William_Monroe_Hill_Parker_County_Resident_brief_biography

William Monroe Hill, Parker County resident came to Parker county, Texas in 1879.

Date of birth;    April, 1845 near Holly Springs, Mississippi.

Date of marriage;      1889

Place of marriage;      Parker County, Texas

Spouse name;             Ida Alice Beach

Brief Biography;
William Monroe Hill enlisted with the 18th Mississippi Calvary in December, 1863 at
Holly Springs, Mississippi. Fighting as a Confederate horseman under command of
Lt. General Nathan Bedford Forrest. William Monroe Hill was in Memphis Tennessee
with the unit, as Nathan B. Forrest rode his horse up the stairway inside the Memphis
building. Fighting through out the service of the CSA, he later surrendered along with
others in Alabama in 1865.

William Monroe Hill was at the speech given unto the men of Forrest's calavry by Lt. General Nathan Bedford Forrest just after their surrender.

His first wife was Harriot E. Duke, their marriage was in 1869 in Mississippi as their
son John W.D. Hill was born in Louisana, and two other son's were Dee and Oscar.

In and out of Texas for several years he later relocated to Texas in 1876. According to his daughter, Mellie, William M. Hill attended the funeral of Nathan Bedford Forrest in 1878.

His second wife came after the death of Harroit E. Hill in 1882. His second wife was Alaminda Strickland, that marriage produced three boys: Frank, Henry and Allie.

After the death of his second wife, William Monroe Hill took his third and last wife Ida Alice Beach. Seven children were born between them all in Parker County, Texas. Children of William Monroe and Ida Alice Hill were; Jessie, Mary, Miles, Sophia,Virgil, Roy, and Mellie. ( Jessie died of a fever. Mary died of Deptheria - they were both about two years old when they passed away ).

Date of death;   Aprill, 1911

Place of death;   Parker County, Texas

Place of burial;   Clark cemetery, north of Weatherford, Parker County, Texas.