Biography of Tanner G. Hill, Franklin Co, AR

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed
Publishing Co., 1889.

Tanner G. Hill was born in Johnson County, Ark., February 2, 1840. His
father, W. K. Hill, was born in Tennessee, and when a young man came
to Arkansas, settling in Johnson County, where he married Nancy
Harris, a native of North Carolina. He then farmed in Johnson County
until his death in 1845, just previous to his death purchasing the
land upon which our subject now lives. His widow continued to live
upon this farm until her death, March 5, 1887. Tanner G. is the only
child living of a family of three sons and two daughters. He passed
his boyhood upon his father's farm, and August 12, 1860, was married
to Malinda Jane Byrd, daughter of William Byrd, and a native of
Johnson [p.1246] County. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the First
Arkansas Mounted Rifles, Confederate Army. At the battle of
Chickamauga he received a wound which disabled him for several months,
but after his recovery he joined Col. J. F. Hill's regiment of
cavalry, and accompanied Price upon his raid. He was captured in
Kansas upon their return, and held a prisoner until March, 1865. He
then went to Richmond, received a furlough and returned home. Among
other battles he fought at Elkhorn, Farmington, Miss., Murfreesboro,
Chickamauga, Richmond and Pilot Knob. After the war he engaged in
farming. Mrs. Hill died December 22, 1884, leaving seven children:
Amanda E., wife of George Odom; Eliza, Augustus B., Lon., Charles S.,
Ada E. and William C. Five children died in early childhood. One
daughter, Fannie J., died in September, 1879, aged fourteen. February
18, 1885, Mr. Hill was united in marriage in this county to Nancy,
daughter of Jesse Johnson, and a native of Kentucky. This marriage has
been blessed with three children: Rufus, Kinn and Thurman. Mr. Hill
has lived upon the old homestead since his first marriage, and now
owns 200 acres, and forty-five in another tract separate from the
homestead. He is a Master Mason, and himself and wife belong to the
Methodist Protestant Church.