Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 474.
 
IRA F. HILL

     owns an estate of five hundred and sixty acres about four miles north from
Wasco in Sherman county, which is improved in splendid shape and annually
produces excellent dividends in crops. Mr. Hill is one of the thrifty and
energetic farmers of this part of the county, has resided here steadily since
coming and is reaping the reward of his wise industry and integrity. In addition
to doing general farming he raises blooded horses, Clydes, and is meeting with
good success in this line as well. He was born in Iowa, on March 31, 1862, the
son of George W. and Ruth (Orm) Hill, natives of Ohio, where they were married.
They were descended from old American families, and after marriage, moved west
to Kansas, where they now reside on their farm of three hundred and twenty
acres.  Our subject was raised in Iowa until eight, then went with the family to
Kansas and completed his education in the district schools. He remained with his
father on the farm until twenty-two, then bought eighty acres and did
diversified farming there for nine or ten years. Then he determined to come west
and selected  Sherman county as the objective point. He bought a place near
Klondyke and later sold it and purchased his present farm. He is a man who works
on the motto that, "What is worth doing, is worth doing well," and the result is
that everything about his estate shows thrift and care. In addition to this, Mr.
and Mrs. Hill have so conducted themselves in life that every one confides in
them and esteems them for their integrity and their stanch principles. 
     On November 16, 1885, in Lincoln county, Kansas, Mr. Hill married Mary
Vanderlinden, a native of Kansas. Her parents, Luke and Hulda Vanderlinden, were
born in Holland and there married. The father died in Iowa. The children born to
Mr. and Mrs. Hill are Herbert, Guy, Chester, Fay D., and Daisy, all at home. Mr.
Hill has the following named brothers and sisters: John, in Oklahoma territory;
Charles, in Idaho; George, in Colorado; Frank, in Lincoln, Kansas; N. Raymond,
in Kendrick, Idaho; Alice, wife of Stephen Knowles, in Kansas; D. Sophia, wife
of Elmer Phillips, in Kansas. Mrs. Hill has five brothers and two sisters: Luke,
in Kansas; Henry, in Missouri; Gove, in Lynden, Washington; William, in
Minnesota; John, deceased ; Lizzie, wife of William Von Steenbergen, in Sioux
county, Iowa; and Dena, wife of E. C. Cochran, in Sherman county, Oregon.
     Mr. Hill is a member of the I. O. O. F., and in political matters is
independent. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren church, and in
1904 were delegates to the conference. They are ardent laborers for the
spreading of the gospel and for the promotion of those principles of truth and
uprightness for which they stand.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in November 2010 by Diana Smith.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.