My Genealogy Hound

J. W. Hill, the proprietor of the Eureka Springs Transfer and Stables, was born in Pike County, Ill., in 1855, and was reared in his native State. His father, Joseph Hill, was a carpenter, who died in Illinois in 1867. The mother, Mary Hill, also died in Illinois, when our subject was eighteen years of age, since which time he has been upon his own resources. He first worked as a farm hand, at $15 per month, after which he drove a carriage for a hotel for three years at a meager salary. He then worked in a store as delivery clerk until 1875, when he engaged in the restaurant business in his native county, and continued for six years. Thence he came to Eureka Springs, and purchasing a team and carriage, he used them in the transfer business. After one year he added another team to his possessions, and from this germ the business has grown to its present dimensions. In 1887 he added extensive additions to his stables, which were built in 1886. They now have 96 feet front, with 70 feet depth, and capacity for fifty-three horses. Forty horses are constantly used in the business. Mr. Hill has a special contract with the Eureka Springs Railroad Company and the Eureka Improvement Company, also with the mail service and express company. Besides this he does an extensive livery business, and has the largest capital invested of any single individual of the city. On October 7, 1879, he was united in marriage with Annie Harshman, of Illinois, who bore to him one son, Emmett. This wife died ten months after their marriage, and in 1883 Mr. Hill was married, in Chicago, to Ada M. Foster, of that city. One daughter, Leila, has been born to this union. Politically Mr. Hill is a Democrat. He is a highly respected citizen of the county, and a member of the I. O. O. F.