Ulysses S. Hill Family

The below photos are of the Hill family, and were sent in by Conley Wolterman of Ida Grove.  Conley photographs gravestones from area cemeteries and places them on-line as a genealogy act of kindness.  A woman in California, Linda Ruff, had found and bought the photos in a store in California.  She searched the Internet until she found their gravestone information and emailed the photos to Conley.  Conley then forwarded the scanned photos to me for inclusion on The Odebolt History Pages.  Thanks to both of these women for their kindness and thoughtfulness in saving history.

From Ancestry.com

Ulysses' father, John Hill was born 1833 in England, and died before 1900 in Clinton or Linn Co, Iowa. He married Ruth Farrell on 20 February 1864 in Clinton [Co.], IA, daughter of Peter Farrell and Martha Bull. She was born 22 July 1846 in Dundas, Ontario, Canada, and died after 1920 in Linn Co, IA.

Children of John Hill and Ruth Farrell are:
...Ulysses Hill was born April 1865 in Iowa, and died after 1900 in Sac Co, IA.
...Theodore Hill was born Feb. 1867 in Iowa, and died after 1900.
...Roland Hill was born about 1869 in Iowa, and died after 1920 in Linn Co, IA.
...Martha Hill was born 1875 in Iowa.
...Earl Hill was born 12 Nov. 1879 in Iowa, and died August 1972 in Phoenix, AZ.
...Pearl Hill was born May 1882 in Iowa. She married John D. Blue. He was born 1879, and died after   1920 in Linn Co, IA.

Ulysses S. Hill was born in April 1865 in Clinton County, Iowa and died in 1934, buried in the Odebolt Cemetery.  He married Charlotte Ann (Lottie) McMillin in 1887 and moved into the house on a farmstead originally purchased from the railroad in 1884 by his father, John Hill, in Wheeler Township, Sac County, Iowa.  Lottie was born in February, 1868 in Clinton County, Iowa, and was buried in the Odebolt Cemetery.  Children were Ethel, Floyd and Glenn Darrell Hill.

1900 CENSUS-Wheeler Twp, Sac Co, Iowa, 15 June 1900, Enum Dist 128, sheet 6, line 87 household 105
HILL, Ullysess, head, white male, b. Apr 1865, age 35, married 13 years, b. Iowa, Father b. England, Mother B. Canada
...Lottie, wife, born Feb 1868 age 32, 3 of 3 children living, b. Iowa, father b. (blank), mother b. Pennsylvania
...Ethel, daughter, white female born June 1888, age 11
...Floyd, son, white male born April 1892, age 8
...Glenn, son, white male born Feb 1900, age 3 months
ANDERSON, Anna, servant, white female, born April 1884, age 16, single, born Iowa, parents born Sweden, housekeeper  (Note:  This happens to be the webmaster's grandmother, who is possibly staying with the family helping out with the baby!)

Ethel Hill, daughter of Ulysses

1930 US Census, Wheeler Twp, Sac Co., IA, Enum. Dist. 81-26, Supv. Dist. #4, Sheet 1B, April 3, 1930
Hill, Floyd, age 37, married at age 23, born Iowa, parents both born in Iowa, occupation, farmer
...Sylvia, wife, age 36, married at age 22, born in Iowa, Father born in Pennsylvania, Mother born in Virginia
...Dawn, daughter, age 10
...Jean, daughter, age 9

Taken from "Odebolt Forever, 1877-2002", a history book published for the 2002 Odebolt, Iowa Quasquicentennial

The farmstead was purchased from the railroad in 1884 by John Hill, who immigrated to America from England in 1851.  His eldest son, Ulysses S. Hill, married Charlotte Ann (McMillin) in 1887 and moved into the "old house" until 1908, when he built all new farmstead buildings and a new house.  The second generation to occupy the farm was Floyd Hill and his wife, Sylvia (Waggoner), married in 1915.  Their daughter Jean married John Ekstrom, and their son is the fourth generation to farm the land and live in the house.  A Century Farm plaque was presented to Jean (Hill) Ekstrom in 1984.

Hill Family Gravestones are located at the Iowa GenWeb Gravestone Photo Project.

Ulysses Hill           Lottie Ann Hill       Floyd R. and Sylvia M. Hill

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