John Wesley Cayson Hill

Brief Life History of John Wesley Cayson

John Wesley Cayson Hill was born on 1 March 1897, in Okolona, Chickasaw, Mississippi, United States as the son of Dovie Ellen McMurray. He had at least 1 son with Amanda Mason. He lived in Shannon, Lee, Mississippi, United States in 1910 and Lee, Mississippi, United States in 1940. He died on 27 December 1985, in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, United States.

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John Wesley Cayson Hill
1897–1985
Floyd Hill
1920–1955
Carl Hill
1921–
Lois Hill
1935–

Sources (6)

  • John C Hill, "United States Census, 1940"
  • John Hill, "United States Social Security Death Index"
  • John Hill in entry for Clifton Hill, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"

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World Events (8)

1898 · War with the Spanish

After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

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.

1920

The Prohibition Era. Sale and manufacture of alcoholic liquors outlawed. A mushrooming of illegal drinking joints, home-produced alcohol and gangsterism.

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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