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Hill, Joseph – Hill, Walter Henry

Hill, Joseph

merchant, state senator, was born in Ireland. He has been prominently identified with the organization of the people's party in Lewis county, Wash.; and in 1896 was elected to the state senate.

Hill, Nathaniel Peter

educator, business man, United States senátor, was born Feb. 13, 1832, in Orange county, N.

Y. He graduated from the Brown university of Providence, R. I.; and was professor of chemistry in that institution during 1857-64. During 1864-97 he has been manager of various large enterprises in Colorado, with headquarters at Denver. During 1879-85 he served with distinction as United States senator.

Hill, Nicholas

lawyer, author, born Oct. 16, 1806, in Montgomery county, N.

Y. He was appointed state law reporter in 1841. He published New York Reports, 1841-44, in seven volumes. He died May 1, 1859.

Hill, Ralph

lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 12, 1827, in Johnson, Ohio.

He was elected a representative from Indiana to the thirty-ninth congress.

Hill, Richard

merchant, statesman, was born in Maryland. He was elected to the assembly of Pennsylvania in 1710, and served in this body continuously until 1721, being three times speaker. He died Sept. 4, 1729, in Philadelphia, Pa.

Hill, Robert Andrews

lawyer, jurist, was born March 25, 1811, in Iredell county, N. C. He was elected a constable, and in 1836 a justice of the peace. In 1847 he was elected a circuit attorney general and held the office until 1854.

Soon afterward he removed to Mississippi, and was made a judge of probate. In 1866 he was appointed United States judge for the district of Mississippi.

Hill, Robert H

educator, college president, was born April 9, 1856, in Alabama. In 1880 he went to Waco, Texas, and opened Hill's Business college, and this college ranks with the first of its kind in the United States.

Hill, Samuel

railroad president, was born May 13, 1857, in North Carolina.

He is president of the Eastern railway of Minnesota.

Hill, Theophilus Hunter

lawyer, author, poet, was born Oct. 31, 1836, in Raleigh, N. C. He is a lawyer of Raleigh, N. C.; and the author of Hesper, and Other Poems, the first book copyrighted by the confederate government; and Passion Flower, and Other Poems.

Hill, Thomas

congressman, was born in Pennsylvania. He was a representative in congress from that state from 1824 to 1826.

Hill, Uriah C

musician, was born about 1802 in New York. Having been engaged as leader of the Sacred Music society, he brought out Handel's Messiah in St. Paul's chapel in 1831. This was the first performance of an entire oratorio in New York. He died in September, 1875, in Paterson, N. J.

Hill, Walter Henry

clergyman, educator, author, was born Jan. 21, 1822, in Lebanon, Ky. He is a Roman catholic clergyman and educator of Chicago; a professor in St. Louis university in 1864- 65 and 1871-84; and the author of Elements of Philosophy; Ethics or Moral Philosophy; and Historical Sketch of St.

Louis University.