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Jason C. Hill, planter, Poplar Bluff, Ark. Among the many prominent men of Arkansas, who owe their nativity to Alabama, stands the name of Jason C. Hill, who is one of the successful planters of Ashley County. He was born on June 27, 1848, and is a son of Nathaniel and Sarah (Cargal) Hill, both natives also of Alabama. The parents reared a family of eight children—five daughters and three sons—three now living—two sons and one daughter. The brother of our subject, Reuben Hill, resides in Ashley County, and the sister, Lucinda, is the wife of John Lusk, and now resides in Louisiana. The father of these children died in 1849, and the mother in 1869, in Ashley County, Ark. Jason C. Hill moved with his parents to Morehouse Parish, La., when quite young, and, with the exception of two years during the war, remained there until grown. When twenty-one years of age he began farming for himself, working on shares, and the next year rented land, bought a mule, and began tilling the soil in earnest. He resided here three years, and the second year ran another hand to work for him. In 1874 he came to Ashley County, rented the Moore place, on which he remained for five years, and in the spring of 1879 moved on his present property, having purchased eighty acres. He is now the owner of 160 acres in the home place and has eighty acres two miles below him. He has about seventy acres under cultivation, and aside from this he leases and works 125 acres. He also owns and operates a gin and grist-mill, worth about $2,000, and with a capacity of twelve bales per day. His gin has all the modern improvements. In 1870 his nuptials with Miss Pollie Sammon were celebrated, and to them were born eleven children, seven now living—five daughters and two sons: Susan J., Mary A., Ella S., Louisa, Henry, Ossie, Attie, Susie, Early, and twins born dead. Mr. and Mrs. Hill are members of the Methodist Church, and are held in high esteem by all acquainted with them. Mr. Hill is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and the K. of P. at Poplar Bluff, and of the K. of H. at Hamburg. In politics he is strictly Democratic. His principal crops are corn and cotton, averaging from thirty to forty bushels of corn, and frequently over a bale of cotton to the acre.