Copyright USGenNet Inc., 2013, All Rights Reserved U.S. Data Repository Please read U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on this page: Transcribed and submitted by Karen D. Foster for the US Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ ========================================================================== U.S. Data Repository NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization. Non-commercial organizations desiring to use this material must obtain the consent of the transcriber prior to use. Individuals desiring to use this material in their own research may do so. ========================================================================== Formatted by U.S. Data Repository Chief Archivist, Linda Talbott All of the above information must remain when copied or downloaded. ========================================================================== SOURCE: History of Genesee County, Michigan pub. Everts and Abbott - 1879 Page 192 - 193 G. J. W. HILL G. J. W. Hill was born in Gloucestershire, England, Jan. 14, 1820. When twelve years of age he came to America and joined his mother, then residing at Dansville, N. Y. Her husband being deceased, she had again married at that place Josiah Kent. In the fall of 1832, Mr. Hill went to learn the cabinetmaker's trade. In 1840 he came to Flint, and, in company ========================================================================== Page 193 with David Foote, established the furniture business, which was the first in that line in Flint. This firm was dissolved the following year, but Mr. Hill continued the business for more than thirty years. Jan. 5, 1848, he married to Miss Helen Bidwell, formerly of Bath, N. Y. Her mother was a Grant, from Galloway, Scotland. In 1870, Mr. Hill concluded to change his business and try agriculture. He sold his fine property in Flint, and purchased a farm of two hundred acres some five miles west of the city, embracing fine and commodious buildings and land in the highest state of cultivation. Here, with their family of nine children (having buried two), they enjoy the comforts of a country home, and at the same time retain their position in society in Flint, where they have been identified with the Presbyterian Church since 1845. He has been leader of the choir in that church for twenty years, and his wife a prominent member of the same for a like period. She was one of the charter members of the Ladies' Library Association of Flint, and is still an active member. Mr. Hill was for many years a member of the first band in Flint, which was organized in 1848. In social life Mr. Hill is genial and companionable, in business matters prompt and reliable, and commands the respect of all. ==========================================================================