John W. HILLL 2828, Unknown Co.
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John W. HILLL 2828, Unknown Co.
| Sandi Gorin (View posts) | Posted: 9 Feb 1999 12:00PM GMT |
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Surnames: Hill, McKinley, Russell
"History Of Greene And Sullivan Counties, State Of Indiana, From The Earliest Time To The Present; Together With Interesting Biographical Sketches, Reminiscences, Notes, Etc." Chicago: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers. 1884. Sullivan Co., In., Hamilton Twp. p 727. Unknown County.
JOHN W. HILL was reared and educated in Sullivan, his native county, his birth occurring January 9, 1822, the third in a family of twelve. He located on his present farm of 220 acres in the fall of 1845, and here has since lived and farmed. He made his first money by working at the carpenter trade, which occupation he followed more or less for eight years. In 1856, he owned and operated a saw mill. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and is politically a Republican. March 30, 1843, he married Miss Jane, daughter of James and Mary (McKinley) Russell, natives of Kentucky. This lady was born in Spencer County, that State, July 17, 1821. They have had eight children--James H., Mary J., Nancy A., Sarah M., Joseph R., Albert P. and Narcissus and Rebecca T., deceased. The parents of Mr. Hill were Hardy and Mary Hill, natives respectively of Kentucky and Virginia. The father was born February 16, 1794, and died March 28, 1876; the mother died November 19, 1858, in her sixty-fourth year. They were married in Kentucky in 1818. The father enlisted in the war of 1812, and was captured on the River Raisin and imprisoned for six weeks. He was a pioneer of this county and a farmer by occupation.
JOHN W. HILL was reared and educated in Sullivan, his native county, his birth occurring January 9, 1822, the third in a family of twelve. He located on his present farm of 220 acres in the fall of 1845, and here has since lived and farmed. He made his first money by working at the carpenter trade, which occupation he followed more or less for eight years. In 1856, he owned and operated a saw mill. He is a member of the Baptist Church, and is politically a Republican. March 30, 1843, he married Miss Jane, daughter of James and Mary (McKinley) Russell, natives of Kentucky. This lady was born in Spencer County, that State, July 17, 1821. They have had eight children--James H., Mary J., Nancy A., Sarah M., Joseph R., Albert P. and Narcissus and Rebecca T., deceased. The parents of Mr. Hill were Hardy and Mary Hill, natives respectively of Kentucky and Virginia. The father was born February 16, 1794, and died March 28, 1876; the mother died November 19, 1858, in her sixty-fourth year. They were married in Kentucky in 1818. The father enlisted in the war of 1812, and was captured on the River Raisin and imprisoned for six weeks. He was a pioneer of this county and a farmer by occupation.