Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Hill, Charles A 1836 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

Charles A. Hill, farmer, P. O. Wauponsee, is a native of New Hampshire, born 
September 18, 1836; son of Capt. Alfred and Ann (Lea) Hill. He is a descendant 
of Peter Hill, one of the passengers of the Mayflower in 1620. His father, 
Capt. Alfred Hill, was a seaman, being a captain from the time he was twenty-
one years old until the time of his death, which occurred at the wreck of the 
steamship Rhode Island, when four days out from New York, bound for San 
Francisco, Cal. His mother's ancestry dates back to the nobility of England. 
She was lost at sea in the wreck of the steamship Home, seven miles off the 
coast of Charleston, S. C., her husband saving his life on this occasion by 
swimming ashore. Subject was raised in Oneida County, N. Y., by his 
grandparents (Lea). He married at Verona, Oneida County, N. Y., March 5, 1856, 
Miss Sarah E. Overocker, daughter of Jacob E. and Betsey Overocker. She was 
born in New York January 8, 1832. They have a family of three children - Annie 
L., born October 20, 1860, married to E. W. Overocker November 11, 1878; Clara 
A., born August 18, 1867, and Ada B., born July 20, 1869. Mr. Hill came to 
Grundy County in March, 1859, and has since been a resident of the county. 
Since 1866, he has lived in Vienna Township, where he owns a farm of 160 acres 
in Sections 2 and 11, his residence being Hill's Park Station. Mrs. Hill is a 
member of the Congregational Church of Wauponsee Grove.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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