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Leonidas Carrington “Lon” Hill Sr.

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Leonidas Carrington “Lon” Hill Sr.

Birth
Travis County, Texas, USA
Death
3 May 1935 (aged 72)
Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas, USA
Burial
Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas, USA
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Born on Gilleland Creek,Travis County, TX to Maj. William Hickman and Minerva Frances (Vernon) Hill. He married Eustacia Dabney and had eleven children, practiced law in Beeville, purchased and operated a rice plantation in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, ran the Miller Hotel, and platted Six Shooter Junction. He also founded Harlingen,TX. Lon successfully proposed and influenced the construction of the first Missouri Pacific Railroad system there.Read more on The Handbook Of Texas Online site and www.myharlingen.us/hdn.htm for photos, etc.......
Children:
1.Paul Hill,female b. Oct.4,1883 Manor, TX. d. May 8, 1970 Brownsville. Named for Paul Wilson who was best-man at parent's wedding. Unmarried.
2.Issac Ida Hill, female. b. May 18, 1885 Manor. d. June 10, 1974 Brownsville. m. Homer Nicholas Morrow July 20, 1884.
3.Gordon Hill b. May 4, 1887 Manor. d. Oct. 29, 1918 Brownsville. Unmarried.
4.Leonidas Carrigton Hill, Jr. b. 1889. m. Georgiana Owsley.
5.John Augustus Hill b. May 1892 Beeville. m. June 28, 1934 to Lila Littlepage. No children.
6.Annie Rooney Hill b. Aug.29, 1894 Beeville. d. Feb. 27, 1970 Brownsville. Unmarried.
7.William Hickman Hill b. Nov. 20, 1896 Beeville. d. March 10, 1976 Brownsville. m. 1st, Jan. 9, 1926 to Phelia Waller. b. 1905. Div. 1938. m. 2d, May 26 1942 to Ruth Mix. b. 1012 Bartlesville, OK. d. Sept. 21, 1971.
8.Eustacia Dabney Hill "Sunshine" b. Dec. 17, 1898. m. Jan. 20, 1928 to Mac Upton Caul.
9.George Pendexter Hill b. Mar. 8, 1902 Beeville. d. Apr. 13, 1904. Buena Vista Cemetery with Hill Family.
Born on Gilleland Creek,Travis County, TX to Maj. William Hickman and Minerva Frances (Vernon) Hill. He married Eustacia Dabney and had eleven children, practiced law in Beeville, purchased and operated a rice plantation in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, ran the Miller Hotel, and platted Six Shooter Junction. He also founded Harlingen,TX. Lon successfully proposed and influenced the construction of the first Missouri Pacific Railroad system there.Read more on The Handbook Of Texas Online site and www.myharlingen.us/hdn.htm for photos, etc.......
Children:
1.Paul Hill,female b. Oct.4,1883 Manor, TX. d. May 8, 1970 Brownsville. Named for Paul Wilson who was best-man at parent's wedding. Unmarried.
2.Issac Ida Hill, female. b. May 18, 1885 Manor. d. June 10, 1974 Brownsville. m. Homer Nicholas Morrow July 20, 1884.
3.Gordon Hill b. May 4, 1887 Manor. d. Oct. 29, 1918 Brownsville. Unmarried.
4.Leonidas Carrigton Hill, Jr. b. 1889. m. Georgiana Owsley.
5.John Augustus Hill b. May 1892 Beeville. m. June 28, 1934 to Lila Littlepage. No children.
6.Annie Rooney Hill b. Aug.29, 1894 Beeville. d. Feb. 27, 1970 Brownsville. Unmarried.
7.William Hickman Hill b. Nov. 20, 1896 Beeville. d. March 10, 1976 Brownsville. m. 1st, Jan. 9, 1926 to Phelia Waller. b. 1905. Div. 1938. m. 2d, May 26 1942 to Ruth Mix. b. 1012 Bartlesville, OK. d. Sept. 21, 1971.
8.Eustacia Dabney Hill "Sunshine" b. Dec. 17, 1898. m. Jan. 20, 1928 to Mac Upton Caul.
9.George Pendexter Hill b. Mar. 8, 1902 Beeville. d. Apr. 13, 1904. Buena Vista Cemetery with Hill Family.

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