The Hill Family Tree
THE  HILL  FAMILY  TREE
 
 
The Hill family came from Ireland and settled in Virginia.
They moved to Bartholomew County, Indiana and then on
to Iowa.
The involvement of six brothers in the Civil War is of
particular interest.  Please see my Civil War page
for details.
 
 
 
The Hill Family Tree
 

 1   John (Weaver) Hill b: in Virginia
.... 2   Thomas Jefferson Hill b: April 21, 1809 in Hardin County, KY  d: January 30, 1851 in Columbus, IN
........  +Sarah Hough b: in North Carolina m: May 10, 1831 d: 1844 in Bartholomew County, IN   
.......... 3   Clarinda Hill b: November 26, 1831
..............  +James R. Powell  m: August 07, 1851   Father: Mother:
................ 4   Larada Powell
................ 4   Mary Powell
................ 4   Kate Powell
................ 4   Will Powell
................ 4   John Powell
................ 4   Grant Powell
................ 4   Charles Lincoln Powell b: 1861  d: 1929
................ 4   Fin Powell (twin)
................ 4   Eva Powell (twin)
 
.......... 3   William Hill b: February 17, 1833
 
.......... 3   Justus Eaise Hill b: February 29, 1836.      Justus  was a member of the First Colorado Cavalry.
.......... 3   Eliza Glage Hill b: August 06, 1839  d: February 12, 1871 Cause of death: of palsy of the heart.
..............  +Andrew Roberts, Jr.     Father: Andrew Roberts, Sr. Mother: Margaret McAmish
 
................ 4   Jessie Irene Roberts b: 1950   Cause of death: of liver cancer.
....................  +Abram Grosvenor Wood  m: May 1893 in Jolley, IA    
 
...................... 5   Robert Lawrence Wood b: October 03, 1907 in Oklahoma of liver cancer.
 
...................... 5   Cordelia Wood b: May 16, 1900 in Fonda, IA  of liver cancer.
................ 4   Maude Virginia Roberts
................ 4   Charles Hartley Roberts b: 1858
................ 4   Frank Roberts b: 1860
 
.......... 3   James L. Hill b: March 05, 1841  d: 1863 in Tyler, Texas    James was a member of the Sixty-seventh Indiana Infantry, taken prisoner in 1863 and probably died in Taylor, Texas, having never since been heard of.
 
.......... 3   Charles W. Hill b: July 04, 1843 in Bartholomew County, IN      Charles Hill is a Civil War Veteran.   He enlisted, becoming a member of Company C, Fourth Iowa Infantry.  through the various grades of official positions in his company, being Corporal, then Sergeant, and being made Second Lieutenant in 1863 and promoted to First Lieutenant in 1864. He was with Sherman on the celebrated march to the sea, and participated in the engagements at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge under General Hooker being temporarily detached from Sherman's army for that purpose. Mr. Hill was in the Battle of Jackson, the Siege of Vicksburg and the final assault on that stronghold.

..............  +Mary J. Farnsworth b: in Indiana m: November 04, 1869 in Guthrie County, Iowa
 
................ 4   Alberta Hill b: March 1873  d: August 1890 in Tacoma, Washington

................ 4   Lavina Hill

....  *2nd spouse of Thomas Jefferson Hill:
........  +Rachel Spurgeon b: 1817 in Canada m: 1844 in Bartholomew County, IN d: 1896 in West Des Moines Township, Mahaska Co., Iowa  Father: Aaron Spurgeon Mother:
 
.......... 3   William H. Spurgin b: May 09, 1842 in Bartholomew Co., IN      William was in the Civil War, with the First Iowa Cavalry.  It was engaged at Pleasant Hill, Missouri; Rolla, New Lexington, Elkin's Ford, Little Rock, Bayou Metoe, Warrensburg, Big Creek Bluffs, Antwineville, Clear Creek, etc.  Was mustered out at Austin, Texas, February 15, 1866.
 
.......... 3   Thomas Jefferson Hill b: 1845 in Bartholomew County, IN  d: 1863 in Newtonia, Missouri    Thomas was in the 18th Iowa Infantry during the Civil War.  The Eighteenth engaged in the battles of Springfield, Moscow, Poison Spring, Arkansas and was mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas, July 20, 1865.
 
.......... 3   Aaron Moore Hill b: June 04, 1847 in Columbus, IN  d: December 10, 1923 in Oskaloosa, Iowa    Aaron was a Civil War Veteran, a member of the Eighth Iowa Cavalry.  The Eighth did a large amount of duty guarding Sherman's communications, in which it had several small engagements.  It was in the battles of Lost Mountain, Lovejoy's Station, Newman, Nashville, etc.  It was on Stoneman's cavalry raid around Atlanta, and Wilson's raid through Alabama.  Was mustered out at Macon, Georgia, August 13, 1865.
 
.......... 3   Erastus A. Hill b: 1848
 
.......... 3   Martha Anne Hill b: July 12, 1850 in Columbus, Bartholomew Co., IN  d: March 13, 1922 in Panora, IA
 
..............  +Leamon George Culver b: March 28, 1842 in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada m: March 23, 1871 in Panora, IA d: April 25, 1881 in Panora, Iowa
 
................ 4   William Levi Culver b: February 15, 1872

................ 4   Marlin Cass Culver b: June 21, 1873

................ 4   Harry Eugene Culver b: July 21, 1875

....................  +Vay Walker

...................... 5   Amert B. Culver
..........................  +Allen Wunderlich Varner     Father: Mother:
.........  *2nd spouse of Martha Anne Hill:
..............  +David Hopkins b: 1849 in Washington Co., VA    Father: William Hopkins Mother: Susan Ball

.... 2   Silas Hill

.......... 3   Andrew Jackson Hill

.......... 3   Henry Clay Hill

.......... 3   Elizabeth Hill

 
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