Fry Family History

 (last update 20 Aug 2005)

Eight Generation

( MARK⁷, WILLIAM⁶, SION⁵, ROBERT⁴, SION W.³, ROBERT², ROBERT¹)

Children of Mark Hill and Rachel Fry

4. Kimbrell Claude Hill [2888] was born 6 January 1818 in Perry County, Tennessee, and died 3 March 1901 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas. He married Amanda 'Mandy' Jones on 11 March 1840 in Johnson County, Arkansas, daughter of Francis and Sarah Jones. She was born December 1822 in Tennessee, and died 03 December 1908 in Johnson County, Arkansas. Kimbrell came to Arkansas from Tennessee with his parents between 1846 and 1840. He homesteaded 40 acres of land west of his father in Johnson County. He purchased his father's land after the death of his stepmother. Kimbrell was a good manager and in 1884 he owned all the land in the valley of Little and Big Mulberry Rivers and hundreds of acres of timber land on the surrounding mountains. He was well known for his contributions to the community. He served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, enlisting at Clarksville in Carroll's Regiment Arkansas Cavalry in 31 May 1862 for three years. At that time Amanda was pregnant with their twelfth child, Ambrose. Kimbrell's son William C., age 19, was shot and killed by bushwhackers at the family home in1864. Kimbrell and Amanda are buried in Yale Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas. His grave marker is inscribed "Kimbrell Hill Born Jan 6 1818 Died March 3 1901 Married Amanda Jones March 11 1840 Served in Gordon's Brig. 2 Ark Garrette Co. D in war of 1861. 'C.H. Davis of Co, K. My horse was killed and fell on me, Kimbrell Hill taken him off in Price Rade [sic] at New Toney In. in 1864' "

Children of Kimbrell Hill and Amanda Jones are:

1. Martha Jane Hill, born 08 January 1841 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 29 March 1926.
2. Sarah Ann Hill, born 1843 in Johnson County, Arkansas; died after 1870.
3. William C. Hill, born 1845 in Johnson County, Arkansas; died 1864 in Johnson County, Arkansas. He was shot and killed by bushwackers at the family home 1864. He had just volunteered for service in the Confederate Cavalry, and he had a nice horse which he was taking to the service with him. The murderers took the horse. This was witnessed by Angeline Hill Taylor and Martha J. Hill Dickerson his sisters. He never married.
4. Francis Marion Hill, born about 1846 in Johnson County, Arkansas; died 1861 during the Civil War. Never married.
5. John N. Hill, born about 1847 in Arkansas.
6. Zerelda Angeline Hill, born 29 November 1849 in Arkansas; died 29 December 1914 in Hartman, Johnson County, Arkansas.
7. Eliza Hill, born 08 April 1852 in Johnson County, Arkansas; died 25 August 1890 in Coal Hill, Johnson County, Arkansas. She married James Monroe Bench 25 November 1869; born about 1844 in Arkansas; died after 1893. Eliza is buried in Kendal Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.
8. Lavania Louise Alice Hill, born about 1853 in Arkansas. She married Henry Bench.
9. Albert Hill, born April 1854 in Arkansas; died March 1933 in Keo, Arkansas.
10. Henry Hill, born 1859. Died in infancy.
11. Mary Emeline Hill, born about 1860 in Johnson County, Arkansas.
12. Ambrose Warren Hill, born 14 August 1862 in Mulberry Township, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 03 December 1947 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.
13. Sarah C. Hill, born about 1869 in Arkansas. She married George A. Russell on 9 November 1882 in Johnson County, Arkansas.

Bibliography

• Book, Alta D. Croft, East Goes West, (1984), Pg. 89
• 1850 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County
• 1860 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County
• 1870 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County
• 1900 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County

Research Note. The death date of Eliza Jones is in question. She was listed in the 1860 census dated 24 June 1860.

5. Sion Hill [2889] was born about 1819 in Perry County, Tennessee. He married Sarah Needham about 1839 in Johnson County, Arkansas. She was born about 1822 in Tennessee. They moved to Franklin County, Arkansas with his father before 1840 and on to Sebastian County, Arkansas by 1860.

