Sedgwick County KSGenWeb

Portrait And Biographical Album of Sedgwick County, Kan.

Chapman Brothers 1888

Pages 947 - 948

JESSE F. HILL, who is engaged in general farming and stock-raising on section 22, Attica Township, is the son of Jesse F. and Elizabeth (Stone) Hill, and was born June 10, 1823, in Gallia County, Ohio. His parents were natives of South Carolina, where they were married, and moved to Ohio in a very early day. Settling among the heavy timber that at that time clothed the Buckeye State, his father cleared up two farms and endured all the hardships and privations incident to life on the frontier at that time. He was the parent of ten children, nine of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. Their names are as follows: William, who settled in Indiana; Wiley, who lives in Ohio; Burgess was a pilot on the Ohio River, and died while a young man; Jordan was the owner and Captain of a steamboat, and died in Arkansas on the Red River; Lewis is living in Illinois; Seney, the wife of James King, died in Indiana; Sarah, Mrs. John Craig, is now living in Illinois; and Jane, who died at the age of eighteen years. Our subject's mother died when he was but a mere child, and his father married the second time, and had born to him four children, two of whom grew to maturity. The father was a soldier in the War of 1812.

             The subject of this personal history was reared upon a farm in his native county, and received in his youth but little education, as the facilities to obtain such were lacking, free schools not having been established. He remained at home assisting his parents in the labors of the farm until his marriage, which took place May 4, 1861, at which time he wedded Miss Elizabeth Woods, the daughter of Asa and Abbie (Harper) Woods, and a native of Gallie County, Ohio, born in 1824. Shortly after his marriage he removed to Davis County, Iowa, where he was engaged in carrying on agricultural pursuits on a farm of 200 acres of land, which he owned about twenty-five or twenty-six years. By this marriage he was the parent of nine children, four of whom grew to maturity, and three of whom married, viz.: Mary, the deceased wife of George Mudd, left three children, who live in Iowa; Amanda, Mrs. Harvey, living in Illinois; and David, a resident of Iowa. Our subject's wife dying in 1861, he was married for the second time, May 4, 1862, at which time he wedded Miss Angeline Haynes, the daughter of William R. and Eliza (Smith) Haynes, a native of Belmont County, Ohio, born Sept. 27, 1840. Her parents were both natives of the State of Virginia. By this marriage there were three children born: Charles, who died in infancy; Albert, born Oct. 4, 1866; and Frank, whose birth occurred Nov. 17, 1870.

             Mr. Hill, in 1874, disposed of his farm in Iowa, and removed to Kansas, settling in Sedgwick County, and pre-empted 160 acres of land, half of which he has since sold. The improvements upon his property are of a substantial character, and everything manifests the thrift and prosperity of an intelligent farmer. Both he and his worthy wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, having connected themselves with that society in early life. They hold their connection at present with the church of that denomination at Goddard. Mr. Hill is a Jacksonian Democrat, and cast his first Presidential vote for James K. Polk in 1844, and since that day has always affiliated with the Democratic party. He is a highly respected citizen of the community, and an excellent specimen of the genial, hospitable people who are born and reared in the old Buckeye State.

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