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 HILL. HILL. 305 Old South Church," and various commer- cial and historical pamphlets and reports ; he was contributor of one of the chapters in the " Memorial History of Boston," vol. iv., published by Ticknor & Co. Mr. Hill was married in Roxbury, May 4, 1S59, to Miriam Phillips, daughter of Samuel Hurd and Mehetabel Sumner (Bates) Walley. She died August 31, 1S62. Mr. Hill's second marriage occurred in Boston, May 27, 1S69, with Anna Frances, daughter of Charles and Mary Anna (Bachi) Carruth. He has two children : Anna Carruth and Hamilton Hill. HILL, HERBERT E., son of Enos and Sarah (Randall) Hill, was born in Boston, December 18, 1845. He came of ances- tral stock noted in the annals of military fame. His father, a prosperous merchant, losing his health through an accident, re- moved to Vermont, where he died, leaving a widow and five children. Herbert, the eldest son, received his education in the grammar and high schools of that state, and at the age of seventeen entered the ranks of the Sth Vermont vol- unteers ; was in every battle and skirmish after his enlistment with that famous regi- ment, in the campaigns in Louisiana, Miss- issippi, and the renowned campaign of Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley. After this campaign, Colonel Hill was detached from the regiment and assigned to duty at headquarters, in Washington, where, among other work, he was connected with the search for J. Wilkes Booth, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln. He was promoted for meritorious conduct, and came home with a most honorable record. At the close of the war Colonel Hill re- turned to Boston, where he resided four years, and then removed to Somerville, his present residence. Governor Rice com- missioned him captain and senior aide-de- camp on the staff of General Moore, Massa- chusetts militia. Governor Talbot made him assistant adjutant-general of the State, with rank of colonel. He followed Colo- nel King as commander of Willard C. Kins- ley Post 139, G. A. R., of Somerville. For four years Colonel Hill was a department officer, G. A. R., serving in the council of administration as vice-commander of the department, and afterward was honored by being made vice-commander-in-chief of the G. A. R. in the United States. No citizen of Somerville has done more than Mr. Hill to perpetuate historic spots and memories. The beautiful memorial battery on Central Hill, Somerville, the marble shaft on the battie-field of Win- chester, Va., and the monument on the bat- tle-ground of Cedar Creek are witnesses of his generosity and perseverance. No- vember 2, 1866, the Vermont Senate and House of Representatives unanimously adopted resolutions declaring " That the patriotic act of Col. Herbert E. Hill (now of Boston) in placing enduring monu- ments to mark these sacred spots, merits the gratitude of the people of this State, and we hereby tender him the thanks of the General Assembly." Colonel Hill has written several war articles, descriptive of battle scenes, for the Vermont State Military History recently published, also a notable account of " Sher- idan's Ride," which has been copied by the press throughout the country. Politically, Colonel Hill has been promi- nent and active. In 1880 he was chosen to bear the electoral vote of Massachu- setts to Washington for Garfield and Ar- thur. He was elected to represent Somer- ville at the centennial celebration at Lex- ington and Concord ; had charge of the regimental troops at the centennial cele- bration, Bunker Hill, June 17, 1875; was on the Massachusetts examining board for admission of candidates to West Point, and was delegate to the Soldiers' national convention at Chicago. He was three years secretary of the Middlesex Club, Boston, and personally secured from Gen- eral Grant a week's visit to the city of Bos- ton in 1880. Colonel Hill is a successful Boston mer- chant, a member of the large cotton house of Hill & Cutler ; he has never accepted local office except as commissioner of water- works, and in connection with charitable work, member of the board of overseers of the poor, and one of the board of man- agers of the Perkins Institution for the Blind, in Boston, and trustee of one of Moody's schools for Christian workers in Springfield. Colonel Hill was married at Somerville, on the 9th day of January, 1873, to Emma O., daughter of Richard and Sarah Jane (Wheelwright) Rich. They have one child: Herbert Pierce Hill. HILL, LUTHER, son of Washington and Almira (Kent) Hill, was born in Spencer, Worcester county, November 22, 1825. He obtained his early education in the common schools of his native town, sup- plemented by short terms of attendance at Wilbraham and Leicester academies. From the time he left school, at fourteen years of age, till he reached his majority,