Background
Hilliard, John Northern was born on August 18, 1872 in Palmyra, New York, United States. Son of Allan D. and Augusta (Bortells) Hilliard.
Hilliard, John Northern was born on August 18, 1872 in Palmyra, New York, United States. Son of Allan D. and Augusta (Bortells) Hilliard.
Mainly self-educated.
Went West in early boyhood and lived on ranch. Reporter on old Chicago Press, 1889, Chicago Herald, 1890-1895. Successively literature editor, dramatic critic and editorial writer, The Post Express, Rochester, New York, 1895-1911 (resigned).
Author: The Bear’s Claws (with Grace S.
Mason), 1913.
Married Ida Louise Harrison, 1898. Children: Hamlin (dec), Hilda Harrison, Helen Hope.