Harvey Lonzo Hill

Brief Life History of Harvey Lonzo

When Harvey Lonzo Hill was born on 13 October 1898, in Mississippi, United States, his father, Andrew L Hill, was 27 and his mother, Mary Jane Hogue, was 27. He had at least 2 daughters with Emmie Watson. He lived in Dyer, Tennessee, United States for about 5 years and Civil District 5, Dyer, Tennessee, United States in 1940. He died on 18 November 1971, in Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 73, and was buried in Fairview Cemetery, Dyersburg, Dyer, Tennessee, United States.

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Family Time Line

Harvey Lonzo Hill
1898–1971
Emmie Watson
1899–1975
Mary Audrey Hill
1925–2021
Myrtie Clytee Hill
1928–2008

Sources (7)

  • H J Hill, "United States Census, 1940"
  • Harvey Lonzo Hill, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Harry L Hill, "United States Census, 1930"

World Events (8)

1900 · Gold for Cash!

This Act set a price at which gold could be traded for paper money.

1907 · Boll Weevil Destroys Most the Cotton Crop

When the boll weevil threatened most the Mississippi Delta, it put the state’s cotton crop in peril. By the time the boll weevil reached Mississippi it had already destroyed four million bales of cotton. This added up to $238 million at the time or about 6 billion in present day. The boll weevil depends on cotton for every stage of its life.

1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

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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