Sierra County CA Archives Biographies.....Hill, S. D. 1821 - 
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Author: Fariss & Smith (1882)

S. D. HILL was born in Walpole, New Hampshire, in the year 1821. Two years
afterward his parents moved to Stowe, Massachusetts. When sixteen years old he
began work in a woolen factory at Feltsville, Vermont, where he learned the
trade. In 1846 he bought the mills, and continued the business for himself until
1849. Mr. Hill came to California in the fall of 1850, and mined first at Salem
bar, near Mormon island. In March, 1851, he came to Downieville, and has lived
there since. In 1854, in company with George Webber, he bought the Durgan
saw-mill. In the following year he sold his interest to Webber, and with
Bradburn and Smith built a mill on the South fork, a half-mile above
Downieville. In 1858 he resumed mining, and has been engaged in this occupation
since. In 1859 he located the Slug Canon quartz-lead, which proved very rich. In
1861 he located the Oro mine, near Downieville. He was married in 1842 to Miss
E. A. Giddings of Feltsville, who has borne five children, four of them still
living.

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Illustrated History of Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties

San Francisco: Fariss & Smith
(1882)

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