Robert William Hill

1855 - 1943  (88 years)

• Name	Robert William Hill  [1, 2]
  Born	27 Jul 1855	Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Obituary	1943	Sullivan, Moultrie County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  	Obituary, Robert William Hill, Sullivan Progress "R. W. Hill, Retired Farmer, Died at Allenville Robert William 'Bob' Hill, retired farmer of Moultrie county, died early today at the home of her [sic] daughter, Mrs. Claud Winchester of Allenville, with whom he had been living since the death of his wife five years ago. Mr. Hill suffered a stroke several years ago, and had been bedfast the past five years. Death was due to complications incident to his age. Hi was 88 years old. [Penned: "25 Nov 1943"] Funeral services were held at 2L30 o?clock Sunday afternoon at the Mitchell funeral home in Mattoon, with Rev. H. T. Harper officiating. Burial was in Pleasant Grove cemetery, Cooks Mills. Mr. Hill was born July 27, 1755, in Manitoba province, Canada, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hill. At the age of four, he moved with his family to Michigan, where the resided six years before moving to Topeka, Kansas. On March 28, 1878, he married Miss Annis Walker of Chesterville and returned with her to Kansas. In 1880 he and his wife made their permanent home in Moultrie county. Mr. Hill engaged in grain farming. Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Claud Winchester of Allenville, Miss Maud Hill of Mattoon, and two sons, Delmar Hill of Paris, and Everett Hill of Marne, Iowa." [Penned attribution: Sullivan Progress]
  Died	19 Nov 1943	Sullivan, Moultrie County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Buried	Pleasant Grove Cemetery, Cooks Mill, Coles County, Illinois, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I6055	Full | ProgenitorWalker
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2014

  
  

  Family	Annis Abigail Walker,   b. 6 Sep 1858, Macoupin County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 22 Nov 1938, Coles County, Illinois, USA  (Age 80 years)
  Residence	1878  [2]
  	Robert William Hill's obituary states that Annis Walker was "of Chesterville," Douglas County, Illinois, at the time of their marriage.
  Married	28 Mar 1878	Douglas County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Children	1. Delmer Earnest Hill,   b. 1879,   d. 1950  (Age 71 years)   2. William Fred Hill,   b. 1880,   d. 1915  (Age 35 years)   3. Bertha Mae Hill,   b. 1882,   d. 1979  (Age 97 years)   4. Maude Hill,   b. 1885,   d. 1978  (Age 93 years)   5. Elsie Hill,   b. 1887,   d. 1912  (Age 25 years)   6. Robert Everett Hill,   b. 1889,   d. 1955  (Age 66 years)
  Last Modified	22 Jun 2014
  Family ID	F2147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S4366] Illinois Secretary of State, "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900," database, Illinois State Archives (http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/archives.html : accessed 22 June 2014), entry for Robert W. Hill-Abigail Walker, Douglas County, 28 March 1878; citing Douglas County, Marriage Book 1:15, license no. [not stated]. . [S4367] John Hill, contributor, .