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Thomas C. Hill, farmer and stock raiser, Section 19, Jackson Township, was born in Pocahontas County, W. Va., October 1, 1835, and is a son of George and Martha (Edmondson) Hill, natives of the same county. His paternal grandfather, Richard Hill, was a soldier in the War of 1812. The father was born in 1807, and is still a resident of his native county. He was twice married, having lost his first wife in 1847. The subject of this sketch grew to manhood in his native county, where he received a good education at the common and higher schools. After reaching his majority he learned the tanner’s trade, at which he worked three years. October 24, 1861, he married Miss Mary, daughter of John Staats, of Roane County, W. Va. Mrs. Hill was born in Indiana, and raised in Virginia, where she was educated. To her marriage with Mr. Hill eight children have been born: Margaret L. (wife of H. P. Bruce), George A. (teacher in Putnam County), Joseph S. (a young man), Henrietta T., John F., Fred F., Minnie V. and Theodore P., three years old. Mr. Hill farmed for three years upon a farm in Mason County, W. Va., and in the fall of 1864 came to Missouri, where he lived one year in Sullivan County. In February, 1865, he moved to Putnam County, purchased and settled upon the land he now owns. In l865 he taught school for one term, but his main occupation is that of farming. He owns 112 acres of land, 100 fenced and finely improved. He lives in a comfortable house, surrounded by good outbuildings, and a fair orchard. In politics he is a Republican, and has held several township offices, such as justice of the peace, which office he filled four years, and township clerk.