HILL, Josiah F.

HILL, JOHNSON, WISE

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Date: 10/17/2001 at 10:53:47

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF OLIVE TWP.
From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879)

JOSIAH F. HILL, farmer, Sec. 7; P. 0. Calamus; owns a farm of 180 acres, valued at $30 per acre; son of John and Polly Hill; born April 5, 1827, in Erie Co., N. Y.; his mother died when he was about two years old, after which he lived with
an uncle; in the spring of 1839, came with Mr. Truman Alger to this county and township; in 1850, went by overland route to California with Mr. R. S. Dickinson; followed mining and hunting there till 1854, when he returned; in November, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A of the 14th Iowa
V. I.; they were sent to Fort Randall, Dakota; in 1863, was transferred to the 7th Iowa Cavalry; participated in several skirmishes and two general battles with the Indians; was discharged in June, 1866, and returned home. Married Miss
Anna Johnson in September, 1855; she was born in 1835 died in March, 1858; second marriage, to Miss Sarah Wise, Nov. 26, 1866; she was born March 22, 1848, in Germany, her parents having emigrated to Scott Co. in 1845; has one son by
first wife—Arthur J., and by second wife four children—Katy, Fanny, Hattie and May; lost one son—Alfred. Mr. H. is a member of the German Baptist Church.
Republican.