Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....Hill, A D 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

A. D. Hill, editor of the Prophetstown Spike, office in Baldwin's Block, is a 
son of Benjamin F. and Rebecca (McElroy) Hill, and was born in Lancaster Co., 
Pa., June 19, 1842. Growing up, he was engaged as clerk in a store, taught 
school, and dealt in coal, lumber, grain, etc., and in July, 1866, came to 
Morrison, this county, where he was employed in buying grain, stock, etc., 
first by himself, and afterward in company with others; taught school; was 
local editor of the Whiteside Sentinel, and finally, in company with Charles 
Bent, established the Prophetstown Spike, issuing the first number of the 
paper Sept. 1, 1871. In October, 1872, he bought out Mr. Bent, and conducted 
the paper alone until 1876, when he formed a partnership with Charles F. 
Gifford in the publication of the Spike and the Tornado, of Tampico, the 
latter paper being established in May of that year. In January, 1878, he sold 
the Spike to John W. Olmstead. In the meantime, in April, 1878, he founded the 
Whiteside Herald, and conducted it for five years. In the fall of 1882 he 
dislocated his ankle, which laid him up for the ensuing winter. The following 
spring, 1883, he returned to Prophetstown and bought the Spike, since which 
time he has conducted it with success, employing usually two assistants. The 
paper is an eight-column folio, four pages, 26x40 inches, Republican in 
politics and devoted to local news. It is ably edited. A good job office is in 
connection with the establishment. Mr. Hill has been a member of the Town 
Council one year; April 21, 1885, he was elected Village Clerk; has taken an 
active part in local politics, having been a Delegate to a number of District, 
County and State Conventions; was a member of the Illinois National Guard five 
years, holding the commission of Lieutenant of the 14th Battalion, with 
headquarters at Moline, Ill., during a portion of that time. Mr. H. is also a 
member of the I. O. O. F. He was married in Morrison, Ill., June 1, 1872, to 
Miss Jane, daughter of John and Martha Beck, and born in Newton Township, this 
county. Mr. and Mrs. Hill have three children, the two eldest born in 
Prophetstown, and the youngest in Morrison. Their names are John B., Martha R. 
and Vio C.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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