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Note: Source Winston Hill (whill1@@csuchico.edu) grandson of Louis Hill: After Parcenia passed away, Louis married again (1895) to the sister of one of his daughters-in-law. They moved before too long to Santa Ana, California, where his son, Sam, had a store. He took the younger children of his first family with him, leaving the older ones with the businesses and farms in Texas.
1880 Precinct 7, Johnson Co., Texas, pg. 393B Louis HILL 24 GA Tenant GA GA P. HILL Wife 21 AL SC SC Eddie HILL 4 AL GA AL Thomas HILL 3 AL GA AL Samuel HILL 1 Texas GA AL 1920 Santa Ana, Orange Co., California, ED78, pg. 11B, line 63 Louis H. Hill 64 b. GA parents b. GA keeper apartments Eliza C. 51 " " " Francis B. 11 b. Texas Harry D. 9 " Louis H. Jr. 3 "
1930 Santa Ana, Orange Co., CA, ED 78, pg. 214, sheet #12A, line 8 Lewis H. Hill 74 wd age at 1st marriage 18 born GA parents GA Francis 21 son born CA " clerk bank Harry 19 " " " interne hospital Lewis Jr. 13 " " "
Winston Hill, 2520 Ramada Way, Chico, CA 95926 (whill1@@csuchico.edu)Recorded by Win Hill, April 18 & 19, 1997
During a visit with Francis Hill (a son of L.H. Hill and wife #2, Eliza Summerlin) in Santa Ana, California during the 1980's, Bettie and Winston Hill acquired some information about the Hill family. The Hill family originated in England and Ireland, emigrated to Virginia, then moved to Tennesee and Georgia. In 1850 and 1860, William Travis and Temperance Elizabeth Skipper Hill had a farm in Franklin, Heard Co., Georgia near Atlantic. In 1863 he joined an Alabama regiment and fought for the Confederacy. W.T. died in 1863 in Richmond, Virginia where he is buried. Later, the Union army, under the command of Gen. William Tecumsch Sherman, laid waste the land during the famous "march to the sea". Probably after torching Atlanta, Union troops wiped out the Hill family farm. Shortly after the war, Temperance Elizabeth moved to Anniston, Alabama with her seven children including Louis Hamilton Hill. A woman named Martha Skipper, who was probably a sister of Temperance, had married Andres Jackson Hill, a brother of William Travis. It's possible that she lived for a while with her sister and brother-in-law or with other relatives in Alabama. Louis Hamilton had only three months of formal schooling. He married Parcenia on Aug. 9, 1874. He was 18 but turned 19 on Oct. 7. Parcenia (called P'cenya) was just 15. Her first child, Eddie (William Edward) was born on July 9, 1875; her tenth, Bert (Louis Elbert) was born Oct. 7, 1893. She died less than a year later on Oct. 2, 1894 in Alvarado, Johnson Co., Texas. She is buried in Pleasant Point Cemetery in Johnson County. After her death, L.H. wanted to marry a childhood sweetheart (whose daughter was a professor at the University of Georgia). By that time, his older children were supporting him, so they didn't approve. The lady died very shortly thereafter, though, thereby allaying some problems. L.H. later (Nov. 24, 1895) married Eliza C. Summerlin, the sister of Eugenia Josephine Summerlin. Eugenia was L.H.'s daughter-in-law, the wife of Tom (James Thomas) Hill, second child of Louis and Parcenia. L.H. was nervous, high-strung and a worrier. He had a farm in Texas and a grocery store. He apparently learned the trade by working in a grocery for George Edgar, who took a nip now and then. L.H. was vigorously opposed to liquor because of his experiences with the "carpetbaggers" from the North who preyed on the civilians in the South during the reconstruction days following the Civil War. The despised carpetbaggers were notable for their drunkenness, so L.H. would have none of it. In 1905 or 1906 the citizens of Santa Ana, California, where L.H. then lived, were to vote on whether the town would be "wet" or "dry". L.H. gave a speech in the opera house against going "wet", and the town remained "dry". Some of L.H.'s favorite sayings were "make haste" (for hurry up), "over yonder" (for over there) and "I'll carry you there" (for let me show you where). In 1903 L.H., his wife and younger children moved to Santa Ana, California, where son Sam ran the Main Department Store, in which L.H. extablished a bakery. The family posed for a picture on Nov. 22, 1903 in Alvarado, Texas shortly before leaving. One day in 1904 a woman came into the grocery store and wanted to know where another department was. L.H. said, "I'll carry you there". The woman responded "You'll do nothing of the kind!". Sam Hill had three stores but eventually sold out to Safeway, the first chain stores started in Santa Ana. In addition to work as a merchant, in 1910 L.H. was Superintendent of the Juvenile Hall, an orphanage and a detention home. His wife, Eliza, put her foot down and refused to raise her three boys in such an environment. In 1913, the family moved out to an orange ranch in the country in Lemon Heights near Santa Ana. This area later became a very upscale residential area. He later sold the ranch and built and managed apartment buildings. He ran into some financial difficulties, so worked in the grocery business. They reared a group of capable and responsible people. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------- WINSTON HILL