Children of Sion Hill and Sarah Needham are:

1. William K. Hill, born 02 February 1840 in Johnson County, Arkansas; died about 1875. On 10 July 1844 he purchased 80 acres of land in Johnson County, Arkansas (Section 29 10N 23W). His last will and testament was probated in 1875 in Johnson County.
2. John C. Hill, born 1843 in Johnson County, Arkansas. He served the CSA during Civil War enlisting as a Private in Company C, First Arkansas Mounted Rifles in on 2 November 1861 Clarksville, Johnson County. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant.
3. Mike Hill, born 1844 in Johnson County, Arkansas.
4. Needham Hill, born 1847 in Johnson County, Arkansas. Needham enlisted in the Union 2nd Arkansas Infantry Regiment on 13 February 1864 but deserted two weeks later on 21 Feb 1864 in Franklin County, Arkansas.
5. Sarah Hill, born 1853 in Johnson County, Arkansas.

Bibliography

• Book, Alta D. Croft, East Goes West, (1984), Pg. 89
• 1850 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Page 132b.
• 1860 Federal Census, AR, Sebastian County, page 1043.
• National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, "Electronic." [service of John C. Hill]
• Desmond Walls Allen, Second Arkansas Union Infantry, Arkansas Research, Conway, Arkansas, 1987 [Needham Hill]

6. John Fry Hill [2897] was born August 1821 in Perry County, Tennessee and died 3 February 1882 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. John served in the Mexican War. He married 1) Hannah Bradshaw about 1847. She was born in 1826 in Ohio and died in 1850 in Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas. He was a tailor and merchant in Clarksville. He married 2) Mary Emeline T. Cruthers on 21 August 1852. She was  born 10 August 1822 in New York. On 29 October 1861 he John enlisted at Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas in Company E, 16th Arkansas Infantry Regiment, CSA as a Captain for one year. By 4 December 1861 he was promoted to Colonel. He was a Grand Master of the Arkansas Masonic Lodge in 1873. In 1879 he was elected State Senator for Johnson County, Arkansas.  The Mason's erected a tall monument for him in Oakland Cemetery, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Children of John Hill and Hannah Bradshaw are:

1. Harrison H. Hill, about 1847, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas.
2. John C. Hill, born 1850, Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Bibliography

• 1850 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Clarksville, page 111a, John F. Hill.
• 1870 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Clarksville, page 115, John F. Hill.
• 1880 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Spadra Township, Clarksville, page 303, John F. Hill.
• National Park Service, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors System, "Electronic." [service of John Fry Hill]
• Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889, History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford, Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas
• Burials, Oakland Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas

7. Joseph Hill [2891] was born 9 January 1822 in Perry County, Tennessee, and died September 1864 in Johnson County, Arkansas. He married Emeline Jones on 19 June 1842 in Johnson County, Arkansas, daughter of Francis and Sarah Jones. She was born 26 January 1829 in Blount County, Alabama, and died 15 July 1860 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas. On 1 Feb 1860 Joseph bought 40 acres of land in Johnson County (Section 10 12N 25W). Joseph was killed during the Civil War. He and Emeline are buried in Kendall Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Children of Joseph Hill and Emeline Jones are:

1. + Kimbirad 'Kimbrell' Hill, born about 1843 in Johnson County, Arkansas. He married Susan Dickerson 14 August 1859 in Johnson County, Arkansas; born about 1843 in Tennessee and died 1877 in Johnson County, Arkansas. Kimbriad served the CSA during the Civil War enlisting as a Private in Company D, Fourth Arkansas Calvary on 31 May 1862. He was present through February 1864.
2. Jasper Hill, born September 1844 in Friley, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 1900 in Oklahoma. He married Clesica Farmer; born about 1835 in Arkansas. He enlisted as a Private in Company D, 4th Arkansas Cavalry, CSA on 1 December 1863 in Clarksville and mustered out on 28 March 1864 in Little Rock. On 18 April 1890 Jasper purchased 80 acres of land in Johnson County (Section 3 12N 25W). He was a farmer.
3. George Washington Hill, born about 1848 in Friley, Johnson County, Arkansas. He married Juanita [last name unknown]; born about 1845 in Arkansas. He served the CSA during the Civil War enlisting in Company K, Fourth Arkansas Regiment. He was report Absent/Sick at Elk Horn, left in Arkansas.
4. Melinda Jane Hill, born March 1850 in Friley, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 1901.
5. Christopher Columbus Hill, born 10 January 1851 in Friley, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 05 February 1936 in Rocky, Washita County, Oklahoma.
6. Lucinda Hill, born about 1854 in Arkansas; died 16 April 1935.
7. Thomas Jefferson Hill, born about 1855 in Mulberry, Johnson County, Arkansas. He lived with his brother Jasper in 1870.
8. Amanda C. Hill, born 05 August 1859 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 26 April 1937 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas.

