Person:Mary Lehman (4)

HILL, ROBERT, farmer, born in 1843, in Thorn township, Perry county, Ohio; post office, Rushville. In 1867 he was married to Miss Levina Lehman, a daughter of Christian Lehman, whose wife was the daughter of Frederick Siple of Fairfield county, Ohio. The father of Robert, was James Hill, deceased, in Perry county, Ohio: and his grand- father was Robert Hill, deceased, in Virginia. His mother's maiden name was Margaret Tailor, and that of his grandmother was Sarah White, a native of Maryland, and deceased near Thornville. The children of Robert and Levina Hill are: George. John Richard. Martha, Rezella, Ann. Robert served his country in Company L, Fourth U. S. Artillery, six years in the regular army; was discharged in March. and married in May, 1867. His first lieutenant was a son of Henry Ward Beecher. This eminent divine was visiting his son and saw a soldier shot down by the rebels while carrying sugar suspended from one end of a stick and coffee at the other, the stick being swung over his neck. The sight of this event, and the arelessness of the soldiery which seemed to border on indifference, made a deep impression on the manner and conversation of their distinguished visitor. Mr. Hill's wife is a descendent of that Rev. Adam Lehman, whose name is connected with the first United Brethren Conference ever held in America: a name that will live in history while letters preserve its records. Her grandfather. Jacob Adam Lehman, was also a preacher in the same church.