A. D. Hildreth
A. D. Hildreth, the enterprising general superintendent at Lima of the Prudential Insurance Company of America, is a prominent and highly esteemed citizen of this city, who may always be depended upon to lend his influence and substantial support to any enterpise which has for its object the welfare of the place. He is a son of David Hildreth, who has devoted his life to agricultural pursuits in Union County, Ohio, where he is still living in the 84th year of his age. Born and reared in Union County, our subject received there the rudiments of his education, supplementing it with four years in the college at Delaware.
In January, 1896, soon after leaving college, Mr. Hildreth located in Columbus, Ohio, where he at once became an agent for the Prudential Insurance Company. In a short time his ability received recognition and reward by his promotion to the office of assistant superintendent of the company, with headquarters at Columbus. Three years later he was placed in charge of the general offices at Lima, with supervision over a territory consisting of 11 counties. These offices were established in Lima in 1893, and were in charge of E. Newman until September 25, 1899, when Mr. Hildreth was made general superintendent. He has branch offices at St. Marys, Findlay, Van Wert, Defiance and Bowling Green, requiring eight assistant superintendents and 40 agents to handle the large volume of business which does an extensive business, both in industrial and ordinary insurance, and is one of the strongest companies in the field.
Mr. Hildreth was married, in 1890, to Minnie Baker, a daughter of Lyman G. Baker, a retired farmer of Marysville, Ohio. They have one child, Harold A. Mr. Hildreth is a stockholder in the Columbus Savings & Trust Company, and also has other interests in that city. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, and an earnest Christian who takes a leading part in the work of the Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church and Sunday School. He is also deeply interested in the progress of the Y. M. C. A., being vice-president of the Y. M. C. A. parliament, a member of the board of directors of that institution and chairman of the membership committee.