Biographical Sketch of Jacob R. Hiller, Crawford County, Missouri

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Jacob R. Hiller, farmer and proprietor of the Steelville Mill, was born
in Illinois in 1862.  His father, E. Hiller, a native of Germany, was
brought to this country when about eight years of age, and was chiefly 
reared in Northern Illinois, where he met and married Miss Mary A. Sch-
reiber, also a native of Germany, who came to this country at the age 
of six years.  Having farmed a while in Illinois, Mr. Hiller moved to
Iowa, where he built and ran four mills, and in 1878 removed to Steel-
ville, MO., where he also built a mill.  The parents are now residents
of Illinois, where he is still engaged at the trade of a miller.  Jacob
R. received a good common school education, and came to Crawford County
with his parents in 1878.  In 1884 he married Miss Vinie, daughter of 
Jason and Mary A. (Harrison) Carr, the former of whom, a native of Ohio
was of German descent.  Mr. Carr located in Crawford County when young,
and here married Miss Harrison, a native of the county, soon after 
settling on the farm which was their home the remainder of their lives.
He was a zealous Mason, but his charities were broader than his frater-
nity.  Mr. Carr died in 1881 at the age of sixty-three years, his wife
having preceded him to the grave in 1876, being forty-one years of age.  
In their family were four children, of whom Mrs. Hiller is the only
survivor.  After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Hiller located at the mill
which he conducted for some time, and they then moved to their present
farm, which is the old Carr place, and consists of 370 acres.  They 
were the parents of one child, Jason E., now deceased.  Mr. Hiller is a
member of the A. O. U. W., and his wife belongs to the Cumberland Pres-
byterian Church.

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