Introduction

Biography

Hill was the son of Swed­ish farm work­ers (birth name: Sam­uel Mag­nus Sam­uels­son). His fa­mi­ly emi­grat­ed to Am­er­ica in 1868, and took the sur­name Hill.

After gra­du­at­ing from Au­gus­ta­na Col­lege, Rock Is­land, Il­li­nois, in 1879, he be­came a teach­er at Gus­tav­us Adolph­us Col­lege, Saint Pe­ter, Min­ne­so­ta.

He served for a year as a Lu­ther­an mis­sion­ary in Salt Lake Ci­ty, Utah, in 1882. He then ac­cept­ed a po­si­tion as a teach­er and prin­ci­pal of Lut­her Col­lege in Wa­hoo, Ne­bras­ka.

Hill con­trib­ut­ed reg­u­lar­ly to the Swed­ish Am­er­ican press. From the ear­ly 1880s to 1918, he helped ed­it Ung­dom­svän­nen (Youth’s Friend), a Swed­ish lang­uage pe­ri­od­i­cal pub­lished in Chi­ca­go, Min­ne­ap­olis, and Rock Is­land.

He moved to Ore­gon 1915, and be­came min­is­ter of the Swed­ish Carls­borg con­gre­ga­tion in Col­ton.

Works

• Uggletoner i Var­ga­ti­der (La­ments in the Time of the Wolf) (Port­land, Or­eg­on: 1916)