Nicholas Sneed Hill

1865 - 1937  (71 years)

• Name	Nicholas Sneed Hill
  Born	8 Oct 1865	Dawson, Navarro County, Texas USA
  Gender	Male
  Reference Number	8311
  Died	23 Jan 1937	Waco, McLennan County, Texas
  	Oaakwood Cemetery, Waco, McLennan County, Texas , USA
  Buried	23 Jan 1937	Oakwood Cemetery
  Person ID	I8311	Brownlow
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022

  
  

  Family	Nellie Dee Davis,   b. 18 Jan 1869, Roland, White County, Illinois ,   d. 12 Mar 1960, Waco, McLennan County, Texas  (Age 91 years)
  Children	1. Davis S Hill,   b. 1900, Cuero, DeWitt County Texas  [natural]
  Last Modified	16 Mar 2022
  Family ID	F2701	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  From: A Century of Fraternity, Waco Masonic Lodge #92, 1852-1952 & Handbook of Waco and McLennan County, Texas Brother Nicholas Sneed Hill was born at Dawson, TX. While yet a small boy the family moved to Waco where Sneed, as he was always called, was reared and educated. One of his relatives, Rev. Joseph Sneed, was the first preacher in the young town of Waco, back in 1850. His first enterprise was with his brother, B.H. Hill, in the Hill Brothers Book and Stationary business, in which they prospered. In 1896 this business was sold, and the brothers entered the Plumbing and Steamfitting business, building one of the City's most successful firms. In 1889 he married Nellie Davis of Evansville, Indiana, they were the parents of 2 children. He was a charter member of Austin Avenue Methodist Church.