Elizabeth Fletcher was my great grandaunt. She was born in
Callaway Co. Missouri February 17, 1844, a daughter of John F. Fletcher and Judith Simco. She was a grandaughter of John Sr. and Mary Fletcher. They came from Virginia to Callaway Co. Missouri about 1826.
On November 19, 1863, she married her 1st cousin James Simcoe Hill. James was born June 2, 1839 in Callaway Co., Missouri. He was a son of Willis C. Hill and Elizabeth Wharton Simco.
Elizabeth Wharton Simco Hill and Judith Simco Fletcher were sisters. James's grandparents were John Hill and Agnes Brockman, and, James Simco and Frances Canada. James was also my 1st cousin 3 times removed through the Hill family.
James Hill was conscripted to duty during the Civil War, on Dec. 3, 1862, but furnished a substitute
Elizabeth and James Hill had four children:
- John William Hill b: June 9, 1865 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: March 26, 1936, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried in Central Christian Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Obit
- 1st married Feb 13, 1890 in Callaway Co., Missouri, Maggie E. McClelland, b: Dec. 15, 1871, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: July 31, 1904, Callaway Co., Missouri. She is buried in Central Christian church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Obit
- Children:
- Edward Hill b: Dec 1890 Callaway Co. Missouri.
- married Jan. 4, 1913, Callaway Co. Missouri, Carrie Garnetta France. They lived in Newton Square, Pa.
- Mable Irene Hill b: Oct. 16, 1892, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: May 23, 1948, Holts Summit, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried in Central Christian church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married, Nonie Foster Bullard.
- Beulah Belle Hill b: Feb. 2, 1895, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Dec. 26, 1936, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri.
- married Feb 28, 1917, Callaway Co. Missouri, Guy F. Thomas, b: May 13, 1894, Missouri, d: May 17, 1963. They are both buried Central Christian church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Children: 4, all possibly living.
- Ethel Bernice Hill b: Jan. 16, 1898, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov. 21, 1912, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Central Christian Church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Ora M. Hill b: Abt. 1902, Callaway Co. Missouri.
- Tom Hill b: Abt. 1902, Callaway Co. Missouri. He lived in Staunton, Ill.
- 2nd married Aug. 25, 1915 in Callaway Co., Missouri, Lena Leanor Myrtle Sims, b: July 3, 1879, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Jan. 7, 1939, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. They are buried in Central Christian church cemetery, Callaway Co., Missouri. Her parents were Robert M. Simms of Tennessee and Elvira Day of Missouri.
- Children:
- Helen Hill, b: July 11, 1916, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Nov. 28, 2007, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married July 8, 1931, New Bloomfield, Callaway Co., Missouri, Lewis Vermont Plybon, b: abt. 1912, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: abt. 1994.
- Children:
- George Lewis Plybon, b: Mar. 4, 1932, Callaway Co., Missouri, d: Dec. 23, 2003, Columbia, Boone Co., Missouri, buried Callaway Memorial Gardens, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. Married, Jan. 21, 1952, possibly living.
- Two daughters, Living
- Martin Elroy Hill b: Nov. 7, 1866, Callaway Co. Missouri d: Aug 9, 1935, Callaway Co. Missouri. He is buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married 1st, Jan 3, 1895, Sallie F. Davis b: July 31, 1871 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Sept 6, 1901 Callaway Co. Missouri. Buried Mt. Carmel Cemetery Callaway Co. Missouri. She was a daughter of Joshua T. and Sarah I. Davis. This couple had no children.
- Married 2nd, Aug 26, 1903, Callaway Co., Missouri, Leona B. Powell b: 1869, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Nov. 1944, Callaway Co. Missouri, buried in Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Leona had two daughters by her first husband, James F. Tharp, who were adopted by Martin Hill.
- Children:
- Alicia M. Tharp Hill, b: abt. 1895 Callaway Co. Missouri
- Viola W. Tharp Hill, b: abt. 1898 Callaway Co. Missouri
- Nannie Elizabeth Hill, b: May 12, 1905 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Apr. 24, 1989, buried Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married Marion Kimbell, b: Dec. 29, 1897, d: Jan 27, 1949, buried Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. His parents were Willis N. Kimbell and Mary Frances Curtis.
- Bessie Beatrice Hill, b: June 3, 1908 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Aug. 1, 1933, buried Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. Bessie never married.
- Hattie Hill, b: abt 1913, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Noah Hill b: April 30, 1868, Callaway Co. Missouri, d: June 14, 1934, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri.
- Married Jan 13, 1887, Alice Gingrich b: Aug. 23, 1868 Pennsylvania, d: April 10, 1949, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, buried Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton Missouri. Family stone in Hillcrest.
- Children:
- Forney Fletcher Hill b: Oct. 30, 1897 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: Oct 16, 1918, Callawy Co. Missouri, buried Hillcrest Cemetery, Fulton, Callaway Co., Missouri. Forney was a school teacher. The year of death on his headstone is 1917, but the stone was put up years after he died. The actual year of death was 1918.
- Frank S. Hill b: abt 1904 Callaway Co. Missouri. He lived in Kansas City, Missouri.
- James M. Hill b: abt 1907 Callaway Co. Missouri
- Mary A. Hill b: abt 1910 Callaway Co. Missouri
- Inez Hill b: abt 1872 Callaway Co. Missouri, d: May 2, 1943, Centralia, Boone Co., Missouri, buried Friendship Church Cemetery, Centralia, Boone Co., Missouri.
- Married, abt. 1918, John L. Goslin, b: abt. 1860, Missouri, d: Between 1930 and May 1943.
Elizabeth Fletcher Hill died June 22, 1903 in Callaway County Missouri. She is buried in the Central Christian Church Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri.
James Simcoe Hill died January 13, 1918 in Fulton Township, Callaway Co. Missouri. He is buried in the Central Christian Church Cemetery, Callaway Co. Missouri.
Obituary, Friday, June 26, 1903, Fulton Weekly Gazette
Death of Mrs. James Hill
Mrs. Elizabeth Hill, wife of James Hill, died at her farm home three miles west of Fulton on Monday and the remains were interred at Central Christian church yard on Tuesday. Mrs. Hill had been in bad health with rheumatic troubles for some years but the malady which caused her death, cancer of the stomach, did not develop until last May. She was 59 years of age and was a charter member of Central Christian church in which faith she was an earnest and consistent follower.
Her maiden name was Elizabeth Fletcher and six sisters, Mrs, J.R. Carter of this city, Mrs. E.M. Sitton, cote San Dressin, Mrs. William Willing Jr., west of town, Mrs. Thomas Jones, Salisbury, Mrs. Susan Oestreich, Salisbury, and Mrs. Eliza Gilpin, Kansas, are left to mourn her demise, as well as the husband and four children whose names are J.W. Hill, M.E. Hill, Noah F. Hill, and Miss Inez Hill.
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