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 }02 HILL. HII.L. other positions of trust by the citizens of his state and town. He has ever been a leader in measures for the public good, is a total abstainer from the use of intoxi- cating liquors and tobacco, and believes in the policy of prohibition. His church con- nections are with the evangelical Con- gregational church. In politics he is a Republican. During the late civil war, in 1S64, he was delegated by the United Christian Commission to labor among the wounded soldiers. His special fields of service were at Fredericksburg, Va., immediately after the battle of the Wilderness, where he re- mained until General Grant gave it up in his progress toward Richmond — afterward at the White House Landing, and lastly at Cold Harbor. He arrived at Cold Harbor the day after the terrible battle between the 18th corps and General I.ee's army, and remained there until General ('.rant moved still farther on toward Richmond. HILL, ARTHUR ASA, son of Alfred and Phrcbe (Emerson) Hill, was born in Green- wich, Hampshire county, October 3, 1853. After receiving the education afforded bv the common and high schools, he went ARTHUR A. HILL. to Springfield and entered the " Republi- can " office to learn the business. Like many other ambitious but misguided young men, however, he desired to begin at the top rather than at the bottom, and after working in various departments, he left for New York City, and entered White- horne's publishing and printing house, at the corner of Nassau and Ann streets. 1 le soon went to Ohio and entered Oberlin College, where he remained long enough to get a smattering of the classics, paying his way by work in the local printing-office. An unusually restless disposition led him to make other changes, and long before he was twenty-one he had been a reporter for the " Cincinnati Gazette," a compositor on the " Chicago Times," and for a year a reporter and city editor of the Toledo (Ohio) " Democrat and Herald." He then drifted back to New York City, became one of the original members of the New York Press Club, and led a Bohemian life for several years, during which time he was a partner in establishing two papers, a weekly, called " The Lantern," and a daily, " The Morning Telegraph " — both of which were started without capital and soon came to an end. Seven years ago Mr. Hill, with a partner, purchased the "Haverhill Evening Ga- zette," a journal at that time with an uncer- tain tenure of life. Under his editorial management the " Gazette " has increased more than five-fold in circulation. Mr. Hill has served on the school board, but he has never been an office-seeker nor fond of public prominence. As an editor, he is aggressive and energetic. Politically he is a Republican. Mr. Hill is unmarried. HILL, ARTHUR GAYLORD.sonof Samuel Lapham and Roxana M. (Gaylord) Hill, was born in Northampton, Hampshire county, December 6, 1841. The public schools furnished him with his early educational training. He fitted for college in the Allen Brothers' school, West Newton, and was graduated bachelor of science from Harvard College in the class of 1864. From 1865 to '85 he was assistant treasurer of the Nonotuck Silk Company, Florence. He was afterwards partner in the firm of Martin & Hill, manufacturers of cash-railways. He is president of the Whitney Safety Fire Arms Company ; president of the Northampton board of trade ; director in the Florence Furniture Company ; treas- urer of the Florence Kindergarten ; vice- president of the Lilly Library Association, and interested in several manufacturing companies and social organizations.