My Genealogy Hound

HENRY HILL, dealer in farm implements, stock, etc., Covington. Henry, son of John Hill, a native of Maryland, emigrated to Ohio about the year 1803, and located on Stillwater, south of Pleasant Hill, Newton Township, Miami Co. He served in the war of 1812; was Captain in Ft. Greenville. Henry was born in Newton Township June 17, 1823; his early life was spent in helping his father upon the farm; his schooling was very limited. When in his 19th year, he married Miss Amelia, a daughter of Zachariah Green, of Newton Township. From this union they had eight children, of whom five are living. Mrs. Hill died about the year 1860. Mr. Hill was again united in marriage, Oct. 12, 1861, with Mary (Dunham) Mowry. When he began life for himself, he received $300 from his father’s estate, and his father-in-law gave him 70 acres of timber land south of Pleasant Hill; he lived there twenty-two years, and during that time added to his 70 acres, 132 acres more; he opened or cleared 125 acres himself; in 1865, he sold his farm for $9,065, and purchased a farm of 80 acres a short distance west of Covington, where he now resides; he has since added 16 acres to this farm; by industry and economy he has accumulated considerable property; he has a tract of land east of Covington, a lot and warerooms in Covington, and a beautiful residence in Versailles, Darke Co., Ohio. He is dealing extensively in farm implements, machinery of all kinds, etc.