Hiram Abiff Hills and Betsy Stephens

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Husband Hiram Abiff Hills [2260]

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      Born: 20 May 1806 - , Brookfield, Madison, NY ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}
 Christened: Abt 1819 - , Brookfield, Madison, NY ^{6 8}
      Died: 23 Aug 1885 - , Novi, Oakland, MI ^{1 3 6 8}
     Buried: 1885 - Novi Cemetery, Novi, Oakland, MI ^{6 9 10}

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Father: Amasa Hills [3804] (1770-1856)
Mother: Eunice Rathbone [2257] (1781-1850) ¹¹

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    Married: 17 Mar 1825 - , , , NY ^{1 3 4 6 8}

More records for this person:
Obituary ¹², 1885 - , Novi, Oakland, MI
Other references ⁷

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Wife Betsy Stephens [2272]

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AKA: Betsey Stevens
      Born: 22 Jan 1809 - , Fairfield, Franklin, VT ^{1 3 6 8}
 Christened:
      Died: 19 Feb 1894 - , , , MI ^{3 6 8}
     Buried: 1894 - Novi Cemetery, Novi, Oakland, MI ^{6 9}

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Father: George Stephens [4301] (Abt 1778-) ⁶
Mother: Wealtha "Wealthy" Buck [4302] (Abt 1783-) ⁶

More records for this person:
Obituary ¹³, 1894 - , Novi, Oakland, MI

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Children

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1 M Enos Clarke Hills [4296]

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      Born: 7 Jan 1829 - , , , NY ^{1 3 6}
 Christened:
      Died: 5 May 1831 ^{1 3 6}
     Buried:
Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Hiram Clarke Hills [4297]

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      Born: 2 Jul 1832 - , , , NY ^{1 3 6 14}
 Christened:
      Died: 23 Sep 1840 ^{1 3 6 14}
     Buried: 1840 - West Highland Cemetery, Highland, Oakland, MI ¹⁴
Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 M George Edward Hills [4298]

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      Born: 13 Feb 1835 - , Batavia, Genesee, NY ^{1 3 6 8 15 16}
 Christened:
      Died: 6 Jul 1897 - at home, Novi, Oakland, MI ^{1 3 6 8 10 16} Cause of Death: Kicked by Horse
     Buried: 1897 - Knapp/Aldrich Cemetery, Novi, Oakland, MI ^{8 16}
Spouse: Olive Maria Gue [4299] (1836-1899) Marr: 1 Apr 1855 ^{1 3 6 17 18}. (Divorced in 186-170)
Spouse: Almira Hannah Sanford [4305] (1831-1878) Marr: 4 Jun 1866 ^{1 3 6 18}
Spouse: Louisa Matilda Lerchen [4303] (1854/1855-1926) Marr: 5 Jan 1880 ^{1 3 6 18 19}

1 Bible8. Bible owned by Hiram A Hills, In possession of David Hills, descendent, quoted in correspondance in 2004.

2 Bible8 - inserts. Bible owned by Hiram A Hills, on inserted scrap of paper in very old handwriting, that on one side says "I hereby certify that the within records is a true coppy of my father's records in the year 1824...". In possession of David Hills, descendent, scanned photos shown in correspondance in 2004.

3 Bible9. Bible owned by Hiram A Hills, handwritten copy by grand-daughter Ella Maria Hills in 1882; In possession of Jan Smith, quoted in correspondance to me in 2004.

4 B196. The Hills Family in America, by Hills, Will Sanford, compiler (Grafton Press: NY, 1906); A digitized version is available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/hillsfamilyiname03hill/hillsfamilyiname03hill_djvu.txt.

5 C88. United States Federal Census, year 1880.

6 L2004.2 Corresponance by email, "Descendents of Hiram A. Hills" (by Jan Smith, a descendent, to Irene Rowley, 2004).

7 M009. International Genealogical Index, database kept by LDS Library, Salt Lake City, UT.

8 N97. Northville Review (Northville, MI) (newspaper, obituaries) transcribed by David Charles Hills, 2005; online link at http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/l/David-C-Hills/index.html.

9 "Novi Corners Cemetery," Novi, Oakland, MI; published on the internet at:
http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/oakland/novi/cemetery/n10002.txt.

10 A186. "Michigan Deaths and Burials, 1800-1995" (database and scanned records) indexed by the Michigan Community Department of Health; Published on the internet by FamilySearch.org at https://familysearch.org/search/collection/1675357, and at .

11 Ancestral File Database, "Ancestral File" database, FamilySearch; published on the internet at https://familysearch.org/.

12 N97. Northville Review (Northville, MI) (newspaper, obituaries) transcribed by David Charles Hills, 2005; online link at http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/l/David-C-Hills/index.html, [obituary Hiram Abiff Hills].

13 N97. Northville Review (Northville, MI) (newspaper, obituaries) transcribed by David Charles Hills, 2005; online link at http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/h/i/l/David-C-Hills/index.html, [obituary Betsy Stepehens Hill].

14 "West Highland Families," (Genealogy Report) West Highland Cemetery, Highland Township, Oakland County, MI; published on the internet at ftp://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/mi/oakland/highland/cemetery/h24502.txt, 2004.

15 C87. United States Federal Census, year 1870.

16 Knapp/Aldrich Cemetery (of Novi, Michigan), (cemetery records), Nine Mile Road, Novi, Oakland Co, MI; published by on the internet by Find-A-Grave at http://www.findagrave.com.

17 C86. United States Federal Census, year 1860.

18 L2004.3 Corresponance letters, "Descendents of Hiram A. Hills" (by David Hills, a descendent, to John Hills and Hills family group, 2004.)

19 CM076. Find-A-Grave (cemetery records) as contributed by the public; published on the internet at http://www.findagrave.com/.

Rowley Genealogy Site & Family Charts, compiled by I. Rowley, version of Nov. 10, 2016.

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