from "History of Camden Township"
HILL, IRA, born in Stephentown, N.Y.,
married,
1st, Genevra Randall,
2nd, her sister Betty Randall (Nelson P., Nicholas R., Janet and Luana)
3rd, Sabrina Short (Ira G., Albert, Lucy and Sarah)
He had served in the War of 1812.
He with Selden Tennant and others, was persuaded by their pastor to invest in a project to deal in wild land in Indiana. The scheme failed and they were obliged to sell their land and emigrate to a region where they could obtain cheaper land with what little money they had left.
In 1839, while a resident of Bloomfield, Lagrange County, Indiana, Ira Hill bought the William Betts farm, the 45 acres next west and the lot south. He built the Betts house and lived there until his death in 1850, at the age of sixty.
In 1840 he bought the west part of the Gibbs farm and sold it the next year to Stephen Thompson.
In 1841 he bought the Guthrie farm of Eli Bush, and the next year deeded it to his son Nicholas.
In 1847 he bought the Frank Calkins farm, but soon sold the whole or nearly all of it.
His children were Nelson P., Nicholas R., Janet and Luana, by the second wife.
Third wife, Sabrina Short was born in Herkimer County, N.Y., but removed to Madison County with her parents, and at the age of thirty, married Mr. Hill. They lived in Sweden, N.Y., for three years, then removed to Indiana, and two and a half years later to Camden, on account of the ague. By the third marriage Mr. Hill had children, Ira G., Albert, Lucy and Sarah. After his death the widow married Samuel C. Hoyle.
from "History of Camden Township"
HILL, IRA, born in Stephentown, N.Y.,
married,
1st, Genevra Randall,
2nd, her sister Betty Randall (Nelson P., Nicholas R., Janet and Luana)
3rd, Sabrina Short (Ira G., Albert, Lucy and Sarah)
He had served in the War of 1812.
He with Selden Tennant and others, was persuaded by their pastor to invest in a project to deal in wild land in Indiana. The scheme failed and they were obliged to sell their land and emigrate to a region where they could obtain cheaper land with what little money they had left.
In 1839, while a resident of Bloomfield, Lagrange County, Indiana, Ira Hill bought the William Betts farm, the 45 acres next west and the lot south. He built the Betts house and lived there until his death in 1850, at the age of sixty.
In 1840 he bought the west part of the Gibbs farm and sold it the next year to Stephen Thompson.
In 1841 he bought the Guthrie farm of Eli Bush, and the next year deeded it to his son Nicholas.
In 1847 he bought the Frank Calkins farm, but soon sold the whole or nearly all of it.
His children were Nelson P., Nicholas R., Janet and Luana, by the second wife.
Third wife, Sabrina Short was born in Herkimer County, N.Y., but removed to Madison County with her parents, and at the age of thirty, married Mr. Hill. They lived in Sweden, N.Y., for three years, then removed to Indiana, and two and a half years later to Camden, on account of the ague. By the third marriage Mr. Hill had children, Ira G., Albert, Lucy and Sarah. After his death the widow married Samuel C. Hoyle.
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Father Ira Hill
1790-1850
War of 1812
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