Brief Life History of David
David Hill was born in 1927, in Kentucky, United States as the son of John Lacy Hill and Belma Brown. He married Betty Jean Beers on 1 November 1949, in Greenup, Greenup, Kentucky, United States. He lived in West Portsmouth, Washington Township, Scioto, Ohio, United States in 1940. He died in 1993, in Dayton, Montgomery, Ohio, United States, at the age of 66.
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- David Hill in household of John Lacy Hill, "United States Census, 1940"
- David Hill, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
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World Events (8)
1927
Charles Lindbergh makes the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in his plane The Spirit of St. Louis.
1936 · The Last Public Hanging in Kentucky
The hanging of Rainey Bethea on August 14,1936, in Owensboro, Kentucky was the last pubic hanging in the state and the United States. Anywhere from 15,000-20,000 people showed up for this event. The media was all over the hanging since the Sheriff of Davies county was a female, even though she did not pull levers. Because of the media coverage and the circus it caused, this was the last hanging.
1952 · Atomic Energy Plant is Built Near Paducah
The atomic energy plant near Paduch, Kentucky was built in 1952. It produced enriched uranium and later nuclear fuel for commercial power plants.
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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