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PETER HILL, dealer in saddles, harness, and boot and shoe-findings, Carthage, Missouri, was born in 1832 in Franklin county, Virginia. His father’s given name was Wilson, a native of Virginia, as well as his mother, whose maiden name was Nancy Winfrey. The Hill race probably sprang from a common stock in England prior to the Revolutionary War, and at this day and age scarcely a township can be found in the United States but that possesses a Hill. Peter Hill’s ancestors are no exception to this general rule. The Hill race, so far as observation and experience extends, represents them as a strong, hearty people, full of enterprise and good morals. In stature they are stout and of good height. Peter Hill was reared in Virginia, and learned the saddlery business in Christiansburg, Virginia, where he afterwards engaged in general merchandise for some years. In 1861 he removed to Cincinnati, Ohio, where he remained about one year, after which he went to Peoria, Illinois, where he remained until 1866. He came to Jasper county in 1867 and settled in Carthage, and in that year purchased a house and lot, where he is now engaged in business. He owns the largest harness and saddle shop in Carthage, and has been eminently successful by industry, honesty, and fair-dealing, and now carries one of the largest stocks of harness and leather goods in the country. He served on the board of trustees before the city charter, and was the first mayor of Carthage in 1873. Mr. Hill was married in October, 1867, to Miss D. C. Hess, of Michigan, They have two children, Rilla V. and Cora C, and one child deceased. Mr. Peter Hill is widely known throughout the county, both in a business and social way, for geniality and general business courtesy.