My Genealogy Hound

GEO. W. HILL, farmer, Sec. 15; P. O. Sabina. Mr. Hill was born in Clermont Co., Ohio, on the 31st day of January, 1838; he emigrated with his parents, when two years of age, and located in Pike Co., Ill. His father, Wm. L., was born in Madison Co., Ky., in the year 1810, and emigrated to Ohio in 1830, where, the following year, he was married to Sarah Salter, who was born in Clermont Co., Ohio; they were the parents of nine children, of whom five are now living. Mr. Hill’s decease occurred in Pike Co., Ill., in the spring of 1865; his wife having died two years previous. The subject of this sketch remained with his father and followed farming until 23 years of age, when, on the 13th of March, 1861, he was united in marriage with Almira J. Cohenour; she was born in Pike Co., Ill., Feb. 15, 1839; her parents emigrated from Pennsylvania to Pike Co., in 1836. Upon the marriage of Mr. Hill, he rented land and followed farming in Pike Co., until 1863, when he came to McLean Co., and, after farming one year in Dry Grove Township, he purchased 140 acres in Bloomington Township, which he improved until 1868, when he sold out and purchased 80 acres of his present place, which now contains 120 acres, and upon which he then located, and where he has since lived. The children of George and Almira Hill were seven in number, of which one is deceased; the living are Wallace H., born Jan. 22, 1862; Erne D., Aug. 30, 1865; Almira J., March 31, 1868; Winnie M., Aug 26, 1870; Nellie, Nov. 16, 1873, and Annie, Feb. 23, 1877; the deceased died in infancy.