Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Hill, Daniel J. 1925
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Ionia County News, 22 Jan 1925

Boston Pioneer Passes Away At Ionia Tuesday At Ripe Age of 87 Years.

Daniel J. Hill, Civil War Veteran, Answers Last Roll Call; Mrs. D. W. Lind, a 
Niece.

One of the grand old men of Ionia county passed away Tuesday morning at 3 
o’clock, when the demise of Daniel J. Hill, 87, pioneer resident of Boston 
township, occurred at the home of his niece, Mrs. D. W. Lind, 325 Lafayette 
street.  He had been ill since last September from kidney trouble and had lived 
at the Lind home since his wife died, 18 months ago.

The funeral was held on Thursday afternoon at 1 o’clock from his old home in 
Boston township and interment was made at South Boston cemetery.  Rev. Fred 
Williams, pastor of Clarksville Congregational church, was in charge.  A prayer 
service was held at the Lind residence, in charge of Rev. C. J. Kruse, before 
the body was taken to the homestead.

The pallbearers Thursday were:  Isaac Filkins, Charles Ayers, Ralph McDairmid, 
N. W. Stuart, Ray Lenhard and Jesse Hazen, friends of the deceased.

He was born in Pittsfield, Mass., on May 12, 1837, and came to Ionia county 
when 18 years of age to live with his sister, Mrs. George H. Tucker, one of the 
early Boston township settlers.  He enlisted in the Third Michigan Cavalry in 
1861 and served for the duration of the Civil war.  He was mustered out as a 
duty sergeant. 

During his service in the conflict, he forwarded home enough money to buy the 
eighty-acre farm he owned at the time of his death in Boston township.  
Following the war, he was married to Anne C. Haines of Boston township.

He is survived by only a few nieces and nephews.  He had been a member of the 
Saranac G. A. R. post until it disbanded a few years ago.


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