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Subject: [ILCRAWFO] ALVA G. HILL biography
Date: 21 Oct 2002 12:40:19 -0600

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Surnames: Hill, Watkins
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History Of Crawford And Clark Counties, Illinois 1883,Edited by William Henry Perrin, (O.L. Baskin & Co., Historical Publishers, Lakeside Building, Chicago 1883),Biographical Sketchs p.239.

"ALVA G. HILL, farmer, P.O. Robinson, was born August 17, 1845, and is a native of this county; his early life was spent on a farm in Licking Township. He attended the common schools of the neighborhood and the colleges at Westfield and at Merom, Ind. He taught four winter terms and farmed during the summers. He was married, August 26, 1873, to Miss E. E. Watkins, a daughter of Jesse Watkins, Esq., of this county. He owns considerable land. Has resided with his father-in-law, Mr. watkins since 1874. He has three children -- Henry K., Ray W., and Joseph A. Mr. Hill is a Republican."

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