Brief Life History of John William Walker
When John William Walker Hill was born on 23 May 1853, in Ball Ground, Murray, Georgia, United States, his father, Andrew Hudlow Hill, was 20 and his mother, Mariah Barrett, was 20. He married Lyda Tennessee "Tennie" Welch on 25 December 1878, in Hamilton, Texas, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Justice Precinct 2, Mills, Texas, United States in 1900 and Des Moines, Union, New Mexico, United States in 1920. He died on 28 November 1934, in Seguin, Guadalupe, Texas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Center City Cemetery, Center City, Mills, Texas, United States.
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- John W W Hill in household of William H Welsh, "United States Census, 1880"
- J W Hill, "Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977"
- John W Hill, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"
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World Events (8)
1857
Historical Boundaries 1857: Dawson, Georgia, United States
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1875 · A Treaty with Hawaii
In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
Name Meaning
English: topographic name for someone who lived on or by a hill, from Middle English hill, hell, hull ‘hill’ (Old English hyll). Compare Hiller . This surname is also very common among African Americans.
English: possibly in some cases from the personal name Hille, a pet form of some name such as Hilger or Hillary .
German: from a short form of Hildebrand or any of a variety of other names, male and female, containing ancient Germanic hild ‘battle’ as the first element.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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