From History of Walworth County Wisconsin by Albert Clayton Beckwith, Vol. II, 
Publ. 1912 - Page 950-951
 
HILAS H. DALRYMPLE.  A gentleman of pleasing address and quiet appearance, 
frank and kindly in manner, thus popular with his friends and fellow citizens, 
is the old soldier, Hilas H. DALRYMPLE, living in the city of Delavan, 
Walworth county.  He has according to his friends, let a singularly pure and 
clear life, abstaining from intoxicating liquors and other vices which drag 
men down.  Measured by true standard of excellence, he is an honorable, 
upright, courteous gentleman, true to himself and to others, and his influence 
in the community has always been potent for good.  Like many of the 
enterprising citizens of this county, he hails from the old empire state, but 
the major part of his active life has been spent in the locality of which this 
history treats, having lived to see and take part in the wonderful changes 
that have here taken place in such a comparatively short time, for this 
section is as well developed, much better, in fact, than many of the older 
sections of the Eastern states.  This has been due partly to the richer soil 
of the Badger state and partly to the indomitable enterprise of the people who 
have settled here.
 
Mr. DALRYMPLE was born in Chautauqua county, New York, on April 12, 1840.  He 
is the son of Marcus and Orrila (SHERMAN) DALRYMPLE, who spent the earlier 
years of their live in the state of New York, finally coming to Walworth 
county, Wisconsin, settling in East Delavan, when their son, Hilas H., of this 
sketch, was about twelve years of age, and there they established a good home 
and spent the balance of their lives.
 
The subject was reared on the home farm here and he assisted with the general 
work on the place during his boyhood, and attended the public schools in his 
district during the winter months.
 
Mr. DALRYMPLE has been twice married, first to Helen M. REYNOLDS, on September 
9, 1864.  Her death occurred on February 10, 1898.  This union was without 
issue.  Mr. DALRYMPLE was then married, on July 4, 1900, to Celestia HOLLISTER.  
This union also has been without issue.
 
Mr. DALRYMPLE enlisted in Company K, Forty-ninth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, 
on February 6, 1865, to serve one year, under Capt. A. J. CHENEY.  He saw no 
active service at the front, doing garrison duty, and he was discharged on 
November 8, 1865, at Benton Barracks, Missouri.
 
Returning to Walworth county from Missouri, Mr. DALRYMPLE purchased a farm of 
fifty acres near Lake Como, Walworth county, and here established a very good 
home, which he finally sold and purchased fourteen acres in the city limits of 
Delavan, where he has since resided.  He has a pleasant home here and his land 
is very productive and valuable.  Politically, he is a Republican, and he 
belongs to the Latter-Day Saints church.
 
Submitted by Carol