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. 542.

TIRPIN HILL

     is recognized as one of the prosperous  and enterprising farmers and
general business men of Sherman county, residing, nine and one-half miles
southeast of Grass Valley.'The date of his birth was August 25, 1858, and the
place of his nativity Wapello county, Iowa.
     The father of our subject, William T. Hill, was born in Illinois, but his
parents were Kentuckians. He died June 7, 1903, in Umatilla county, Oregon, near
Athena. The mother, Delilah (Coleman) Hill, was, also, a native of Illinois, and
at present resides at the old home about six miles northeast of Athena.
     Until he reached the age of fourteen years, our subject was reared and
received a common school education in Iowa. Thence, accompanied by his parents,
he removed to Oregon, where the family settled, in Umatilla county. This was in
1872. Tirpin Hill remained with his family until 1883, when he removed to
Sherman county, Oregon, and filed on his present homestead of one-half section
of fine agricultural land, which is mostly devoted to the raising of grain.
     July 1, 1884, he was united in marriage to Mina E. Dennison. The marriage
was solemnized near the town of Eugene, Oregon, the birthplace of the bride. Her
father was Fay Dennison, a native of Vermont. Her mother, Mary A. (Hite)
Dennison, came to Oregon, overland, from the east with her parents when she was
twelve years of age. Fay Dennison was an orphan boy, and came west to Oregon in
1853, crossing the plains with an ox train. He died December 11, 1875. At
present the mother of Mrs. Hill lives in Grant county.
     The subject of this sketch has five brothers and three sisters ; Heaton, of
Antelope ; Oscar, a farmer in Umatilla county; Perry, of Hartline, Douglas
county, Washington ; Jerome, living with his mother on the old homestead ; Reed,
of Athena; Mary T., single; Ida M., wife of Charles Downing, a farmer near
Athena ; and Carrie, wife of Frank O. Rogers, of Athens. Mrs. Hill has three
brothers, Charles, a resident of California ; and Percy and Frank, both living
near Spray, Wheeler county, Oregon. She has, also, two half-sisters, Effie, wife
of Melvin Conger, a Grant county stockman, and Edna, wife of Charles Bayless, of
Grant county, Oregon.
     To Mr. and Mrs. Hill have been born two children, Elsie and Fay, girls.
Politically, Mr. Hill is a Democrat, although by no means an active worker in
the ranks of that element. Socially he is one of the most popular and highly
esteemed residents of his community and through years of industry, combined with
excellent business sagacity, he has acquired a competence in the way of worldly
possessions, thus ensuring a life free from anxiety and forebodings.


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