Fred P. Hill of Plaistow, NH Biography from A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire (1915)

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Source: A History of Rockingham County, New Hampshire and Representative Citizens
         by Charles A. Hazlett, Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., Chicago, Ill, 1915

Page 885

     FRED P. HILL, who is of an old and well known family of Plais-
tow, is engaged in farming operations at his place, and in addition is
treasurer of the New Humberland Silver Black Fox Company of Prince
Edward Island.  He was born in Sandown, N. H., December 16, 1867,
and is a son of George W. and Lizzie L. (Smith) Hill.  His grandfather,
Samuel S. Hill, was a brick manufacturer in Plaistow and Haverhill,
and for a time was a representative in the State Legislature.
     George W. Hill, father of the subject of this sketch, was born in
Bedford, N. H., and was a boy when his family moved with him to
Plaistow.  He was a mason by trade and also learned the shoe business.
He was married to Lizzie L. Smith, and they had the following chil-
dren: Mary A., born in February, 1865, who is the wife of Albert
Clifton; Samuel, who died at the age of two years; and Fred P.
     Fred P. Hill was but a child when his parents moved to Plaistow,
N. H., from Sandown.  He received an educational training in public
and private schools, and then began work in the shoe business.  He
now is engaged in farming; and also in raising silver black foxes in
Prince Edward Island.  As above mentioned, he is treasurer of the
North Humberland Silver Black Fox Company, which operates on an
extensive scale.  They sell foxes for from twelve thousand to twenty
thousand dollars per pair; and receive from seven hundred to five
thousand dollars for pelts.  Mr. Hill has been active in the affairs of
Plaistow, serving four years as selectman and tax collector, and as repre-
sentative during the sessions of 1909 and 1911.  In 1912 he was delegate
to the constitutional convention.
     In 1900 Mr. Hill was joined in marriage with Miss Nettie E. Lord,
who died in 1906.  Mr. Hill formed a second union with Miss Lucy
Currier, daughter of George Currier, of Prince Edward Island.  They
have a comfortable home in Plaistow, and are surrounded by many
friends.