Webster County, West Virginia    Biography of Lee Otis HILL, M. D.

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., 
Chicago and New York, Volume III, pg. 65-66

LEE OTIS HILL, M. D., is established in the general prac-
tice of his profession at Camden on Gauley, Webster County,
and the scope and representative character of his practice
clearly denotes the high estimate placed upon him in the
community.

Doctor Hill was born in Nicholas County, this state,
February 23, 1881, and is a son of John and Rebecca
(Rader) Hill, both likewise natives of that county, where
they were reared and educated and where their marriage
was solemnized. John Hill continued as one of the sub-
stantial citizens and representative farmers of Nicholas
County until his death, in 1921, and his widow still remains
on the old homestead farm. Mr. Hill was a man of sterling
character and marked individuality, was a democrat in poli-
tics and was an active member of the Baptist Church, as is
also his widow. Doctor Hill is one of the four children who
survive the honored father; Viola is the wife of George W.
Herold, of Cowen, Webster County; Agnes is the wife of
Dr. D. P. Kessler, of Weston, Lewis County; and Mintie is
the wife of W. E. Gardner, of Cowen.

As a boy Doctor Hill began to assist in the various
activities of the home farm, and in the meanwhile he made
good use of the advantages offered in the local schools.
He later attended normal school at Summersville and
Marshall College at Huntington, West Virginia. After
completing his literary studies he was soon able to follow
along the line of his ambition, as shown in his entering
the College of Physicians and Surgeons in the City of
Baltimore, Maryland, in which institution he was graduated
as a member of the class of 1905 and with the degree of
Doctor of Medicine. The village of Camden on Gauley has
continuously been the stage of his successful professional
activities, and here he has built up a substantial and repre-
sentative practice. He is a member of the Webster County
Medical Society, the West Virginia State Medical Society
and the American Medical Association. The democratic
party receives his loyal allegiance, and in the Masonic
fraternity he is affiliated with Camden Lodge No. 107,
A. F. and A. M.; Sutton Chapter No. 29, R. A. M.; and
Sutton Commandery No. 16, Knights Templar.

In 1903 was solemnized the marriage of Doctor Hill and
Miss Jennie S. McCue, who attended Marshall College and
had been a successful and popular teacher prior to her
marriage. Doctor and Mrs. Hill have two children: George
and Robert, the elder son being, in 1922, a student in the
high school.