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Tanner G. Hill was born in Johnson County, Ark., February 2, 1840. His father, W. K. Hill, was born in Tennessee, and when a young man came to Arkansas, settling in Johnson County, where he married Nancy Harris, a native of North Carolina. He then farmed in Johnson County until his death in 1845, just previous to his death purchasing the land upon which our subject now lives. His widow continued to live upon the farm until her death, March 5, 1887. Tanner G. is the only child living of a family of three sons and two daughters. He passed his boyhood upon his father’s farm, and August 12, 1860, was married to Malinda Jane Byrd, daughter of William Byrd, and a native of Johnson County. In September, 1861, he enlisted in the First Arkansas Mounted Rifles, Confederate Army. At the battle of Chickamauga he received a wound which disabled him for several months, but after his recovery he joined Col. J. f. Hill’s regiment of cavalry, and accompanied Price upon his raid. He was captured in Kansas upon their return, and held a prisoner until March, 1865. He then went to Richmond, received a furlough and returned home. Among other battles he fought at Elkhorn, Farmington, Miss., Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Richmond and Pilot Knob. After the war he engaged in farming. Mrs. Hill died December 22, 1884, leaving seven children: Amanda E., wife of George Odom; Eliza, Augustus B., Lon., Charles S., Ada E. and William C. Five children died in early childhood. One daughter, Fannie J., died in September, 1879, aged fourteen. February 18, 1885, Mr. Hill was united in marriage in this county to Nancy, daughter of Jesse Johnson, and a native of Kentucky. This marriage has been blessed with three children: Rufus, Kinn and Thurman. Mr. Hill has lived upon the old homestead since his first marriage, and now owns 200 acres, and forty-five in another tract separate from the homestead. He is a Master Mason, and himself and wife belong to the Methodist Protestant Church.