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 304 HILL. HILL. At the 250th anniversary of Dedham's incorporation, in 1SS6, his familiarity with the ancient landmarks of the town ena- bled him to be of great service on the committee having in charge the marking of historic spots. The county commis- sioners of Norfolk county having deter- mined to have the proprietors' records in the ancient towns in the county tran- scribed, have recently appointed Mr. Hill to superintend this work. He is a member of the first committee appointed to distribute the interest of the fund recently bequeathed the town by the late Hannah Shuttleworth for the relief of the needy poor. The work of the com- mittee is to try to prevent people from becoming paupers, by assisting and ena- bling them to help themselves. In December, 1876, he married Carrie Louisa Luce of Dedham, and has five chil- dren : Carrie Frances, Helen Florence, Don Gleason, Jr., Maria Louisa, and Alice Laura Hill. HILL, Frederic Stanhope, son of Frederic Stanhope and Mary Welland (Blake) Hill, was born in Boston, August 4. 1829. He received his early educational train- ing in Brattleborough, Vt., and at the Friends' Academy, New Bedford. In 1S42, following the fashion of other youths of Boston, and the traditions of his family, he went to sea, and as is the fre- quent experience of those who for a few years are attracted by a sailor's life, he abandoned the ocean, was in California in 1 ^4g-'5 1, then returned East. He was then employed in the Boston post-office, 1852 to '5(1, and in the custom house, 1856 to '60, and at the same time he was a writer on the " Boston Post," and a regular corre- spondent of "The New Yorker," a literary journal of that city. At the outbreak of the civil war he was appointed acting master, United States navy, and ordered to the U. S. S. " Rich- mond." He was in all of Farragut's bat- tles, eight engagements, and at the admi- ral's special request, after the capture of New Orleans, in 1863 was promoted to lieutenant, United States navy, and ordered to a command on the blockade of the coast of Texas, and later commanded the iron- clad "Benton" and the "Tyler" in the Mississippi squadron. Alter the war was over, he resigned, and re-entering journalism, founded the " Daily News," Chester, Pa., and later the " Daily Press," Middletown, N. Y., both still flour- ishing journals. He passed five years in Europe, and in 18S6 he purchased the old " Cambridge Chronicle," Cambridge, which he owns and successfully manages at the present time. He has also done much other literary work in various directions. Mr. Hill is a warden and treasurer of Christ church, Cambridge, and a member of the Episcopalian Club of Massachusetts. He was married in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1861, to Caroline, daughter of Samuel and Evelina (Brown) Tyson. Of this union is one child : Gertrude Blake Hill, who married Dr. Lawrence Montgomery Stanton of New York City. Mr. Hill is a member of the G. A. R. HILL, Hamilton Andrews, son of Hamilton and Anna (Andrews) Hill, was born in London, England, April 14, 1827. His early school training was received in the public schools of his native city. After coming to this country, he studied in Oberlin College, Ohio, of which his father was treasurer for many years. He left be- fore completing his full collegiate course, but subsequently received his degree of A. M. from that institution in 1867. He also received the honorary degree of A. M. from Williams College in 1868. He entered business life in Boston, in 1849, as a shipping and commission mer- chant, in the British-American and English trade. In 1867 he was made secretary of the Boston board of trade, and held the position until 1873. He has been secre- tary of the national board of trade, with a brief interval when he was living in Europe, since 1S6S. He was special 1 om- missioner of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Co., on European immigra- tion, from 1873 to '75. Mr. Hill was a member of the House of Representatives, 1S78, '79, '80 and '81, serving as chairman of the committee on finance, and the committee on harbors and public lands. In 1878 and '79 he was a member of the board of state charities. He is a member of the American Philo- sophical Society, and of the American Historical Association. He is a vice-presi- dent of the American Statistical Associa- tion, and he has been a director in, and treasurer of, the American Social Science Association ; he was corresponding secre- tary of, and is now a director in, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, and a director in the Bostonian Society. Fie was chairman of a commission ap- pointed by the mayor of Boston to report upon annexation in 1873. Mr. Hill is the author of " A Memoir of Abbott Lawrence," "The History of the