. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . c^^^imcnj. ,^izAjb . by J. E. Allis, Chatbam, N. Y. li-olcJ^ ^^^ Henry Hill is a son of Caleb Hill, who was identifiedwith many of the principal improvements in North Chatham,being a man of great personal energy and activity. Heremoved from the town of Dover, Dutchess Co., N. Y., andsettled at North Chatham before there was any village atthat point known by its present name. He built a tanneryand followed tanning, currying, and shoemaking, addingalso to this occupati
. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . c^^^imcnj. ,^izAjb . by J. E. Allis, Chatbam, N. Y. li-olcJ^ ^^^ Henry Hill is a son of Caleb Hill, who was identifiedwith many of the principal improvements in North Chatham,being a man of great personal energy and activity. Heremoved from the town of Dover, Dutchess Co., N. Y., andsettled at North Chatham before there was any village atthat point known by its present name. He built a tanneryand followed tanning, currying, and shoemaking, addingalso to this occupation that of a farmer, having purchasedseventy acres of land where the village now stands. Heprocured the establishment of a post-office as early as 1816,and later erected a hotel, which is still one of the old land-marks of the place. After his removal from Dutchesscounty, Mr. Hill married Eunice Moore, of Chatham, bywhom he had four children who arrived at years of maturityand who are still living, of whom Henry Hill, the subjectof this notice, is the eldest. Henry was brought up to work on the farm and in thetannery, and
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