William S. Hill
William S. Hill, retired farmer, Streetsboro,was born in Guilford, New Haven Co., Conn., April 19, 1810, son of William and Lucy (Scovill) Hill. William Hill, Sr., was also a native of Guilford, and a son of Thomas Hill, whose father, Thomas Hill, Sr., was originally from England. His wife was a grandniece of Gen. James Wolfe, who was killed on the Plains of Abraham, at Quebec, Canada, and a daughter of Israel Scovill, a native of Guilford, Conn. Our subject was reared in his native town until ten years of age, when he was thrown on his own resources. The succeeding ten years of his life were spent on the sea, starting in the capacity of cabin boy and ending as Second Officer. He then went to Wallingford, Conn., and worked as an assistant at the carpenter's bench until he learned the trade. He has been twice married, first, September 29, 1831, to Ruth A., daughter of Isaac and Ruth (Rice) Page, of Wallingford, Conn. By this union there were three children: William H., Isaac P. and Elizabeth A. (latter deceased). April 21, 1844, he married his present wife, Asenath A., daughter of William and Eleanor (Wood) La Du, of Shalersville. His son William H. married Augusta C. Darling, and has three children: Le Ette A. (wife of Dr. C. A. May), Burdell A. and Henry S.; and his son Isaac P. married Marion L. Lord, and has three children: William R., Arthur E. and Clayton E. On October 4, 1838, Mr. Hill settled in Streetsboro, locating on a farm on Lot 29, in the northeast part of the township, a part of which he cleared and improved. About 1852 he purchased an addition to his farm of eighty acres, and since 1850 has done a general dairy business in connection with his farming interests. He and his son are also doing quite an extensive business erecting the white bronze monuments (being sole agents in Portage County) at present manufactured in Bridgeport, Conn.; they erected the first monument of the kind here to the late Henry Peck, of Streetboro, and have already put over 100 of these monuments in the county. Mr. Hill is a member of the Baptist, his wife of the Congregational Church. He is Treasurer of his church; has held the office of Township Trustee. In politics he is a Republican.
From History of Portage County, Ohio, Warner, Beers & Co., Chicago, 1885