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Hill, Whitmell
congressman, was born Feb. 12, 1743, in Bertie county, N. C.
He was a delegate to the congresses at Hillsborough and Halifax in 1775 and 1776; was lieutenant-colonel of the Coventry militia; and delegate to the continental congress from 1778 to 1781; and was frequently a member of the house and senate of North Carolina previous to 1785. He died Sept. 26, 1797, in Hill's Ferry, N. C.
Hill, William D
lawyer, congressman, was born Oct. 1, 1833, in Nelson county, Va. He was mayor of Springfield, Ohio, in 1860; and was a representative in the state legislature in 1866, 1867, 1868 and 1869. In 1875 he was appointed superintendent of insurance for the state, and served three years. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the fortysixth congress; and was also elected to the forty-eighth and forty-ninth congresses.
Hill, William H
lawyer, jurist, congressman. He was a representative in congress from North Carolina from 1799 to 1803; and was also appointed judge of the United States district court for the district of North Carolina. He died in 1809.
Hillard, George Stillman
lawyer, author, was born Sept. 22, 1808, in Machias, Maine. He was a lawyer of Boston; and the author of Life of General McClellan; Life of George Ticknor; and Six Months in Italy. He also published a series of school readers and an edition of Spenser. He died Jan. 21, 1879, in Boston, Mass.
Hillegas, Michael
United States treasurer, was born in 1729 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was the first United States treasurer. He died Sept. 29, 1804, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Hillen, Solomon
JR., lawyer, legislator, congressman, was born in 1813 in Baltimore county, Md. He served in the Maryland legislature in 1834 and 1838; and was elected mayor of Baltimore in 1842 to fill a vacancy, and was re-elected for two years. He was a representative in congress from the state of Maryland from 1839-41.
Hiller, Alfred
soldier, educator, clergyman, college president, was born April 22, 1831, near Sharon Springs, N. Y.
In 1881 he was elected president of Hartwick Theological seminary and professor of systematic theology.
Hillern, Bertha Von
artist, was born Aug. 4, 1857, in Germany. She devoted herself to the study of art, which she has since pursued as a profession in Boston. Among her pictures are The Monk Felix, from Longfellow's Golden Legend; and Evening Prayer at the Wayside Shrine, Germany.
HILLHOUSE, AUGUSTUS LUCAS, hymnist, was born Dec. 9, 1791, in New Haven, Conn. He was the author of the hymn Trembling before Thine Awful Throne. He died March 14, 1859, in France.
Hillhouse, George A
lawyer, state senator, was born June 27, 1864, in Smithville, Ark. He is a successful lawyer of Newport, Ark., and served with distinction as a member of the Arkansas state senate.
Hillhouse, James Abram
author, poet, was born Sept. 26, 1789, in New Haven, Conn. He was a dramatic poet of New Haven. His ambitious, heavy dramas, Percy's Masque, Hadad, Demetria, were once extravagantly praised, but have long been hopelessly dead. Dramas, Discourses, and Other Pieces appeared in 1839. He died Jan. 5, 1841, in New Haven, Conn.
Hillhouse, William
lawyer, jurist, was born Aug. 25, 1728, in Montville, Conn. He was a delegate from Connecticut to the continental congress from 1783 to 1786. He died Jan. 12, 1816, in Montville, Conn.
Hilliard, Francis
lawyer, jurist, author, was born about 1808, in Cambridge, Mass. He was a jurist of Boston, and the author of The Law of Taxation; The Law of Vendors and Purchasers; The Law of Mortgages; The Law of Torts; Law of Injunctions; Law of New Trials; Law of Contracts; Law of Bankruptcy; American Jurisprudence; and American Law, a Comprehensive Summary. He died Oct. 9, 1878, in Worcester, Mass.