Biographical Sketch
History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 789.
[Nicholas County] [Union Precinct]
by William Henry Perrin, O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882. p. 789.
[Nicholas County] [Union Precinct]
ROBERT T. HILL, physician, P. O. Moorefield, was born in Wilson County,
Tenn., Feb 5, 1838, to Robert and Eliza (Harrison) Hill. Mr. Hill senior,
was born in Virginia in 1778 and died in 1850. His wife was born in
Wilson County, Tenn., Nov. 29, 1813, and is still living. Of the eight
children born to them, Robert, our subject, was the third. He received
his education at Lebanon, Tenn., and attended lectures at the Medical
University at Nashville, Tenn., during the winter of '59 and '60, and
graduated in the hospital service in connection with General Bragg's army
during the late rebellion. He received his diploma from the Jefferson
Medical College, of Philadelphia, Pa., in 1865, and began the practice of
medicine at Howard's Mills, Montgomery County, Ky., the same year, where
his thorough knowledge and strict attention to his profession was the
foundation of a large practice. He married in Montgomery County, June 22,
1869, to Miss Mary B. Berry, who was born in the same county, April 7,
1854; she has borne to him five children, viz: Louisa, Mary E., John B.,
Robert W. and William P. Mrs. Hill was a daughter of John F. and Mary E.
(Phelps) Berry. He was born in Montgomery County, Nov. 26, 1832, and is
still living. His wife, Mary, was also a native of Montgomery County, born
in 1830, and died July 20, 1863. In August, 1872, our subject purchased a
house and lot in Moorefield, Nicholas County, where he moved with his
family, and is still devoting his time to the duties of his calling in
that locality. Outside of his profession he is a man of prominence, and
was acting Deputy Clerk of the county for one year. In connection with his
wife, he is a member of the Christian Church at Bethel. He is also a
prominent member of the Masonic Order. In politics he is a Democrat.
Hill Harrison Berry Phelps
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Montgomery-KY Wilson-TN VA PA
Tenn., Feb 5, 1838, to Robert and Eliza (Harrison) Hill. Mr. Hill senior,
was born in Virginia in 1778 and died in 1850. His wife was born in
Wilson County, Tenn., Nov. 29, 1813, and is still living. Of the eight
children born to them, Robert, our subject, was the third. He received
his education at Lebanon, Tenn., and attended lectures at the Medical
University at Nashville, Tenn., during the winter of '59 and '60, and
graduated in the hospital service in connection with General Bragg's army
during the late rebellion. He received his diploma from the Jefferson
Medical College, of Philadelphia, Pa., in 1865, and began the practice of
medicine at Howard's Mills, Montgomery County, Ky., the same year, where
his thorough knowledge and strict attention to his profession was the
foundation of a large practice. He married in Montgomery County, June 22,
1869, to Miss Mary B. Berry, who was born in the same county, April 7,
1854; she has borne to him five children, viz: Louisa, Mary E., John B.,
Robert W. and William P. Mrs. Hill was a daughter of John F. and Mary E.
(Phelps) Berry. He was born in Montgomery County, Nov. 26, 1832, and is
still living. His wife, Mary, was also a native of Montgomery County, born
in 1830, and died July 20, 1863. In August, 1872, our subject purchased a
house and lot in Moorefield, Nicholas County, where he moved with his
family, and is still devoting his time to the duties of his calling in
that locality. Outside of his profession he is a man of prominence, and
was acting Deputy Clerk of the county for one year. In connection with his
wife, he is a member of the Christian Church at Bethel. He is also a
prominent member of the Masonic Order. In politics he is a Democrat.
Hill Harrison Berry Phelps
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Montgomery-KY Wilson-TN VA PA