Iowa
Old Press
Williamsburg Journal-Tribune
Williamsburg, Iowa County, Iowa
September 15, 1899
WELL-KNOWN PREACHER DEAD
Rev. James Hill, of Cascade, Dubuque County, died at the age of
77 years. He was a Baptist preacher, born in England, came to
Dubuque in 1854 and organized several Baptist churches. At the
outbreak of the civil war he organized a company for the
Twenty-first Iowa Infantry and became its chaplain. He was known
as the fighting chaplain throughout the division.
[transcribed by K.W., April 2009]