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Robert Hill
Robert Hill, deceased, was a native of North Carolina, born Jan. 31, 1780, a son of William Hill. He was married April 30, 1801, to Susannah Morgan, a native of North Carolina, born March 24, 1782. In 1802 they removed to Ohio, and settled on a farm near Cincinnati, on the present site of Cumminsville, but in 1805 removed to Indiana and entered forty acres of land three miles east of Richmond, which he added to from time to time till he owned 260 acres. Mr. Hill was a man of well-balanced mind, and his business was always carried on systematically. Politically he was a Whig and was one of Wayne County's first representatives in the State Legislature, serving two terms. His wife died in 1827. To them were born ten children — Martha, William, Benjamin, Samuel, Elizabeth (widow of Charles Shute, Sr.), Mary (wife of William Parry), Peninnah (wife of Edward Shaw), Charles, Robert and George. Martha, William, Benjamin and George are deceased. Nov. 26, 1829, Mr. Hill married Mrs. Rebecca Lathrop, widow of Dr. Lathrop, of Waynesville, Warren Co., Ohio. She died August, 1871. Mr. Hill died Nov. 8, 1850.
Source:
History of Wayne County, Indiana. Chicago: Inter-State Publishing Co. 1884. Volume 2