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Edward Hill
EDWARD HILL, of Leechburg, Pa., was born in Allegheny township,
Westmoreland county, April 19, 1861, and is a son of John Hill, who died Jan.
18,1900, and is buried in the Evergreen cemetery, near that town.Among the daring frontiersmen who settled southwestern Pennsylvania was the
Hill family, who located near the site of Salem, in Westmoreland county. Here
the father of the family was captured by Indians and carried to Hickory Flats,
above Oil City, where he was tortured to death. He left three children, John,
Jacob, and Hannah.John Hill, the eldest son, was born in 1772, and died Jan. 9, 1848. He
erected a grist and saw mill on Beaver Run, the grist mill doing the grinding
for the settlers within a radius of twenty miles, and during low water it was
often run even on Sunday, to accommodate those who had camped with their
grists to await their turn. Afterward he built gristmills on the Allegheny and
Kiskiminetas rivers, and in 1812 he settled in Gilpin township, Armstrong
county, where he planted a large apple orchard, one thousand trees. He was a
successful farmer, and also manufactured wooden moldboard plows. He was
appointed a commissioner to clear out the Kiskiminetas river. In religion he
was a Lutheran, and he was an honest and upright citizen. His first wife,
Elizabeth (Waltz), died Oct. 13, 1817, leaving ten children: Mary, Elizabeth,
John, Jacob, Levi, Eli, Daniel, Hiram, Israel and Deborah. For his second wife
he married Susan Ammon, who lived to the advanced age of ninety years, and to
this union were born nine children: Hetty, Leah, John, Ammon, Charlotte,
Philip, Sarah, Noah and Salem.Eli Hill, son of John and Elizabeth (Waltz) Hill, became a prominent salt
manufacturer, and was also engaged in the mercantile business at Leechburg for
four years, with his brothers Levi, Daniel and Hiram. His wife, Susan (Ashbaugh),
died in 1878, aged sixty-two years, and left four children: John, Eveline,
Margaret (Mrs. Barr) and Priscilla (Mrs. Lytle).John Hill, son of Eli Hill, was born Dec. 6, 1832, in Allegheny township,
Westmoreland county, and received the educational advantages afforded in the
district schools of the day. He learned the trade of carpenter and in time
built up an extensive business as a contractor and builder. In 1872 he
embarked in the lumber business at Leechburg, and in 1879 admitted his son
Charles as a partner, the firm being known as John Hill & Son. Mr. Hill
was one of the originators of the Leechburg Banking Company and served as a
director until 1878, when he became cashier. Though he commenced life with no
fortune but his own hands, energy and industry, he achieved honorable success
and a competency. In politics he was a Republican, and he served as school
director. On Jan. 8, 1857, he married Mary Jane McCauley, who was born April
20, 1833, daughter of Charles and Anna (Mears) McCauley, and two children were
born to them, Charles A. (Dec. 8, 1857) and Edward.Edward Hill became owner of the Advance in 1887 and conducted it
with success until 1898, when he disposed of same. He entered the Leechburg
Banking Company as cashier in 1900 and held the position until it ceased to
exist, in 1908.On March 13, 1894, Mr. Hill was united in marriage to Emma J., daughter of
Milton and Catherine (McKinstry) Bash, and they have had the following
children: John M., Charles L., Mary Catherine, Mildred M., Esther and Edma G.
Mr. Hill and his wife are members of the Hebron Lutheran Church. He is a
Republican and is a member of the I.O.O.F., Royal Arcanum and Masonic
fraternities.Source: Pages 575-576, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed January 1999 by Connie Mateer for the Armstrong County Beers
Project
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