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Dr. L. Hill, an old resident and physician of Covington, was born in Henderson County, Tenn., January 1, 1825, and was one of eight children, two now living. His parents were James and Martha Hill, both natives of North Carolina. The father was born about 1780. When they came to Tennessee, they located in Wilson County, and soon after moved to Henderson County, where they remained until they died. The father was a farmer, and died in 1828. The mother was a Miss Jefferies; she was about the same age of her husband and died a few years later. Our subject completed his education at the Mountain Academy, under Dr. Holmes, and a few years after, he entered the office of Dr. John A. Green, of Covington, and read medicine under him for two years, then took a course of lectures at the Louisville Medical College. In ____ he married Miss Catharine, daughter of Jesse Hayme. Mrs. Hill was born in Tipton County in and died in 1351. Three children were born, only one living—Dr. L. Hill, Jr. In 1853-54, he took a course of lectures at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, where he graduated in the spring of the latter year and has since practiced medicine at Covington. November 5, 1855, he married Miss S. E., daughter of Jacob and Lorina Tipton, who were early residents of Tipton County. Mrs. Hill was born in the same county in 1834. They have seven children: Kate H., wife of John A. Crawford; W. B., a lawyer of Covington; Emma L., wife of John A. Harrell of Louisville, Ky.; P. A., Annie L., Eugene J. and Mary T. Dr. Hill is a man of enterprise and marked energy, has married a very heavy practice in his profession, and is one of Covington’s leading citizens, taking an active interest in all that advances the interests of the town and county, and is well known in adjoining counties. He is a Democrat and with his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church South. In 1862 Dr. Hill enlisted in the Confederate Army, Seventh Tennessee Regiment, under Gen. William A. Jackson, he being captain of the company, but in the fall of the same year he was obliged to resign and return home on account of ill health.