DAVID W. HILL Deem’s History of Butler County Missouri
by David Bruce Deem, Probate Judge, Butler County, MO

Biographies

DAVID W. HILL

     ONE of Butler county’s few native sons to engage in the practice of law  in
     Butler county is David W.  Hill,  the  son  of  David  W.  Hill,  Sr.,  and
     Parthenia E. Hill, who was born at Hilliard, Mo., on February 25, 1871.

     Mr. Hill received his legal education in a law office and  is  admitted  to
     practice law in all of the  Missouri  courts,  the  United  States  Circuit
     Courts and the United States Supreme Court.

     He is a member of the Butler County Bar Association and  the  American  Bar
     Association and is engaged in the general practice of law.  His  office  is
     located in the Hill building at the corner of Main and  Poplar  streets  in
     Poplar Bluff.

     Mr. Hill is a member of the First Baptist Church of Poplar  Bluff,  a  Past
     Grand of the Chancellor of the Knights of Pythias and is a  member  of  the
     Board of Managers of the Missouri Baptist Hospital in St. Louis. He is  the
     teacher of a Bible class and has been active in church circles all  of  his
     life.

     He has been elected  City  Treasurer  of  Poplar  Bluff  three  times,  was
     appointed as City Counselor  twice,  was  Prosecuting  Attorney  of  Butler
     county twice, a member of the Missouri Legislature for two  terms  and  was
     Speaker of the House of Representatives of the forty-third General Assembly
     of Missouri. He was the choice of his party  for  the  speakership  in  the
     Forty-Fourth General Assembly.

     As an avocation, he has engaged more or less in general farming and  is  an
     outstanding lecturer on religious and fraternal subjects. Among  his  copy-
     righted lectures are these: “Memory - Here and  Hereafter.”  “Friendship  -
     Human and Devine.” “The Mystic Circle.” “The Evils of Intoxicating Drinks.”
     “The Spirit of the Ozarks.” “The Great Adventures of Life.”

     Referring to the nine years he practiced law in St. Louis  and  his  return
     here, Mr. Hill said, “A neighbor advised me that the  way  to  get  rid  of
     persimmon sprouts on my farm was to ‘move off and leave them,’ so we  moved
     to St. Louis. Later, having sold the farm with the  persimmon  sprouts  and
     realizing that St. Louis was too close to Poplar Bluff to  ever  amount  to
     much, we came back to Poplar Bluff to live and practice my profession.”

     Mr. Hill is the husband of Mrs. Mary S. Hill and the father of Margaret  E.
     Hill and Mrs. Virginia W. Fowler. Mr. And Mrs. Hill reside at  1125  Lester
     street.