Levi Hilbert ¹

   FamilySearch ID: LK64-6GW.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1818 and , , Pennsylvania, USA. ³

2. He has conflicting birth information of Abt 1821 and , , Pennsylvania, USA.

3. Census in 1850 in East Norwegian Twp., Schuylkill County, PA. ² The 1850 census recorded Levi Hilbert, carpenter, 26, living with wife Sarah, 24; Otilla, 5; Isabella, 3; and John, 2. All were born in Pennsylvania. On the same census page is Susan Kepple, 54, with her son William, 18; Emma, 15; and Joseph, 12. Also on the census page are neighbors that likely Levi worked with: boat builder Samauel Gray, 32; and boatman John Gellens, 28.


The census was recorded 2 Oct 1850.

4. Occupation: police officer on 16 Jun 1852 in Port Carbon, Schuylkill, PA. ⁴ The village of Port Carbon was incorporated into a borough by a special act of the Legislature approved by Governor William Bigler on the 23rd of April, 1852. That the town felt the need of an ample police force in those early days is shown by the fact that at a meeting of Council held June 16, following organization, the Chief Burgess named the following as a police force: John Hadesty, Joseph Bowe, Wm. Bright, John Glenn, Samuel Bridgehouse, Bryan Mullen, Robert Smith, Jesse Raudenbush, William Wolffinger, William Dicus, Moses Robinson, Jeremiah Foster, Daniel Devine, John Cooper, Wm. Ecker, Johnson Brown, James Hegins, Joshua Siegfried, Eli Shively, Richard Jones, Walter L. Chillson, Daniel Wintersteen, Solomon Seligman, John Groves, Joseph Lawton, Levi Hilbert, Michael Weand, Philip Huber, Wm. Borger, Uriah Gane, Elias Keller and Frank Bachman. This is by far a larger police force than the town has had ever since, but how they governed the welfare of the town is not stated.

5. Census in 1860 in Port Carbon, Schuylkill, PA. ³ The 1860 census recorded Levi Hibbert [sic - indexed wrong], boat builder, 42, living with wife Sarah, 33; Otilla, 15; Sobdah, 13; John, 11; Susan, 9; and George, 5. All were born in Pennsylvania. Levi's real estate is valued at $600 and personal estate $200. Sarah cannot read. On the same census page is boat builder Samuel Gray, 40; and coach maker Henry Krebs, 35. The post office is Port Carbon. The census was recorded 26 Jun 1860.

6. Census in 1870 in Port Carbon, Schuylkill, PA. ⁵ The 1870 recorded Levey Hilbert, boat builder, 49, living with wife Sarah, 42; Susan, 20; George 17, and son Lewis, 4 months, marked as born in February in the census column. Levey has no real estate value and personal estate worth $300, but his wife Sarah has real estate valued at $600, suggesting they are living on land her family owned. Also in the home is Sarah's mother, Susan Kepley, 72. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. The post office was Minersville. The census was recorded on 17 Aug 1870.

Levi married Sarah Kepley. (Sarah Kepley was born about 1826 in , , Pennsylvania, USA ².)