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Hills, Frederick Clark

soldier, railroad president, was born Jan. 22, 1842, in Bethersden, Kent, Eng. In 1849 he moved with his parents to Oneida county, N. Y. He received his education in the district schools, and at the academy of Vernon, New York. During the civil war he served as a soldier in company E, one hundred and seventeenth regiment New York infantry; and has been past post commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. He has been general freight and passenger agent, general traffic manager, and superintendent of the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad company and other roads during 1868-81.

He has also been the general manager and president of the Sioux City and Northern Railroad company; and of the Sioux City, O'Neill and Western Railway company.

He served two terms as president of the Sioux City board of education; and has filled various other public positions of trust in his county and state.