Brief Life History of Millard Houston
Millard Houston Hill was born in April 1860, in Alabama, United States. He married Myrtle Belle Howell on 23 August 1888, in Hardin, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in McNairy, Tennessee, United States for about 25 years and Civil District 6, McNairy, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 2 March 1949, in Hardin, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Shiloh, Hardin, Tennessee, United States.
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Sources (13)
- Millard H Hill, "United States Census, 1930"
- Legacy NFS Source: Houston Hill - birth: April 1869; Alabama, United States
- Houston Hill, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
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World Events (8)
1862 · Battle of Shiloh
The battle of Shiloh took place on April 6, 1862 and April 7, 1862. Confederate soldiers camp through the woods next to where the Union soldiers were camped at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. With 23,000 casualties this was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War up to this point.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
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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