CHILDREN ARE CONSTITUENTS OF REAL HOME, SAYS S.A. MAN
Louis Hamilton Hill, Baker, Is Father of 12 and Grandfather of 34
IS DEMOCRAT BUT BOOSTS COOLIDGE
70-year-old Resident Admired Roosevelt; Home is Safeguard of Nation
Special to the Santa Ana Register, July 1, 1925
"As long as this country will produce enough plain, honest folk - sturdy Americans to whom fear of God and the love of country and its institutions are part of their daily lives - that long America is in safe hands. We shall not need to worry about America being absorbed by an alien population, nor shall we have to be worried about race suicide, bolshevism and other direful things predicted by busy wiseacres." The speaker is Louis Hamilton Hill, the proud father of 12 children. He also has 34 grandchildren an a growing assortment of great grandchildren. "Daddy" Hill, as he is better known to his many friends in the community, is still young at 70, and always is on the job in the bakery shop in the Grand Central market.
Is Coolidge Booster He was born Oct. 7, 1855, in Franklin, Heard County, Ga. His father was killed in the Civil War. It goes without saying that he is a southerner by birth, training and instinct, and votes the Democratic ticket. There are two big exceptions - "Teddy" Roosevelt and Calvin Coolidge. In fact, he voted for the latter at the last presidential election. Being the head of a big family, it is only natural that he should be an admirer of the Rouge Rider. "Some of these 'smart' people whose lives are bound up in killing time and playing 'society' used to poke fun at his talks on race suicide," Hill commented, speaking of Roosevelt. "These people, themselves evading the duty and responsibility of parenthood, could not understand that to Roosevelt children meant home and family - the joy of young years and the citizenship of tomorrow, all in one. "They could not understand that this intensely patriotic American saw in the home the greatest safeguard for the preservation of the republic and its institutions - and that without children there can be no real home." Hill has been married twice. With his first wife, who was Parcina [sic] Hallman of Alabama, he had 10 children, seven boys and three girls. One of the girls passed away when a baby. Born to this union were William Edward, now a druggist in Dallas, Texas.; James Thomas, a farmer, at Burleson, Texas.; Samuel Martin, real estate broker, Santa Ana; Jesse Caruth [sic], rancher, Newport Road, Santa Ana; Jabe Smith, partner, Hill and Carden, Santa Ana; Mrs. Emma D. McClinden [sic], now living in Texas; Mrs. Ona A. McElvaney, El Centro; Pope C., clothier, Pasadena; Louis Bert, clothier, Whittier. The mother of these children died Oct. 2, 1894.
Married Second Time The following year, Hill married Miss Eliza C. Summerlin, to which union were born four children. One of them, Nellie, died when a baby. The others are Francis Brunner, a high school student; Harry Dean, in the junior high school; and Louis Hamilton Jr., in the fourth grade. Another distinctive feature of the Hill family is that the father and four of his sons are Masons. "Daddy" Hill has been an Odd Fellow for the last 39 years, and for more than half a century has been a member of the Baptist church. While there is no mention of the family in the "Who's Who," the elder Hill is frequently putting the question: "Who's Who?" to himself. And there is a reason.
Family Mixup To quote his own words: "My son and I married sisters. My son and I are brothers in law. My wife is the mother of her sister. We both have children. What are they? They are cousins. My children are uncles to my sons' children and I am uncle and grandfather. My wife is aunt and grandmother to the children and sister-in-law to her sister." Who's who? And who am I? Summing up his experiences of married life, Hill willingly gives the credit for what success he has achieved to his two wives.
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