1824–1903

Introduction

Born: June 21, 1824, War­ren, Rhode Is­land.

Died: Ju­ly 16, 1903, Sao Pau­lo, Bra­zil. At the time of his death he was liv­ing with his daugh­ter Anne, and her hus­band Will­iam Bag­by, the first Sou­thern Bap­tist mis­sion­ar­ies to Bra­zil.

Buried: North Bel­ton Ce­me­tery, Bel­ton, Tex­as.

Biography

John was the son of Jo­seph Hill and Mar­vell Lu­ther, and hus­band of Ann Jau­don.

In 1886, he be­came the first pre­si­dent of Bay­lor Fe­male Col­lege in Bel­ton, Tex­as.

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