Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876 : with a few of the pioneers of the city and county who have passed away . one of the leading physicians of Indi-anapolis, and is, perhaps, oftener called in consultation with his co-work-ers in the healing art than any other in the place. Long may he live toenjoy his enviable reputation, both as a man and as a physician. JAMES W. HILL. Mr. Hill was born in Champaign county, Ohio, near Urbana, on the29th of August, 1806. In 1826 he came to Indianapolis, and for sometime remained in the village. In the spring of 1827 he settled in thewoods five miles north
Sketches of prominent citizens of 1876 : with a few of the pioneers of the city and county who have passed away . one of the leading physicians of Indi-anapolis, and is, perhaps, oftener called in consultation with his co-work-ers in the healing art than any other in the place. Long may he live toenjoy his enviable reputation, both as a man and as a physician. JAMES W. HILL. Mr. Hill was born in Champaign county, Ohio, near Urbana, on the29th of August, 1806. In 1826 he came to Indianapolis, and for sometime remained in the village. In the spring of 1827 he settled in thewoods five miles northeast of the city, on or near where the Pendletonroad now is. For some time he kept bachelors hall—this the writerwell knows, for he was therewith him for a few days assisting in makingsugar, and stayed until he thought that the sweetness of the sugar wassomewhat soured by the amount of labor in procuring it. While thereMr. Hill supplied himself with game without much trouble, for deer andwild turkeys abounded almost in his cabin yard. On the 30th of June, 1829, he returned to his former home and was p^ -^^. Jt3nimeriitemBro:viC° Indaanapohslitho^aphic LnstmUt, JAMES MORRISON. 165 married to Miss Maria Harbour, and brought her to his humble cabin,which was but twelve feet square. They traveled from Ohio on horse-back. In this cabin they lived happily for three years, then built alarger house, and there remained until 1834, and then removed to thevillage of Indianapolis. Mr. Hill tells me when he first arrived here he had twelve and a halfcents, and spent that for apples. He worked out at twenty-five centsper day, which was about the highest price paid at that time, and thenpaid in goods or trade. He says when he went on his wedding tour heborrowed twenty-five dollars of the late Henry Bradley, and it was fouryears before he could raise the money to pay it, and then sold twenty-five head of good cattle for seventy-five dollars in order to get out ofdebt. Mr. Hills experience i
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