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Jacob R. Hiller, farmer and proprietor of the Steelville Mill, was born in Illinois in 1862. His father, E. Hiller, a native of Germany, was brought to this country when about eight years of age, and was chiefly reared in Northern Illinois, where he met and married Miss Mary A. Schreiber, also a native of Germany, who came to this country at the age of six years. Having farmed a while in Illinois, Mr. Hiller moved to Iowa, where he built and ran four mills, and in 1878 removed to Steelville, Mo., where he also built a mill. The parents are now residents of Illinois, where he is still engaged at the trade of a miller. Jacob R. received a good common-school education, and came to Crawford County with his parents in 1878. In 1884 he married Miss Vinie, daughter of Jason and Mary A. (Harrison) Carr, the former of whom, a native of Ohio, was of German descent. Mr. Carr located in Crawford County when young, and here married Miss Harrison, a native of the county, soon after settling on the farm which was their home the remainder of their lives. He was a zealous Mason, but his charities were broader than his fraternity. Mr. Carr died in 1881 at the age of sixty-three years, his wife having preceded him to the grave in 1876, being forty-one years of age. In their family were four children, of whom Mrs. Hiller is the only survivor. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hiller located at the mill, which he conducted for some time, and they then moved to their present farm, which is the old Carr place, and consists of 370 acres. They were the parents of one child, Jason E., now deceased. Mr. Hiller is a member of the A. O. U. W., and his wife belongs to the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.