He was the son of William Murdock Hill and Aimee Hopkins Hill.
On September 4, 1899, he married Louise Owens, daughter of James Owens of Anne Arundel County, Maryland at Christ Church at Owensville, Maryland.
At the time of his marriage he was employed by the Chesapeake Beach Railway.
On May 15, 1948 as James Hopkins Hill, he married Lena Beall Simpson at the District of Columbia.
After the death of his father in 1871, his mother moved the family to New Orleans where they lived for 20 years. He earned a civil engineering degree from Spring Hill College in Alabama. In 1891, he moved to the District of Columbia where he worked for the Chesapeake Beach Railway. He supervised the laying of the railway tracks for the train from the Hyattsville through Capitol Heights and Upper Marlboro to Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. Most of what is Route 260 in Calvert County, Maryland followed the old railroad bed. At the flyover from Maryland Route 4, some trestles are still visible. From 1902 to 1909 he was an engineer for a District construction firm. In 1909, he joined the Smithsonian staff as a supply officer. One of his tasks was to outfit Smithsonian scientific expeditions to other parts of the world. After 37 years with the institute, he retired in June 1946. Survivors included his second wife and three children from his first marriage: Helen Hill Schindler of Arlington; William B. Hill of St. Augustine, Florida; James H. Hill Jr. of Arlington and six grandchildren.
Source: The Evening Star, Tuesday, April 3, 1951.
On September 4, 1899, he married Louise Owens, daughter of James Owens of Anne Arundel County, Maryland at Christ Church at Owensville, Maryland.
At the time of his marriage he was employed by the Chesapeake Beach Railway.
On May 15, 1948 as James Hopkins Hill, he married Lena Beall Simpson at the District of Columbia.
After the death of his father in 1871, his mother moved the family to New Orleans where they lived for 20 years. He earned a civil engineering degree from Spring Hill College in Alabama. In 1891, he moved to the District of Columbia where he worked for the Chesapeake Beach Railway. He supervised the laying of the railway tracks for the train from the Hyattsville through Capitol Heights and Upper Marlboro to Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. Most of what is Route 260 in Calvert County, Maryland followed the old railroad bed. At the flyover from Maryland Route 4, some trestles are still visible. From 1902 to 1909 he was an engineer for a District construction firm. In 1909, he joined the Smithsonian staff as a supply officer. One of his tasks was to outfit Smithsonian scientific expeditions to other parts of the world. After 37 years with the institute, he retired in June 1946. Survivors included his second wife and three children from his first marriage: Helen Hill Schindler of Arlington; William B. Hill of St. Augustine, Florida; James H. Hill Jr. of Arlington and six grandchildren.
Source: The Evening Star, Tuesday, April 3, 1951.
He was the son of William Murdock Hill and Aimee Hopkins Hill.
On September 4, 1899, he married Louise Owens, daughter of James Owens of Anne Arundel County, Maryland at Christ Church at Owensville, Maryland.
At the time of his marriage he was employed by the Chesapeake Beach Railway.
On May 15, 1948 as James Hopkins Hill, he married Lena Beall Simpson at the District of Columbia.
After the death of his father in 1871, his mother moved the family to New Orleans where they lived for 20 years. He earned a civil engineering degree from Spring Hill College in Alabama. In 1891, he moved to the District of Columbia where he worked for the Chesapeake Beach Railway. He supervised the laying of the railway tracks for the train from the Hyattsville through Capitol Heights and Upper Marlboro to Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. Most of what is Route 260 in Calvert County, Maryland followed the old railroad bed. At the flyover from Maryland Route 4, some trestles are still visible. From 1902 to 1909 he was an engineer for a District construction firm. In 1909, he joined the Smithsonian staff as a supply officer. One of his tasks was to outfit Smithsonian scientific expeditions to other parts of the world. After 37 years with the institute, he retired in June 1946. Survivors included his second wife and three children from his first marriage: Helen Hill Schindler of Arlington; William B. Hill of St. Augustine, Florida; James H. Hill Jr. of Arlington and six grandchildren.
Source: The Evening Star, Tuesday, April 3, 1951.
On September 4, 1899, he married Louise Owens, daughter of James Owens of Anne Arundel County, Maryland at Christ Church at Owensville, Maryland.
At the time of his marriage he was employed by the Chesapeake Beach Railway.
On May 15, 1948 as James Hopkins Hill, he married Lena Beall Simpson at the District of Columbia.
After the death of his father in 1871, his mother moved the family to New Orleans where they lived for 20 years. He earned a civil engineering degree from Spring Hill College in Alabama. In 1891, he moved to the District of Columbia where he worked for the Chesapeake Beach Railway. He supervised the laying of the railway tracks for the train from the Hyattsville through Capitol Heights and Upper Marlboro to Chesapeake Beach, Maryland. Most of what is Route 260 in Calvert County, Maryland followed the old railroad bed. At the flyover from Maryland Route 4, some trestles are still visible. From 1902 to 1909 he was an engineer for a District construction firm. In 1909, he joined the Smithsonian staff as a supply officer. One of his tasks was to outfit Smithsonian scientific expeditions to other parts of the world. After 37 years with the institute, he retired in June 1946. Survivors included his second wife and three children from his first marriage: Helen Hill Schindler of Arlington; William B. Hill of St. Augustine, Florida; James H. Hill Jr. of Arlington and six grandchildren.
Source: The Evening Star, Tuesday, April 3, 1951.
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