Biographical Sketch of Thomas Hill, Bloomington Township, Buchanan
County, MO

>From "History of Buchanan County, Missouri, Published 1881, St. Joseph
Steam Printing Company, Printers, Binders, Etc., St. Joseph, Missouri.
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Thomas Hill, farmer and stock dealer, section 4, postoffice DeKalb,
was born April 21, 1826, and is a native of White County, Tennessee.
He remained in his native county till fourteen years of age, when he
came to Buchanan County, Missouri, where he has since resided except
from the spring of 1865 till the fall of 1868, during which time he
was engaged in freighting and mining in the mountains. With this ex-
ception he has followed farming from boyhood. He was in the Pawpaw
Militia about three months. His farm contains 455 acres, which is
well improved and well supplied with stock. Mr. Hill was married on
July 30, 1846, to Miss Margaret Norris. She was born in Johnson
County, Missouri on January 8, 1832, and came to Buchanan County in
1839. They have nine children: William, born August 8, 1847; May E.,
born September 18, 1848; Lucy J., born February 23, 1850; John, born
August 25, 1852; James R., born March 1, 1856; Thomas J., born May
23, 1858; Alice, born August 18, 1864; Florence, born January 1, 1869;
and Robert E., born August 25, 1870. Mr. Hill is a Mason and a member
of Wellington Lodge, No. 22.

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