Biography of Charles Walter Hill, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 19 Nov 2008
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The story of the life of Charles Walter Hill, prominent land owner of Heth,
Arkansas, who passed on to his reward on Apr. 5, 1949, is the story of
outstanding success by a self made man. Mr. Hill was born in Wynne in Cross
County, in 1872, the son of the late John and Betty Hill. All his life. he lived
close to the soil for it was his choice and good fortune to be of that essential
class of men who have since the beginning of Man, been the backbone of any way
of life-a farmer. Besides farming, he was a partner in the firm Hill & Clark
Mercantile Store and was part owner of Hill Gin Co. On Apr. 15, 1931, he married
Mrs. Frankie Castleberry of Burnt Cane, Ark. He is survived by his wife and a
son and a stepson and three grandchildren.


SOURCE:
HISTORY of ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, 1954 - Robert W. Chowning

Copyright, with Permission: Weston McCollum Lewey, Publisher
-Times Herald Publishing-Forrest City, Arkansas