding member of the Massachusetts General Colored Association, and active member and author in the Anti-Slavery movement. Both John T. Hilton and his wife, Lavinia (Ames) Hilton, were active in the Anti-Slavery and Temperance Societies. ==Early life== John Telemachus Hilton was born in 1801 in Chester County, Pennsylvania.〔 Hilton traveled to Boston at the age of 17 and married nineteen-year-old Lavinia M. Ames on April 1, 1825 in Boston;〔Massachusetts Marriages〕 they would have three sons and two daughters.〔1860 Federal Census for Sixth Ward of the City of Boston〕 By 1830, John T. Hilton had a storefront for a hairdressing shop; the store also included his employment agency, retail sales, furniture commission sales and local event ticket sales.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Reminiscences, Nancy Prince, July 1894, by An Old Bostonian )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John T. Hilton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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