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Welcome to the Hill Family Association's History section on famous and prominent Hills. This part of our History section is devoted to honoring those relatives who have achieved a degree of fame or prominence because of their achievements in such fields as government service (politics), education, entertainment, the arts, science, sports, religion, medicine and other fields of endeavor.
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Mark Langdon Hill was born 30 Jun 1772 in Biddeford, York, Maine (then part of Massachusetts), a son of Jeremiah Hill and Mary Langdon; he was a grandson of Ebenezer Hill, a native of Salem, Ma. and Abiah Snell. He became a merchant and shipbuilder at Phippsburg, Me. He served as an overseer and trustee of Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me., 1796-1842. He was elected to the Maine State House of Representatives and served 1797-1808, 1810, 1813 and 1814. He was elected to the State Senate in 1804 and 1815-1817. He was elected Judge of the Court of Common Pleas in 1810 and served on the General Court of Massachusetts.
Mark was elected from Massachusetts to the House of Representatives of the 16th US Congress and served 1819-1821. When Maine became a state, he was elected to the 17th US Congress from Maine and served 1821-1823. He became postmaster of Phippsburg from 1819-1824 and was appointed collector of customs at Bath, Me. in 1834. He died 26 Nov 1842 at Phippsburg and was buried in the Congregational Church Cemetery there.
Ralph Hill was born 12 Oct 1827 in Trumbull County, Ohio. He attended Kinsman Academy and Grand River Institute, Austinburg, Oh. He taught school in 1847, 1849 and 1850. He studied law at the New York State and National Law School, Ballston, NY and was admitted to the bar in Albany, NY in 1851. He returned to Jefferson, Oh. in 1851 and set up practice there. He established a school in Austinsburg in 1851. He moved to Columbus, In. in 1852 and set up practice there.
Ralph was elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives of the 39th US Congress and served 1865-1867. He died not seek reelection. He was appointed collector of internal revenue for the third district of Indiana, 1869-1875. He moved to Indianapolis in 1879 and set up law practice. He died there 20 Aug 1899 and was buried in Crown Hill Cemetery.
Rick Hill was born 30 Dec 1946 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He graduated from Saint Cloud State University in 1968. He owned a surety bonding business. He became a Republican precinct committeeman and state committeeman from Lewis and Clark County. He served as a member of the board of directors of the Montana Science and Technology Alliance. He was chairman of the Montana State Worker's Compensation Board, 1993-1996.
Rick was elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives of the 105th US Congress and reelected for a second term in 2000, serving 1997-2001. He did not seek reelection in 2000.
Robert Potter Hill was born 18 Apr 1874 near Ewing, Franklin County, Illinois, son of James Beaty Hill and Rebecca A. Spilman. He served as a US Congressman from both Illinois and Oklahoma. He attended Ewing College in 1889. He taught school in Franklin County, IL., 1891-1893 and then graduated from Ewing in 1896. He moved to Marion, IL. that year. He became a justice of the peace in 1899 and then studied law. He was admitted to the bar in 1902 and set up practice in Marion. He served as a police magistrate in 1903, City Attorney from 1910-1912.
Robert was elected as a Democrat to the House of Representatives of the 63rd US Congress and served 1913-1915. He lost a bid for reelection in 1914. He resumed his law practice. He moved to Oklahoma City in 1918 and set up practice there. He was appointed assistant county attorney of Oklahoma County, 1825-1829. He served as Judge of the 13th Judicial District from 1931 to 1936.
Robert was reelected to the US Congress in 1936 and served from 3 Jan 1937 until his death 29 Oct. at Oklahoma City. He was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery there.
Samuel Billingsley Hill was born 2 Apr 1875 in Izard County, Arkansas, a son of William Euan Hill and Margaret Jane Billingsley. He graduated from the law department of the University of Arkansas in 1898 and was admitted to the bar that year. He moved to Waterville, Wa. In 1904 and set up practice there. He became prosecuting attorney of Douglas County from 1907-1911. He was elected Judge of the Superior Court for Douglas and Grant counties, 1917-1924.
Samuel was elected as a Democrat to the House of Representatives of the 68th US Congress and relected to six additional terms, serving 1923 to 1936, when he resigned, when he was appointed to the United States Board of Tax Appeals, now the Tax Court of the United States, on 21 May 1936. He served on the court until his retirement in 1953.
Samuel died 16 Mar 1958 in Bethesda, Md. and was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC.
Whitmell Hill was born 12 Feb 1743 in Bertie County, North Carolina, a son of John Hill Jr. and Martha Whitmel. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1760. He served in the Revolutionary War for Independence and reached the rank of colonel. He was a farmer. Whitmell was named a delegate to an assembly held at Hillsboro in 1775. In 1776, Whitmell served as a delegate to the State Congress at Halifax, NC which adopted the "Halifax Declaration of Independence", declaring the Royal Colony of North Carolina to be a free, independent republic. While this council was still in session, a copy was received of the Declaration of Independence adopted by the 13 colonies at Philadelphia in July. He was a delegate to the State Constitutional Convention in 1776 and was elected to the North Carolina State House of Commons in 1777. During the Revolutionary War,
Whitmell was elected as a delegate from North Carolina to the Continental Congress and served 1778-1780. He served in the North Carolina State Senate, 1778-1780 and 1785.
