ELIZABETH "BETTIE" HILL was the oldest child of her father's 2nd marriage. Her parents were Lewis C. Hill and Isabel Whitson. She had 5 siblings from her parent's marriage; and 2 half-siblings from her father's 1st marriage; and 2 half siblings (Pernina Jane and John Irvin) from her father's 3rd marriage to Mary Ann Connor Bradley. She grew up on her father's farm in the Rock Bridge area.
Elizabeth's sweetheart was James McWhirter, son of Isaac McWhirter. The Hill and McWhirter families were members of the Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
In August 1861, Elizabeth's sweetheart James McWhirter, and her brothers Robert Gwinn and William, enlisted in the 24th TN Infantry of the Confederate Army. In April 1862, Robert and William Hill, and James McWhirter, all fought in the Battle of Shiloh. William Hill and James McWhirter were both wounded the 1st day of this Battle. Both later died of their wounds.
Family lore says that a messenger burst into a Sunday service at Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with the news of William and James's death, and the whole congregation was overcome with grief.
See James McWhirter Find A Grave Memorial 139417800.
Robert survived this Battle and went on to fight all four years of the War.
Bettie never married. Family lore says Bettie deeply mourned the death of her sweetheart James. She spent her adult life living with the family of her brother Robert G. Hill (as did her sister Dealla).
Obit from Sumner Co TN newspaper Thursday, July 7, 1910
Useful Life Ended
Miss Bettie Hill died at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of her brother, Mr. R. G. Hill, three miles out on the Long Hollow Pike after an illness of several months. She was seventy-three years of age and was born in Wilson County but removed with her parents to the old family homestead near Rock Bridge this county early in life. To the hour of her death she was a consistent and faithful member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Gallatin. She was one of Sumner County's noblest and best of Christian women, her life having been full of generous deeds of charity. Though she had lived her allotted time her death is mourned by many, and all will agree that the world was made better and happier because she lived.
Elizabeth's sweetheart was James McWhirter, son of Isaac McWhirter. The Hill and McWhirter families were members of the Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
In August 1861, Elizabeth's sweetheart James McWhirter, and her brothers Robert Gwinn and William, enlisted in the 24th TN Infantry of the Confederate Army. In April 1862, Robert and William Hill, and James McWhirter, all fought in the Battle of Shiloh. William Hill and James McWhirter were both wounded the 1st day of this Battle. Both later died of their wounds.
Family lore says that a messenger burst into a Sunday service at Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with the news of William and James's death, and the whole congregation was overcome with grief.
See James McWhirter Find A Grave Memorial 139417800.
Robert survived this Battle and went on to fight all four years of the War.
Bettie never married. Family lore says Bettie deeply mourned the death of her sweetheart James. She spent her adult life living with the family of her brother Robert G. Hill (as did her sister Dealla).
Obit from Sumner Co TN newspaper Thursday, July 7, 1910
Useful Life Ended
Miss Bettie Hill died at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of her brother, Mr. R. G. Hill, three miles out on the Long Hollow Pike after an illness of several months. She was seventy-three years of age and was born in Wilson County but removed with her parents to the old family homestead near Rock Bridge this county early in life. To the hour of her death she was a consistent and faithful member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Gallatin. She was one of Sumner County's noblest and best of Christian women, her life having been full of generous deeds of charity. Though she had lived her allotted time her death is mourned by many, and all will agree that the world was made better and happier because she lived.
ELIZABETH "BETTIE" HILL was the oldest child of her father's 2nd marriage. Her parents were Lewis C. Hill and Isabel Whitson. She had 5 siblings from her parent's marriage; and 2 half-siblings from her father's 1st marriage; and 2 half siblings (Pernina Jane and John Irvin) from her father's 3rd marriage to Mary Ann Connor Bradley. She grew up on her father's farm in the Rock Bridge area.
Elizabeth's sweetheart was James McWhirter, son of Isaac McWhirter. The Hill and McWhirter families were members of the Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
In August 1861, Elizabeth's sweetheart James McWhirter, and her brothers Robert Gwinn and William, enlisted in the 24th TN Infantry of the Confederate Army. In April 1862, Robert and William Hill, and James McWhirter, all fought in the Battle of Shiloh. William Hill and James McWhirter were both wounded the 1st day of this Battle. Both later died of their wounds.
Family lore says that a messenger burst into a Sunday service at Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with the news of William and James's death, and the whole congregation was overcome with grief.
See James McWhirter Find A Grave Memorial 139417800.
Robert survived this Battle and went on to fight all four years of the War.
Bettie never married. Family lore says Bettie deeply mourned the death of her sweetheart James. She spent her adult life living with the family of her brother Robert G. Hill (as did her sister Dealla).
Obit from Sumner Co TN newspaper Thursday, July 7, 1910
Useful Life Ended
Miss Bettie Hill died at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of her brother, Mr. R. G. Hill, three miles out on the Long Hollow Pike after an illness of several months. She was seventy-three years of age and was born in Wilson County but removed with her parents to the old family homestead near Rock Bridge this county early in life. To the hour of her death she was a consistent and faithful member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Gallatin. She was one of Sumner County's noblest and best of Christian women, her life having been full of generous deeds of charity. Though she had lived her allotted time her death is mourned by many, and all will agree that the world was made better and happier because she lived.
Elizabeth's sweetheart was James McWhirter, son of Isaac McWhirter. The Hill and McWhirter families were members of the Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
In August 1861, Elizabeth's sweetheart James McWhirter, and her brothers Robert Gwinn and William, enlisted in the 24th TN Infantry of the Confederate Army. In April 1862, Robert and William Hill, and James McWhirter, all fought in the Battle of Shiloh. William Hill and James McWhirter were both wounded the 1st day of this Battle. Both later died of their wounds.
Family lore says that a messenger burst into a Sunday service at Dry Fork Cumberland Presbyterian Church, with the news of William and James's death, and the whole congregation was overcome with grief.
See James McWhirter Find A Grave Memorial 139417800.
Robert survived this Battle and went on to fight all four years of the War.
Bettie never married. Family lore says Bettie deeply mourned the death of her sweetheart James. She spent her adult life living with the family of her brother Robert G. Hill (as did her sister Dealla).
Obit from Sumner Co TN newspaper Thursday, July 7, 1910
Useful Life Ended
Miss Bettie Hill died at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning at the home of her brother, Mr. R. G. Hill, three miles out on the Long Hollow Pike after an illness of several months. She was seventy-three years of age and was born in Wilson County but removed with her parents to the old family homestead near Rock Bridge this county early in life. To the hour of her death she was a consistent and faithful member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Gallatin. She was one of Sumner County's noblest and best of Christian women, her life having been full of generous deeds of charity. Though she had lived her allotted time her death is mourned by many, and all will agree that the world was made better and happier because she lived.
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ELIZABETH HILL Mar. 14, 1837 - July 5, 1910
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