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"Rogers Hill was born in Sussex County, Delaware, Jan 31, 1799. When he was five weeks old his parents removed to Redstone, (Fayette county) Pennsylvania, where they remained two years, when they moved to the forks of the Beaver in Columbian County, where they remained until Rogers was of age. He was the oldest of ten children of Robert and Patience Rogers Hill, both native of Delaware. September 20, 1820 he married Eliza Chambers a native of Pennsylvania and daughter of W. Chambers, also a native of Pennsylvania. Her ancestors were from Ireland."
Rogers and Eliz were married 20 Sept 1820 in Washington township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
The first coal was mined at Mineral Ridge in 1835, the mine being situated on Coal run, on the south side of the village, on the farm of Michael Ohl, in Austintown township, (Trumbull county). In 1833 Roger Hill, a Pennsylvania coal miner, moved to Mineral Ridge. He showed Mr. Ohl the coal exposed in the run, and advised him to open a mine. Two years later Mr. Hill commenced work for Mr. Ohl, and drifting into a hill, found a seam of coal four feet in thickness. He selected a smooth square and heavy piece, and carried it home to test its quality. The piece would not burn, and Hill pronounced it bastard cannal coal, or blackstone. Other parts of the seam proved to be of good quality, and the blackstone was left unworked, forming the floor of the mine. The coal found a ready sale for blacksmithing and household use.
Contributor: Harry Galley (50789105) on 19 JUL 2021
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"Rogers Hill was born in Sussex County, Delaware, Jan 31, 1799. When he was five weeks old his parents removed to Redstone, (Fayette county) Pennsylvania, where they remained two years, when they moved to the forks of the Beaver in Columbian County, where they remained until Rogers was of age. He was the oldest of ten children of Robert and Patience Rogers Hill, both native of Delaware. September 20, 1820 he married Eliza Chambers a native of Pennsylvania and daughter of W. Chambers, also a native of Pennsylvania. Her ancestors were from Ireland."
Rogers and Eliz were married 20 Sept 1820 in Washington township, Westmoreland, Pennsylvania
The first coal was mined at Mineral Ridge in 1835, the mine being situated on Coal run, on the south side of the village, on the farm of Michael Ohl, in Austintown township, (Trumbull county). In 1833 Roger Hill, a Pennsylvania coal miner, moved to Mineral Ridge. He showed Mr. Ohl the coal exposed in the run, and advised him to open a mine. Two years later Mr. Hill commenced work for Mr. Ohl, and drifting into a hill, found a seam of coal four feet in thickness. He selected a smooth square and heavy piece, and carried it home to test its quality. The piece would not burn, and Hill pronounced it bastard cannal coal, or blackstone. Other parts of the seam proved to be of good quality, and the blackstone was left unworked, forming the floor of the mine. The coal found a ready sale for blacksmithing and household use.
Contributor: Harry Galley (50789105) on 19 JUL 2021
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PVT John Hill
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Robert Hill
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William Hill
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Eliza Jane Hill Richardson Fanning
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George T Hill
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Joseph Hill
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Matthew Rogers Hill
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Patience Mariah or Maria Hill Palmer
1834–1912
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Mary Ann Hill Galley
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Elvira A. Hill
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