Whitmell married Winifred Blount about 1761 and they had at least four children. He owned a large plantation in Martin County at what became known as Hills Ferry. He also operated a mercantile business and owned a number of schooners which operated out of Edenton. He traded with several ports in the West Indies.
He died 26 Sep 1797 and was buried in the Hill Family Cemetery on his estate. He was later disinterred and reburied at Trinity Cemetery near Scotland Neck, Halifax County, NC.
William David Hill was born 1 Oct 1833 in Nelson County, Virginia. He attended Antioch College. He moved to Springfield, Ohio where he published the "Ohio Press" newspaper in 1858. He studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1859. He set up practice in Springfield. He was elected Mayor and served 1861-1863. He was elected to the Ohio State House of Representatives and served 1866-1870. He served as a member of the Board of Education of Defiance, Ohio. He served as Ohio Superintendent of Insurance 1875-1878. He was a delegate to the Democratic Party National Conventions of 1880 and 1888.
William was elected as a Democrat to the House of Representatives of the 46th US Congress and served 1879-1881. He was again elected to Congress and served 1883-1887. During his tenure, he served as Chairman of the Committee on Territories. He lost a bid for reelection in 1886 and returned to his law practice at Defiance. He moved to Kalispell, Montana in 1891 and returned to Defiance in 1896 to resume his law practice. He served as Defiance City Solicitor 1903-1905. He died 26 Dec 1906 near Litchfield, IL. while making a trip to Los Angeles, Ca. He was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Defiance.
William Henry Hill was born 1 May 1767 in Columbus County, North Carolina, a son of William Hill and Margaret Moore. He attended public schools in Boston, Ma. and later studied law there. He was admitted to the bar and set up practice in North Carolina. President George Washington appointed him United States District Attorney for North Carolina in 1790. He was elected to the NC State Senate in 1794.
William was elected as a Federalist to House of Representatives of the 6th and 7th US Congress and served 1799-1803. He was appointed Judge of the United States District Court for the District of North Carolina by President John Adams but the appointment was withdrawn by President Thomas Jefferson. William returned to his estate near Wilmington and farmed there until his death in 1809. He was buried in the Hill Family Cemetery on his farm, "Hillton".
William Henry Hill was born 23 Mar 1877 in Plains, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, a son of William J. Hill and Elizabeth Sowden. He graduated from high school at Binghamton, NY. He was elected Mayor of Lestershire (now Johnson City), NY and served 1898-1901. He served as postmaster of Lestershire from 1902-1910. He became editor and publisher of the "Record" newspaper at Johnson City from 1898-1921. William was elected to the New York State Senate and served 1914-1918.
William was elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives of the 66th US Congress and served 1919-1921. He did not seek reelection. He served as a delegate to the Republican National Conventions of 1924, 1928, 1932, 1940 and 1944.
He was appointed a member of the New York State Parks Commission by Governor Smith in 1925 and elected chairman of the commission in 1928. He served as vice chairman of the New York Hoover-for-president committee in 1928. He was vice chairman of the Republican Campaign Committee in the East in 1932. William served as a member of the Republican State Executive Committee. He also served as a trustee of Syracuse University.
He continued as a newspaper publisher until 1960. He lived in Binghamton, NY until his death there 24 Jul 1972. He was buried in Riverhurst Cemetery, Endicott, NY.
W
illiam Silas Hill was born 20 Jan 1886 in Nemaha County, Kansas, a son of Sebastian Cabot Hill and Mary Francis Longley. He attended Kansas State Normal College at Emporia, Ks. and Colorado State College of Agriculture at Fort Collins, Co. He homsteaded ner Cheyenne Wells, Co. from 1907-1915. He served as Superintendent of Cache la Pondre Consolidated School of Larimer County 1919-1922. He became secretary of the Colorado State Farm Bureru in 1923. He was elected to the Colorado State Senate and served 1924-1926.William was elected as a Republican to the House of Representatives of the 77th US Congress and reelected to 8 additional terms, serving from 1941-1959. During his tenure, he served as chairman of the Select Committee on Small Business. He did not seek reelection in 1958. He retired and operated a farm southwest of Fort Collins until 1969. He was a delegate to the Republican Party National Convention in 1964.
William died 28 Aug 1972 in Fort Collins. He was buried in Grandview Cemetery.
Wilson Shedric Hill was born 19 Jan 1863 near Lodi, Choctaw County, Mississippi, a son of Samuel Hill and Elizabeth Witty. He attended the University of Mississippi and graduated in 1884 from the law department of Cumberland University, Lebanon, Tn. He was admitted to the bar the same year and set up practice in Winona, Ms. He was elected to the Mississippi State House of Representatives in 1885. He became District Attorney for the 4th Judicial District of Mississippi and served 1891-1903. He served as a member of the Winona City Council 1892-1894.
Wilson was elected as a Democrat to the House of Representatives of the 58th US Congress and to two additional terms, serving 1903-1909. He lost a bid for reelection in 1908 and returned to his law practice in Greenwood, Ms. He served as a delegate to the Democratic Convention in 1912. He was District Attorney for the Northern Judicial District from 1914-1921.
Wilson died 14 Feb 1921 at Greenwood. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Winona.
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