Life History

Notes

• 1880 Federal Census, Fannin County, Texas, 14 June, Precinct 2, District 24, page 9 (scan 351), Hse/Fam #79
  Hill, William W M 26 Married Farmer GA NC NC [b abt 1854]
  Hill, Nancy W F 22 Married Wife Keeping House AL AL AL [b abt 1858]
  Hill, Briggs  W M 6 Son Single Cannot read or write AL GA AL [b abt 1874]
  Hill, Naoma  W F 5 mos born Nov [sic] Dau Single AL GA AL [b abt Dec 1879]
  
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  John Briggs “JB” Hill
  Birth 1875
  Death 1917 (aged 41-42)
  Burial Odessa Cemetery, Lake Valley (?), Washita County, Oklahoma
  
  Son of William Buster Hill (1854-1932) and Nancy "Nannie" Sullins (1857-1885)
  Husband of Martha Elizabeth "Lizzie" King
  
  John and Lizzie had the following children:
  Herman Hill B 1894
  Nettie L Hill B 1898
  Flora Hill B 1899
  Flossie Hill B 1900
  Leon Hill B 1902
  Dodamie Hill B 1904
  Lloyd Hill B 1905
  Willie Hill B 1907
  Virgil Allen Hill B 1909
  Ruth Inez Hill B 1911
  
  Siblings:
  Oma Lou Hill Richardson 1879-1970
  McQueen C Hill 1883-1936
  Half Siblings:
  Horace Amos Hill 1895-1972
  Clarence Buster Hill 1906-1989
  
  Daughter Soleta Didamey Hill Barton 1911-1993
  Created by KiowaGal 27 Apr 2009
  --  Find A Grave Memorial 36448453, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/36448453/john-briggs-hill
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  Find a Grave has Odessa Cemetery located in Lake Valley, Washita County, Oklahoma.  But some genealogies make reference to this cemetery as being in Gotebo, which is in Kiowa County, south of Washita County.  But listings report it in Washita County.  Gotebo and Lake Valley are equidistant from the Kiowa-Washita county line.  The location of Odessa Cemetery is stated as 5 miles nothwest from Gotebo.

Sources

• 1. 1880 Federal Census, Fannin County, Texas
  • 14 June, Precinct 2, District 24, page 9 (scan 351), Hse/Fam #79
• 2. Find a Grave Memorial Registry