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Submitted: 11/2/21 • Approved: 11/2/21 • Last Updated: 11/5/21 • R466446-G466444-S3
Benjamin W.
1862-1936
Mary A.
1875-1959
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*Photo, courtesy of Robert L. Jones
*Information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary Benjamin W.
B.W. Hill, 74 years old, for 36 years a resident of Wheeler county, died at his farm home east of Wheeler on December 23, and funeral was held at the Wheeler Methodist church on last Thursday, with Rev. Virgil Lolar of Lela officiating, assisted by Rev. E.C. Raney.
Surviving are his wife and three sons, James, Harrel and Burl Hill, all of Wheeler.
After two or three years in the county, Mr. Hill settled in the Pleasant Hill community when he was married to Miss Mamie Anderson. Thirty years of the Hills' wedded life were spent in one house which they built on their farm in the early 1900's. Two of their sons were born there.
Heart disease was the cause of Mr. Hill's death. Burial was in Wheeler cemetery, under direction of Hunt Funeral home.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume IV-Number 2, Thursday, December 31, 1936, Page 1)
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Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: B. W. Hill
Gender: Male
Marriage Date: 1899
Marriage Place: Grayson, Texas, United States
Spouse: Mary A. Anderson
FHL Film Number: 1290418
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: B. W. Hill
Death Date: 23 Dec 1936
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 62632
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: B W Hill
Gender: Male
Race: White
Age: 74
Birth Date: 14 Feb 1866
Birth Place: Alabama
Residence: Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 23 Dec 1936
Death Place: Precinct 1, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: Oliver Hill
Mother: Gengie Hill
Spouse: Wm B W Hill
*Obituary Mary A.
Funeral services were held Sunday at 3:00 p.m. in the First Baptist Church of Wheeler for Mary America Anderson Hill, longtime resident of Wheeler. Mrs. Hill passed away Friday October 30 in the home of her son. She was 83 years, 10 months and 5 days old at the time of her death.
Mary America Anderson was born in Grayson County, Texas December 25, 1875 and on December 26, 1899 she was married to Benjamine Wiley Hill near Bells, Texas. They moved to the Wheeler Community from Lawton, Oklahoma in 1906.
Mrs. Hill was a member of the Baptist Church. She spent most of her active life as a housewife. However, she had been in ill health for the past several years. Survivors include 2 sons, Harold and Burl Hill of Wheeler, 4 grandchildren, and 4 great grandchildren. Her husband and 2 sons preceded her in death.
Interment was in the Wheeler Cemetery under the direction of the Kirk Funeral Home. Pall Bearers were: Ira Passons, Johnnie Reed, C.O. Kinngsworth, Leonard Rathjen, Frank Caswell, Loubet Moore, Hub Cole and Thurston Young.
(Published in The Wheeler Times, Wheeler, Texas, Volume 36-Number 48, Thursday, November 5, 1959, Page 1)
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Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965
Name: Mary A. Anderson
Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 1899
Marriage Place: Grayson, Texas, United States
Spouse: B. W. Hill
FHL Film Number: 1290418
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Mary America Hill
Death Date: 30 Oct 1959
Death County: Wheeler
Certificate: 59104
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982
Name: Mary America Hill
[Mary America Anderson]
Gender: Female
Race: White
Age: 83
Birth Date: 25 Dec 1875
Birth Place: Texas
Residence: Precinct 2, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Death Date: 30 Oct 1959
Death Place: Precinct 2, Wheeler, Texas, USA
Father: Thomas A Anderson
Mother: America
Contributed on 11/2/21
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