Hill, John Mcclary – Hillhouse, William
Hill, John Mcclary
journalist, was born Nov. 5, 1821, in Concord, N. H.
He aided his father in the publication of Hill's New Hampshire Patriot till 1847, when it was merged in the New Hampshire Patriot, with which journal he was also connected till 1853, and again in 1868-73.
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, Joshua
lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Jan. 10, 1812, in Abbeville district, S. C. He was elected a representative to the thirtyfifth congress from Georgia; and was reelected to the thirtysixth congress. In 1866 he was appointed collector for the port of Savannah. In 1876 he was appointed a visitor to the West Point academy, as well as a register in bankruptcy; and in 1868 was elected a senator in congress for the term ending in 1873.
He died March 6, 1891, in Madison, Ga.
Hill, Lucy Ann
educator, linguist, author, was born Nov. 10, 1831, in Lowell, Mass. Since her youth she has been engaged in educational work. She spent five years in Europe studying Latin, Italian, French and German; and has since been very successful in teaching those languages. She is the president of the Educational and Industrial Union of Lowell, Mass.; and the author of Rhine Roamings, consisting of descriptions of the beautiful scenery and objects of interest on the Rhine, interspersed with legendary lore.
Hill, Mark Langdon
lawyer, jurist, state senator, congressman, was born June 30, 1772, in Biddeford, Maine. He was at various periods a member of the senate and house of representatives of Massachusetts, a judge of the court of common pleas, member of congress from Massachusetts from 1819 to 1821, and from Maine from 1821 to 1823. He was postmaster at Phippsburg, Maine; collector of the port at Bath, and held several town and county offices. He died Nov. 26, 1842, in Phippsburg, Maine.
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, Thomas
clergyman, educator, inventor, author, was born Jan. 7, 1818, in New Brunswick, N. J. He was president of Harvard university in 1862-68, and held pastorates at Waltham, Mass., and Portland, Maine. He invented several mathematical instruments, one of which is the occultator. He was the author of The Postulates of Religion and Ethics; The Stars and the Earth; The True Order of Studies; Geometry and Faith; Curvature; Jesus the Interpreter of Nature; Christmas, and Poems on Slavery; The Natural Sources of Theology; and In the Woods and Elsewhere. He died Nov. 21, 1891, in Waltham, Mass.
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.
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
soldier, lawyer, congressman, United States senator, was born Oct. 21, 1754, in Montville, Conn. He was commander of the governor's guards in the revolutionary war. He became a representative in congress in 1791, and three years afterwards was chosen a senator of the United States from Connecticut, where he continued a distinguished member for sixteen years, and in the sixth congress was president pro tem. of the senate. In 1825 he undertook to conduct the construction of the Farmington and Hampshire canal; and was chosen treasurer of Yale college in 1782. He died Dec. 29, 1832, in New Haven, Conn.
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.