William Wesley Hill

Brief Life History of William Wesley

When William Wesley Hill was born on 29 January 1868, in Warren, Kentucky, United States, his father, Thomas Porter Hill, was 32 and his mother, Mary Columbia White, was 16. He married Rachael E. Stewart on 27 January 1897, in Warren, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons. He lived in Greencastle, Warren, Kentucky, United States for about 30 years and Magisterial District 8 Greencastle, Warren, Kentucky, United States in 1940. He died on 15 April 1957, in Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 89, and was buried in Riverside, Warren, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

William Wesley Hill
1868–1957
Rachael E. Stewart
1876–1909
Marriage: 27 January 1897
Ernia H Hill
1883–
Speed Hill
1897–1900
George Porter Hill
1899–1957
Homer S. Hill
1900–1900
Arnold Saxton Hill
1901–1951
Robert Frank Hill
1902–1951

Sources (22)

  • William W Hill in household of Thos P Hill, "United States Census, 1870"
  • W W Hill, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1786-1965"
  • William W Hill, "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1963"

World Events (8)

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

1888

Historical Boundaries 1888: Warren, Kentucky, United States

1892 · The Radio is invented

Kentucky native Nathan Stubblefield invented the radio in 1892

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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