The Hill Family (Reynolds County, Missouri)

My Mom's side:

My Mom is a Hill.

Her line also includes Bowles, Davis, Hunter, Mackey and Mann families.

My Family (Hill lineage)

-George Henry Brawley (Born 1929, Reynolds, Mo) Father

-Julia Ann (June) Hill Brawley (Born 1930, Centerville, Mo) Mother

-Siblings: Larry Wayne, Donald Ray and Richard Lee - (died 1971)

My Maternal Grandparents:

-Leslie Murdock Hill (1896-195x))
-Minnie Beatrice Mann Hill (1899-195x)

-Children: Wilma, Frank, Herb, Julia Ann (June-my Mom), Roy and Ray.

My Maternal Grandparents x2: (Lineage of Leslie Hill)

-James Allen Hill (1857-1936)
-B'Nora Hunter Hill (1858-1921) mother of children
-Alice Radford Hill (second wife)
-Children: Leslie, Thomas, William Robert, Grace, Myrtle and Eliza

He was a farmer/blacksmith in Reynolds County, Mo

Buried in Centerville, Mo Cemetery.

My Maternal Grandparents x3: (Lineage of Leslie Hill)

Isaiah Hill (1827-1879) Possibly from Indiana.

Elizabeth Davis Hill (1825-1892) Possibly from Kentucky.

-Children: Mary Ann, Emily, William Aaron, James Allen, Eliza Jane, John H. and Martha L.

Came to Missouri settling in Logan Creek area around 1840s.

Buried in Polk Cemetery, Reynolds County, Mo

My Maternal Grandparents X2: (Lineage of Minnie Mann Hill)

-Allen D. Mann
-Julia Mackey Mann
-Jim Rayfield, second husband

-Children: Maggie, Clarence, Clara, Allen, Roy, Finas, Arnold, Robert Lee, Sarah and Minnie.

Julie would raise the family after Allen died in 1912. She married Jim Rayfield and continued farming until they moved to Middlebrook, where she died after being severely burned by a kerosene stove fire. My mother is named after Julie.

Family lore is that Allen was on the train robbed by the Jessie James Gang (pictured above) ) at Gad's Hill in 1872. They made him lie face down on train floor and stole his money and gold watch.

My Maternal Great X3 Grandparents:

-Phineas Mann
-Catherin (maiden name?) Mann

-Deanna (second wife)

-Children: Allen, Robert, Ruth, Alpha & Roy.

Family lore is that he wanted his funeral preached while he was alive so that he could hear what was going to be said about him. Buried Buffington Cemetery, Reynolds County, Mo

He was a slaveholder (Ella & Emma) - they were freed and given 20 acres in his will. .Helped formed town called Sinking Creek - Riverside. A local landmark is the Phineas Mann Mountain, named after him.

My Maternal Great  X4 Grandparents:

-Arnold Mann (born in Germany, date?) Wife unknown.

-Children: Phineas,Clarence, George and Isaac.

Came to America from Germany, Came to Mo, via the Cumberland Gap from Tennessee and Kentucky into Missouri. Family settled in Reynolds County area around 1810

HIll Album:

Leslie and Minnie Hill Family (Centerville, MO - 1930s)

Children of Leslie and Minnie Hill (1975)

Ray, Roy, June (mom), Herb, Frank and Wilma

Leslie Hill on HIll Farm, Centerville, MO 1950s (Grandfather)

Quilt made by Minnie Mann Hill (Grandmother)

James Allen Hill (Great Grandfather)

Julia Mackey Mann (Maternal Great Grandmother)

Died in kitchen fire (Middlebrook, MO, 1940)

Buffington School, 1914 (Finas and Arnold Mann - Julia's sons pictured)

The Hill Farm (2007) - Barn Built by Roy Hill Family, Centerville, MO

Hill Boys playing marbles in Centerville, MO Town Square 1930s.

Gravesite of James Allen and Nora (Hunter) Hill (Maternal Grandparents x1)

Centerville, MO

Gravesite of Isaiah and Elizabeth (Davis) Hill (Maternal Grandparents x2)

Polk Cemetery, MO

Gravesite of Phineas Mann (Maternal Grandparents x3)

Buffington Cemetery, Reynolds County, MO (Former Town of Riverside)

Gravesite of Phineas Mann's Freed Slaves (Maternal Grandparent x3)

Given 20 Acres of Land, Remained Part of Mann Family

Buffington Cemetery, Reynolds County, MO (Former Town of Riverside)

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