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OBADIAH HILL, retired, New Madison; was born in what was then Baltimore Co., Md., March 17, 1790; when about 9 years old, was bound out to a weaver; his master, as he was termed, died when he was about 19 years of age, and he was free, but voluntarily bound himself at the same trade for three years more, after which he wagoned ten years; he then resumed his trade, continuing ten years, after which he came to the West, first stopping near the ground upon which the Ohio Soldier’s Home is now situated, and lived in Montgomery Co. nearly one-quarter of a century, renting one farm of one man for eighteen successive years; then removed to Preble Co. and purchased 160 acres of land, which he improved, and sold six years later at a handsome profit; he then removed to Darke Co., where he has resided ever since, owning and cultivating different tracts of land; in the fall of 1876, he purchased a handsome residence property in New Madison, in which he and his wife now live. Mr. Hill was married to Eliza Fisher, who was also a native of Maryland, in 1821; they were the parents of ten children, seven of whom are now living— William, Jonathan, Jacob, Mary A., now Mrs. John Ullery, of Kan.; Eliza A., now Mrs. Stephen Ullery, of South Bend, Ind.; Jemima, now Mrs. Hickathorn, of Dayton, and Jenny, now Mrs. Henry Bougher, of Butler Co.; the names of the three deceased are Margaret, George W. and James; Mrs. Hill’s death occurred near New Madison Sept. 9, 1875, being 74 years old; Mr. Hill and Mrs. Missouri (Shannon) Ullery, a native of Pennsylvania, were married Sept. 19, 1876. Mr. Hill, although in his 90th year, is in good health, and walks as though only 50.