William Hood HILL
SOURCES OF INFORMATION: 1. Family Record book of Blanche M. Belcher 2. SL Temple Record William emigrated with his family to Nauvoo in 1841. He crossed the plains to Utah in 1849. He served in the Utah War from 1857 to 1858. He was called to serve in the Black Hawk War in 1866. He was "haunted by the officers" during the raid of 1885. (Charges of polygamy??? - my own presumption). He served a mission to England from about 1886 to 1888. He was arrested upon his return home and served a seventy-day term in the penitentiary. He was called to be the president of the sixty-first Quorum of Seventy. He was superintendent of the Sunday School and later first counselor to Bishop James C. Hamilton in 1900. William is mentioned on the Nauvoo List of Members.
Fern Petersen, Alex's daughter (my great-grandmother) paid the following tribute to her father: "He loved his fellowmen, but most of all he loved little children. He always smiled when things hurt him most. His creed -- to praise all good, but never boast; to measure faults with a liberal rule. Friends and loved ones are life's most hallowed treasures." Joseph, first assistant superintendent of the Granger Ward Sunday school, was born Dec. 12, 1860, at Mendon, Cache county, Utah, the son of Wiliam Hood Hill and Mary Carolina Sørensen. While a young man he worked on his father's farm, on the railroads and canals. He was superintendent and director of the North Jordan Irrigation Company for twenty-four years. In 1862 his parents left Mendon and moved to Mill Creek, and in 1882 Alexander moved to Granger, where he has resided ever since. He was baptized June 3, 1869, by William Luck, and confirmed the same day by Bishop Reuben Miller. In 1883 (May 31st) he married Betsy Ann Bawden (daughter of Henry Bawden and Sarah F. Howard), who was born Feb. 14, 1861, in Mill Creek, Salt Lake co., Utah, and became the mother of fourteen children. She has been a prominent Relief Society worker, having acted as secretary of the Ward Relief society since 1884; she was also first counselor in the Primary association for a number of years in Mill Creek Ward. Brother Hill received the Priesthood in 1883, being ordained to the office of an Elder March 26, 1883. He was ordained a Seventy Jan. 25, 1885, by John T. Evans, and a High Priest Feb. 16, 1908, by Bishop Orrin P. Miller. He was president of the Granger Ward M. I. A. for five years, and has acted as assistant superintendent of the Granger Sunday school since March 16, 1884. In a civil capacity Bro. Hill has served as constable for eight years and school trustee for ten years. His occupation has been farming and stockraising. (Andrew Jenson, Latter-day Saint Biographical Encyclopedia: A Compilation of Biographical Sketches of Prominent Men and Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 4 vols. [Salt Lake Cit 456.)
He married Mary Caroline Sørensen 1 Jan 1860 at Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah . Mary Caroline Sørensen was born at Haverup, Sorø, Denmark 25 Jun 1843 daughter of Nicolai Sørensen and Magdelena (Malena) Olsen .
They were the parents of 11
children:
Alexander Joseph Hill
born 12 Dec 1860.
Emeline Malena Hill
born 27 Aug 1862.
William Nickolai Hill
born 23 Jun 1864.
Moroni Nephi Hill
born 26 Feb 1866.
Abraham Mormon Hill
born 22 Mar 1868.
Edgar Eugene Hill
born 17 Feb 1870.
John Hyrum Hill
born 10 Feb 1872.
Mary Caroline Hill
born 21 Mar 1874.
Franklin Isaac Hill
born 30 Oct 1876.
Jacob Frederick Hill
born 28 May 1879.
Guy Henry Hill
born 31 May 1882.
William Hood Hill died 13 Nov 1907 at Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah .
Mary Caroline Sørensen died 20 Jan 1928 at Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah .