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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Clark County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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E. H. Hill, farmer and stock-raiser, Amity, Ark. Among the many estimable citizens of Clark County who have been unusually successful in their different callings stands the name of E. H. Hill, who is one of the progressive and substantial farmers of his community. He was born in Georgia in 1881, and his father, E. S. Hill, who was of Irish descent, was also a native of that State. The mother was of Scotch and English extraction. E. H. Hill was reared in his native State, received a moderate education, and at the age of seventeen years came to Arkansas, where he started out for himself in 1858 by farming. This he has followed successfully ever since, and is now the owner of 315 acres of land, which produces about one half bale of cotton to the acre. He raises small fruit and vegetables, and is very comfortably fixed indeed. In 1861 he enlisted in McCullough's brigade, Company E. and his first engagement was at Elkhorn. Soon after this he was taken sick, and after recovering was sent to the Trans-Mississippi Department, and was in Gen. Price's raid through Missouri. He participated in many battles and skirmishes, but was never wounded nor captured. He surrendered at Washington, Hempstead County. After the war Mr. Hill resumed farming, which he followed for nine years, and then went to the Lone Star State (Johnston County), near the present site of Cleburne, where he remained four years. He then removed to Arkansas, and settled on his present property. He is a single gentleman, and his sister "keeps house" for him. Mr. Hill is one of the leading Democrats of that locality, and contributes freely to all public enterprises.

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This family biography is one of 99 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Clark County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Clark County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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