Red River County, TX - obituary - David A. Hill **************************************************************** Contributed by Don R. Brownlee Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm **************************************************************** 31 October 1885 Dallas Morning News, p. 1 CLARKSVILLE, Oct. 30 – Mr. David A. Hill was accidentally killed a mile east of town late yesterday evening. He was riding upon several bales of cotton, with which his wagon was loaded and, upon his team becoming frightened and running away, he was thrown off, falling on his face. He recovered sufficiently to crawl out of the way under a tree near the road, but soon died. Mr. Hill was a well respected citizen of Bowie County, coming to Clarksville to sell his cotton