Tuscola County MI Archives Biographies.....Hill, George J. 1833 - 
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Author: Chapman Bros. (1892)

GEORGE J. HILL, one of the prominent business men of Unionville, is carrying on
a flourishing business as a wagon and carriagemaker. His parents are Cheney and
Catherine (Jones) Hill, the former a native of Vermont, and the latter of
Genesee County, N. Y., where the subject of this sketch was also born, May 5,
1833. His grandfather, John Hill, was a Vermonter and a soldier in the War of
1812. He came to Michigan in 1840, and located land in the wilderness. His death
occurred here in 1853, and the father and mother of our subject, who had
followed him here in 1849, died here in July, 1857.

  Our subject grew up on the farm and lived with his father until he reached the
age of twenty-six years. His marriage united him with Harriet J., daughter of
Otis Clark, a native of New York, who was residing in Genesee County at the
time, This happy union was blessed by the birth of three children, two of whom
are living-Minnie, who married Benjamin Brundage and lives in Akron, Mich.; and
Oscar D., who married Amelia Kasemeyer, and makes his home at Unionville.

  In September, 1864, Mr. Hill enlisted in Company H, Twenty-ninth Michigan
Infantry, which regiment was attached to the Army of the Tennessee under Gen.
Thomas, and he served until the close of the war, and was mustered out of
service in September, 1865. He was at the siege of Decatur, Ala., and
participated in various important engagements. He now draws a pension of $17 a
month, which he appreciates in his declining years. His wife died in 1867, and
he now resides with a cousin.

  The political views of Mr. Hill bring him into the Republican ranks, and he
and his family are members of the Baptist Church. He is a member of Bridgeport
Lodge, No. 257, A. F. & A. M., and Caro Chapter, No. 94, R. A. M., and is also
prominent in the R. A. Morford Post, No. 359, G. A. R.

  Oscar D. Hill is associated with his father in the wagon-making business. When
our subject was in the army he had charge of his company, and when his Captain,
Larue Schram, was taken ill and returned home, Lieut. Hill had the command of
the company until the close of the war, but by some carelessness or injustice an
outsider was granted the commission of captain.


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Portrait and Biographical Record of Genesee, Lapeer and Tuscola Counties,
Michigan, Containing Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative
Citizens, Together with Biographies of all the Governors of the State, and of
the Presidents of the United States

Chicago:
Chapman Bros.
1892


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