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Samuel Hill (374) was born on 13 November 1807 in Fairfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. He is a son of Archibald Hill (210) and Mary Fulton (211). He was a farmer, and resided on 150 acres of the original 400 acre farm carved by his father, Archibald, out of the Pennsylvania wilderness. The 1870 Agricultural Schedule for Crawford County shows how well this farm did in 1870. Samuel married Margaret Montgomery (375), a daughter of James Montgomery (212) and Sarah Fulton (213) on 24 December 1840. Margaret was born in 1816, and is a sister of Sarah Montgomery (84), who married Samuel's brother, Timothy F. Hill (83). Together, Samuel and Margaret had seven children, including Eliza Jane (384) born 11 September 1841; Archibald Fulton (379) born 23 October 1842; James Montgomery (380) born 9 December 1843; Thomas (365) born 7 February 1845; George Merriman (382) born 7 September 1846; William Knox (422) born 29 October 1849 and Samuel Milton (383) born 30 December 1850. Archibald and James voluntered in August 1862 in Company H, One Hundred and Fiftieth Regiment (Bucktails), Pennsylvania Volunteers. James was wounded in the Gettysburg Campaign. Archibald died 5 September 1863 at Rappahannock Station (now Remington), Virginia, and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. James received only flesh wounds and survived the war. Samuel and Margaret both died in 1885, and are buried together in Conneaut Cemetery, Fairfield Township, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
[HILL: AgriSched1870, AHillBible, AHillSurvey, ConneautCemRecs, Fairfield1876, GHHunterHis, PennCenExt1850, SamuelHillBio] |
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