1859–1916

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Born: June 27, 1859, Lou­is­ville, Ken­tuc­ky.

Died: June 5, 1916, Chi­ca­go, Il­li­nois.

Buried: Cave Hill Ce­me­te­ry, Lou­is­ville, Ken­tuck­y.

Pseudonym: Jo­hann Ton­sor.

Biography

Mildred was the daugh­ter of Will­iam Wall­ace Hill.

A con­cert pi­an­ist, or­gan­ist, au­thor, teach­er and mu­si­co­lo­gist, she is prob­ab­ly best re­mem­bered as co-writer, with her sis­ter Pat­ty Smith Hill, of the tune Hap­py Birth­day to You.

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