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HILL, BRYAN, BEARDEN



J. B. HILL, jeweler of Fayetteville, Tenn., was born in Lincoln County,

Tenn., in 1832, son of Ebenezer and Mary T. (BRYAN) HILL.  The father was

born in Mason, N. H., October 14, 1791, and died at the residence of his

son, in Manchester, May 16, 1875.  At the age of fourteen he went to

Amherst and worked in a printing office.  He then went to Troy, N. Y., and

while there enlisted in the war of 1812, and served until the close.  He

went to Huntsville, Ala. in 1819 and the following year came to

Fayetteville, where he has continued to reside with the exception of two

years.  In March, 1823, he began the publication of a weekly paper called

the "Village Messenger", which he continued to issue until July 18, 1828.

In 1825, with his brother J. B. HILL, he issued the first number of "Hill's

Almanac", which grew into popularity until 1862, when the war prevented its

continuance.  It was considered an almost indispensable article in every

household and office.  In 1833 and 1834 he published the "Independent

Yeoman", a hebdomadal journal, edited by himself.  He published several

works, and established and conducted a circulating library.  He possessed

more than ordinary mental ability, and was a terse and fluent writer, and

his editorials were noted for their shrewd common sense and logic.  He was

married in 1824, and about four years previous to his own death his wife

died.  Our immediate subject, J. B. HILL, was educated in the school of

Fayetteville.  He began learning the jeweler's trade at the age of

twenty-two, and finally wedded Maggie BEARDEN, who has borne him five

children:  Charles B., Mary, Eben, Maggie B. and Emily H.  Maggie is but

six years of age, but is a fine performer on the violin, playing by ear

almost any tune she ever heard with almost perfect time and expression.

Mr. HILL served in the late war in Company C, Forty-first Regiment,

Tennessee Infantry, and was afterward appointed quartermaster-sergeant.

Mr. HILL and wife are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and he

is the leading jeweler of Fayetteville and a much respected citizen.



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