George Washington Hill
5 Mar 1822 - 24 Feb 1891
George Washington Hill (1822-1891) was born 5 Mar. 1822 in Ames, Athens Co., Ohio. He was the son of Richard Hill and Sarah Strait. He married Cynthia Stewart on 18 Sep. 1845 in Missouri. He was baptized in Jun. 1847 in Winter Quarters (later Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska). He was ordained a Patriarch under the direction of Wilford Woodruff and the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles in 1873, and he met with Wilford Woodruff in 1889. He died 24 Feb. 1891 in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah Territory, and Wilford Woodruff spoke at his funeral.
George Washington Hill (KWJ1-R7Z), “Family Tree,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 6 Sep. 2022). George Washington Hill, Wilford Woodruff Papers (https://wilfordwoodruffpapers.org/subjects/george-washington-hill, accessed 6 Sep. 2022). Deseret Evening News, “George W. Hill” (Salt Lake City, Utah Territory), 26 Feb. 1891, vol. 24, p. 4; database with images, Utah Digital Newspapers (https://digitalnewspapers.org/, accessed 6 Sep. 2022). “Utah Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946,” database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 6 Sep. 2022); George Washington Hill, 24 Feb. 1891, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah; Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake Co., Utah. "Autobiography and Indian missionary journals, letters and family records of George Washington Hill," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org, accessed 9 Sep. 2022); George Washington Hill, baptism, Jun. 1847, Winter Quarters p. 17; citing George Washington Hill, 1822-1891, image 17/259; DGS 8129527.
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