HILL, CHANCEY, who has won the approval of his neighbors by his farming methods, is one of the leading agriculturalists of Cass County and his fine farm of 144 acres is one of the best in this section. He resides on section 9, township 18, range 8, but was born about seven miles west of Chandlerville, this county, February 25, 1854, a son of Amasa and Mary Ann (Streeter) Hill, natives of Ohio. Amasa Hill came to Cass County in 1842, and after locating at Beardstown, began making wagons for a man named Fisher, and after a year with him, Mr. Hill and his brother started a wagon shop of their own and continued in this business for some years. He then began farming and spent the balance of his life as a Cass County agriculturalist.

Chancey Hill attended the schools of his district and was taught farming by his father. He knows nothing about his maternal grandparents as his mother met with the loss of both her parfents when a child. It is known that the Streeter family was coming from Ohio to Illinois, in a covered wagon, and had neared Springfield, when Mr. Streeter died and was buried by some strangers. Mrs. Streeter died later. Other members of the Hill family were: Ellie, deceased; Amanda, William H., and Horace, deceased.

Chancey Hill was married in Cass County January 1, 1878, to Lucy F. Schaeffer, a daughter of Henry and Sophia (Stone) Schaeffer, natives of Sangamon County, Ill., where Mr. Schaeffer was a stockfeeder and farmer. He died in Fremont County, Iowa, and she in Atchison County, Mo. There were eight children in the Schaeffer family: George, Charles, Sophronia, Sophia, Della, Myrtle, Channing and Lucy F., now Mrs. Hill. Mrs. Hill was born May 4, 1857. Mr. and Mrs. Hill have no children. Until 1888, Mr. Hill farmed in Cass County, but in that year went to Iowa and continued to farm and feed c attle and hogs. Mr. Hill is a quiet, unostentatious man who is able to accomplish much without making any fuss about it. He is a Democrat in his political convictions, while the Cumberland Presbyterian church holds the religious membership of himself and wife.