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Author: E. O. Jameson (1886)

REV. CALVIN GROUT HILL.

CALVIN GROUT HILL, son of George and Sylvia (Grout) Hill, was born May 10, 1842,
in Elmore, Vt. He came to Medway in 1845, graduated at Medway High School,
prepared for college in Andover and Wilbraham, was graduated at Amherst College,
class of 1867, receiving the degree of A. B. From Amherst he went to Attleboro,
Mass., as Principal of the East High School, in which he attained a good
reputation as an instructor. Leaving Attleboro he entered the Theological
Seminary, Bangor, Me., graduated in the class of 1871. During the last year of
the seminary course he was "stated supply" of the Congregational Church in
Dexter, Me., preached afterwards for nine months at Waterville, Me.; declined a
call there and accepted one at Hamilton, Mass., at which place he was ordained
Sept. 5, 1872. From Hamilton he was called to Walpole, Mass.; installed Sept.
27, 1876. He remained pastor of this church somewhat more than five years,
during four of which he was chairman of the board of school committee. Being
dismissed from his pastorate in Walpole Aug. 1, 1881, he accepted a call to the
First Evangelical Church in Milton, Mass., and was installed Feb. 8, 1882, where
he has also been for a number of years a member of the board of school
committee. Dec. 1, 1868, he married Miss Mary A. B. Reed, daughter of Dea. G. B.
Reed, of Rehoboth, Mass. To them were born in Waterville, Nov. 16, 1871, a son,
William Reed Hill, and at Hamilton, May 28, 1874, a daughter, Grace Annie Hill.



Additional Comments:
THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF PROMINENT PERSONS,
AND
The Genealogical Records
OF
MANY EARLY AND OTHER FAMILIES
IN
MEDWAY, MASS. 1713-1886.
Illustrated
WITH NUMEROUS STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS.
BY
E. O. JAMESON,
THE AUTHOR OK "THE COGSWELLS IN AMERICA," "THE HISTORY OF MEDWAY, MASS." ETC.
MILLIS, MASS. 1886.

Copyright, 1886.
E. O. JAMESON, MILLIS, MASS.
All Rights Reserved.

J. A. & R. A. REID, PRINTERS, PROVIDENCE, R. I.


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