Biographies For Muscatine County Iowa 1889

Source: Portrait and Biographical Album, Muscatine County, Iowa, 1889, page 350
WILLIAM S. HILL, of the firm of Klepper & Hill, grocers of Muscatine, Iowa, was born in this city on the 9th of October, 1853, and is a son of Gen. Sylvester G. and Martha (Dyer) Hill, whose sketch appears elsewhere in this work. He was educated in the city schools, but before finishing the course, when but twelve years of age, he was appointed to the position of page in the House of Representatives, in 1865, and served in that capacity four years. Returning from Washington in 1869, he resumed his studies and qualified himself for the profession of civil engineer. He was employed in that line of work for two or three years, after which he engaged in farming in Muscatine County. The succeeding ten years were devoted to agricultural pursuits, when he sold out and engaged in the grocery business at Muscatine, in company with E. Klepper.

Mr. Hill was united in marriage at Muscatine, on the 23d of September, 1880, with Miss Lydia Freeman, daughter of Joseph P. and Lydia Freeman. Mrs. Hill is a native of this city, and three children were born of their union: Laura M., Joseph F. and Ralph P., all born at Muscatine. Mr. Hill is a Republican in politics, but has never been an active partisan in the sense of office-seeking, preferring to devote his attention to business pursuits. He is a member of Eagle Lodge No. 10, A. O. U. W.; of Muscatine Camp No. 106, M. W. of A.; and of Argus Lodge No. 17, L. L. of H., all of Muscatine.

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