8. James F. Hill [820] was born about 1823. He married Zilpha [last name unknown]. She was born about 1826.

Children of James Hill and Zilpha are:

1. Easther Hill, born about 1844.
2. William Hill, born about 1847.

9. Marcus Hill [2892] was born 4 July 1826 in Perry County, Tennessee, and died 23 December 1895 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas. He married (1) Eliza Jones in 1849 in Johnson County, Arkansas, daughter of Francis and Sarah Jones. She was born 1826 in Blount County, Alabama, and died 15 July 1860 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas. He married (2) Louissa Melissa Thompson on 3 February 1861 in Johnson County, Arkansas. She was born about 1842, and died before 1864. He married (3) Susan Davis on 10 August 1864 in Coal Hill, Johnson County, Arkansas. She was born 1842 in Franklin County, Arkansas, and died 4 November 1915 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas. Marcus owned the first powered grist mill in Mulberry Valley, a steam powered cotton gin and an saw mill. During the Civil War he helped Luvina Stewart hide a Seth Clock, feather beds, pillows, and wool bed spreads by hiding them in hollow trees and logs on the mountainside around their house. Marcus and Susan are buried in Yale Cemetery, Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas. His will was probated on 22 December 1895 in Johnson County, Arkansas.

Children of Marcus Hill and Eliza Jones are:

1. R. S. Hill.
2. James Hill, born 1849 in Franklin County, Arkansas; died about 1873.
3. W. A. Hill, born about 1853 in Arkansas; died after 1880.
4. Lafayette Hill, born 15 June 1855 in Arkansas; died 04 March 1919.
5. Emeline Hill, born 19 September 1855 in Flowery, Franklin County, Arkansas; died 10 December 1946. She married William A. Hill 20 March 1873 in Johnson County, Arkansas; born 1834 in Tennessee.
6. Elias D. Hill, born 03 November 1857 in Franklin County, Arkansas; died 1 December 1933 in Ozark, Franklin County, Arkansas.

Children of Marcus Hill and Louissa Thompson are:

7. Joseph Hill, born about 1861 in Arkansas.
8. Jefferson D. Hill, born 21 Jan 1862, died 13 Sep 1876, Johnson County, Arkansas; buried in Yale Cemetery, Johnson County, Arkansas.
9. Sarah Hill, born about 1863 in Arkansas

Children of Marcus Hill and Susan Davis are:

9. John N. Hill, born about 1864 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas. In 1880 he was living in the home of his grandfather Kimbrell Hill.
10. Mary Hill, born 1866 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas. She married John Callahan. They had six children.
11. Alice Hill, born 1868 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas. She married Bob Lillard.
12. William Orvil Hill, born October 1868 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas.
13. Lousia Hill, born 1870 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas; died Unknown. She married Garret George.
14. Winnie Rachel Hill, born 27 June 1874 in Johnson County, Arkansas; died 18 July 1946 in Texas.
15. Maggie Hill, born about 1876 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas. She married Daniel Edward Clavenger. They had ten children.
16. Kimbrel Pleasant 'P.K.' Hill, born March 1878 in Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas; died 25 March 1948 in North Carolina. He married Sarah Emeline Whorton, 7 November 1901, Oark, Johnson County, Arkansas.
17. Infant Hill, born 24 April 1880; died 24 April 1880. Burial: Yale Cemetery, Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas

Bibliography

• Book, Alta D. Croft, East Goes West, (1984), Page 89
• 1850 Federal Census, AR, Franklin County, Page 105b
• 1860 Federal Census, AR, Franklin County, Page 315b
• 1870 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Mulberry Township, page 47b, Marcus Hill
• 1880 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County.
• 1901 Marriage Records of Johnson County, Arkansas, Book S, page 406 (Kimbrel)
• 1910 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County, Dickerson Township, dwelling 14, William O. Hill. (Susan)

11. Margaret Ann Hill [2900] was born about 1832 in Perry County, Tennessee, and died before 1900. She married Moses W. Carpenter in 1847 in Johnson County, Arkansas, son of Peter Carpenter and Elizabeth Jones. He was born about 1825 in Alabama. Margaret is buried in Yale Cemetery, Yale, Johnson County, Arkansas.

Children of Margaret Hill and Moses Carpenter are:

1. Mary E. Carpenter, born 1849.
2. Martha Carpenter, born 1850.

Bibliography

• Book, Alta D. Croft, East Goes West, (1984), Pg. 89
• 1850 Federal Census, AR, Johnson County.