Allen Greene Hill

Allen Greene Hill

• Father: Benjamin Johnson Hill b. 5 November 1859, d. 3 November 1944
• Mother: Evelina Wood Barnes b. 25 October 1859, d. 6 July 1936

• Allen Greene Hill was born on 5 July 1899 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas.
• Benjamin Johnson Hill and Evelina Wood Barnes appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Anderson, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Allen Greene Hill, Eva Hill and Oliver Hadley Perry Hill.
• Benjamin Johnson Hill and Evelina Wood Barnes appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Allen Greene Hill, Eva Hill and Oliver Hadley Perry Hill.
• Allen Greene Hill registered for the draft on 17 September 1918 while living in Navasota, and employed there as a printer.
• Benjamin Johnson Hill and Evelina Wood Barnes appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Allen Greene Hill, Eva Hill.
• He married Margaret Virginia Gooch, daughter of Oscar Burton Gooch and Lucy Ann Roan, circa 1924.
• Allen Greene Hill and Margaret Virginia Gooch appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Anderson Precinct, Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Aline Hill and Oliver Hill.
• He was employed as a farm laborer, according to the 1930 census.
• The following appeared on 9 July 1936 in The Houston Chronicle: (Navasota, July 8) Funeral services for Mrs. J. B. Hill, who died at her home near Anderson, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Anderson Baptist Church by Rev. J. E. Boulet. She was a daughter of a Grimes County pioneer, Gen. J. W. Barnes, who settled near Anderson in 1841. Surviving are the husband; a son, Allen Hill of Anderson, and a daughter, Mrs. V. V. Aerl of San Antonio.
• Allen Greene Hill and Margaret Virginia Gooch appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Austin, Travis County, Texas, at South Congress. Other members of the household included Aline Hill and Oliver Hill. The family was living in Austin in 1935.
• He was a printer, according to the 1940 census.
• Allen Greene Hill died on 1 May 1965 at age 65 in Galveston, Texas, . His death was officially witnessed by Margaret Virginia Gooch.
• His wife Margaret Virginia Gooch became a widow at his death.
• He was interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery, Anderson, Grimes County, Texas.

• Last Edited: 22 Dec 2012