John Wesley Hill

Brief Life History of John Wesley

When John Wesley Hill was born on 9 February 1872, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, his father, Henry Randolph Hill, was 28 and his mother, Mary Elizabeth Richardson, was 29. He married Matilda E Gibbons on 17 July 1897, in Lawrence, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 daughters. He lived in Civil District 1, Lawrence, Tennessee, United States in 1920 and Green Hill, Lauderdale, Alabama, United States in 1930. He died on 16 June 1958, in Lauderdale, Alabama, United States, at the age of 86.

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Family Time Line

John Wesley Hill
1872–1958
Rosa Ella Smith
1880–1953
Marriage: 30 September 1901
Agnes Ivery Hill
1903–1970
Bertha I Hill
1904–
James Thomas Hill
1905–1967
David Lewis Hill
1907–1972
Artie Lou Hill
1913–1933
Edgar Lee Hill
1914–1968
Nellie Evelyn Hill
1921–1994

Sources (16)

  • John W Hill in household of Mary E Hill, "United States Census, 1930"
  • J W Hill, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
  • John W. Hill, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

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.

1878 · Yellow Fever Epidemic

When a man that had escaped a quarantined steamboat with yellow fever went to a restaurant he infected Kate Bionda the owner. This was the start of the yellow fever epidemic in Memphis, Tennessee. By the end of the epidemic 5,200 of the residence would die.

1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

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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