Stillwater Valley Gazette

November 17, 1870

HILL, MRS. FRANCES - At the residence of her son, Nathaniel Hill, Esq., in Newton Township, Miami County, O., on the 10th day of November inst., of a long and painful illness, Mrs. Frances Hill. The deceased was born in the State of North Carolina, Dec. 19, 1789, and came with her father to Ohio, and when it was necessary to travel on pack horses. She has lived in Miami County since the Indian War, and raised a numerous family. This venerable lady was esteemed for her many virtues, and died universally lamented.