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WILLIAM HILL
[Welland Tribune, 2 July 1897]
Over three hundred residents of Wainfleet and surrounding country testified their esteem and respect for the late William Hill of Wainfleet by attending his funeral on Sunday afternoon last, fully one hundred carriages and wagons following the remains to the place of interment at Morgan’s cemetery. Death took place on Friday evening, June 25, the result of paralysis. William Hill was born at Gaitsgill, Cumberland county, England, on Nov. 27, 1831, and came to this country when about 26 years of age. He first settled below St. Catharines, where he was married in 1857 to Ann Hindson, daughter of the late John Hindson of Welland. In 1859 Mr. Hill and family moved near to the village of Marshville on the farm now occupied by David Campbell, about eight years later, purchasing the homestead near Sugarloaf, on which he lived the balance of his days. By his energy and unflagging industry he accumulated considerable property, making a home for himself and family almost in the heart of what was then a wilderness. He was honest and honorable to a fault, and died beloved by all who knew him. The bereaved widow, five sons and three daughters survive to mourn the death of husband and father, namely:- James, John, William, Joseph and Roland Hill, Mrs. Clifton Schooley, Mrs. Geo. Jennings, and Miss Susan Elizabeth Hill. The impressive funeral service of the Church of England was conducted by Rev. A. Bonny, following the same with an address which earnestly appealed to all in the large audience to make their peace with God while the opportunity was theirs’. After the service, long lines of sympathizing friends passed the casket to view the face of one who had been a kind neighbor and a good citizen of the community for forty years. Messrs. D.H. Crow, Peter Barrick, Benj. Davis, Elihu Graybiel, Wm. Ellsworth and Jacob Neff acted as pallbearers, with Undertaker Ellsworth in charge of the funeral. The family gratefully acknowledge the universal sympathy so sincerely tendered. The township loses a worthy citizen in the death of Mr. Hill, and the TRIBUNE joins sincerely in the expression of deep regret expressed by all who knew him.
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