I am trying to find ancestors or JP Hill, of Jefferson Co, TN. I descended from JP's son Claude Eugene Hill. JP's obit may be helpful to some of you out there. This is the best I can transcribe from a newspaper clipping my Grandmother cherished: OBITUARY Mr. J.P. Hill died at the General Hospital in Knoxville on Saturday, May 29, 1920, following an operation and was interred in the private burying lot belonging to the family in the cemetery at Dandridge on Sunday afternoon May 30. The Active pall bearers, nephews of teh deceased were: J.C. Hill, Roscoe Hill,(piece missing) Hill, ALger Hill, O.D. Hill and C.S. Rainwater. The honorary pall bearers, intimate friends of the deceased, were Col. A. (initial not legible) Swann, F.W. Galbraith, H.B. Jarnaigin, W.A. Swann, George W. Hill, A. (initial not legible) Huggins, Jr, (illegible name) and H.M. Rankin. The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. M. Bull, pastor of the church of which the deceased was a member, and Rev. John M. Anderson, of Morristown. The services were held at the late home of the deceased, and were simple and impressive, in keeping with the life and character of him in whose memory they were held. The wearlth of flowers, and the immense throng of people present, attested the high regard in which the deceased was held by the people of Jefferson and surrounding couuties. James Preston Hill was born in what is now the eighth district of jefferson county, Tennessee, on 1st day of January, 1844. He was the son of Rev. James Maston Hill and Sarah Moore Hill. He was a veteran of the civil war, being a member of Co. "F", 9th Tennessee Calvary, and mad a splendid record for gallantry and devotion to duty there. On Dec. 30, 1868, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary L. Thurman, who survives him. To this marriage were born (a piece of the page is missing; looks like 2 spaces)ne cgukdrebm tge fikkiwubg if wgin syrvuve tge deceased: W.C., Claude, and paul hill, and Mesdames Elizabeth Best, Victoria Swann, and Lucile hunter. Mr. Hill is also survived by the following brothers and sisters: G.W. Hill, of Knoxville, A.R.Hill, of San Saba, Texas, D.C. Hill, of Dallas, Texas, I H Hill and S. S. Hill of Dandridge, and Mrs R. R. Burchfield, of Jefferson City, and Mrs. Samuel Henry, of Texas, ans the following Half-brothers: J.L Hill of Kansas, Callie HIll and O.G. Hill Dandridge, and Mrs. W.R. Nichols, of Knoxville, a half-sister. Mr. Hill was for weveral years a member of the County court of jefferson county, and he was known in the court as a safe and sane member, supporting every measure looking (missing piece)t of the people, (missing piece)ctive opponent (missins piece) which to him (missing piece0 of jobbery or (missing piece)e was a friend of good roads, and the prresent pike system of the county is in great part the fruit ofhis efforts. There may be seen in Dandridge today, by all who care to look, a monument to the influence and effort of Mr. hill. When he became a member of the county court the lot surrounding the court house was gully-(illegible) andfilled with unsightly weeds and tin cans and other flotsum and jetsum of a careless public. That lot is now carptetd by blue grass and shaded with growing trees, and is transformation from a blot on the landscape to a thing of bearty is due to the efforts of J.P. Hill. he began the movement to improve the lot, and he superintended the work, and small thing as it may seem, this work of a man who loved bearty and despised ugliness will bring plrasure to citizens of the community who are yet unborn. Mr. Hill was a progressive and successful farmer, and he and his good wife, by their industry, intelligence, and thrift, overcame the difficulties that face all young couples who begin life with little of wealth, but with an ambition to succeed, and at the time of his death Mr. Hill was the owner of three good Jefferson County farms. He was interested in banking, being a stockholder and former president of the Jefferson County Bank, and he was interested in othe business enterprises. Mr. Hill was an honest man and had the confidence of all who knew him. he was loyal to his friends, and had the happy faculry of making friends and keeping them. He sometimes became interested in politics, and when he entered a campaign in behalf of a friend, or of measures he believed for the public good, his influence was felt, and he was untiring in efforts to win, but he was never vindictive, and he "fought fair, as he was wont to say, and he never left an aftermath of bitterness. Mr. Hill was not a scholar, in the sense of being highly versed in the (not legible) of books but he was a keen observer of the transactions of the day, and was an intellignet reader of newspapers and other vehicles of modern news, and kep abreast of the happenings of the day, and brought to his reading a gread fund of what for a better name is called "common sense", and was able to form correct opinions of men and measures, and his advice was often sought by those who appreciated the wisdom of his ripened years. He held family ties in high regard, nd to the end of his life held in tender remembrance his parents, and he was ever willing to aid his brothers and sisters when such aid was needed or asked. He was greatly interested in his children and grandchildren and was eager to see them succeed, and his chief concern during the last days of his life, when he knew the grim reaper was rapidly approaching, was of his wife and children. The little Sunday School ner his home was upon his heart, and during his last illness was the subject of much of his conversations. He was a generous man, and no worthy object of his generosity ever failed to receive is attention, and many enterprises for the betterment of society are the richer for his benefactions. He had his faults, of course, and who has not? but he was a brave, true, manly man, and he faced the Unknown confident and unafraid, and his passing has saddened many hearts, and has left vacant a place in the community life that will be long unfilled. Long may his memory live. Peace to his ashes. H.M. Rankin and on the other side of the newspaper clipping: CARD OF THANKS We take this method of thanking all our friends who assisted us during the last illness and death of our husband and father. KWe thank all who contributed flowers, or assisted in any manner. We shall always hold in grateful recollection the many and tender acts of kindness and sympathy shown us. --- Mrs. J.P. Hill and Family. I've typed this into my old computer, and printed it out, and the printer is low on ink....so between my typos, the illegibility of the poorly-inked printout, and the age and condition of the original newspaper clipping, I sure hope some useful information gets through!!! jo