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JOSEPH H. HILL
A representative viticulturist of
the Ripon section of San Joaquin County, among the most prosperous farming
districts in California, is Joseph H. Hill, the general manager of the Hilldale Vineyard, located near Ripon. He was born at Honey Grove, Texas, July 24,
1884 a son of Jesse W. and Mary (Gunter) Hill, both natives of Tennessee, who
migrated to Texas in 1880. Jesse W. Hill
became an extensive land owner in Texas and was a citizen of more than ordinary
degree of public spirit and personal worth.
He and his good wife reared six sons and one daughter who, with the
husband and father, survive Mrs. Hill, who passed away in Melrose, Texas, in
1908. After spending about fifteen years
riding the range, Joseph H. Hill engaged in rice raising
and met with fine success in this new industry for four successive years. In
1908 he left his father’s ranch and went to Fort Worth, Texas, and was employed
in the Armour packing plant there and was soon promoted to division
superintendent of the plant, where he remained until 1918, when he resigned his
position to come to California.
On October 9, 1909 at Fort Worth,
Texas, Mr. Hill was married to Miss Evelyn Stegall,
also a native of Honey Grove, a daughter of J. Q. and Virginia (Moore) Stegall, of Scotch-Irish descent, but born and reared in
Tennessee. Three children have been born
to Mr. and Mrs. Hill: Harold, Austin and
Carl. Jesse W. Hill, the father of our
subject, preceded his son to California where he purchased 171 acres of grain
land; later 121 acres was sold to Charles H. Segerstrom who is developing it to
vineyard known as the Hilldale vineyard of which Mr.
Hill is the manager and where the most modern methods and equipment are
use. In politics Mr. Hill is a
Republican and fraternally is a member of the Ripon Mt. Horeb Lodge of Odd
Fellows No. 58, and the Encampment Lodge of Odd Fellows No. 58, and the
Encampment of Modesto. He is numbered
among the thoroughly practical and successful fruit growers of San Joaquin
County, and commands the uniform confidence and respect of the business
community in which he makes his home and he can be counted upon to support all
measurers for the advancement of the Ripon district.
Transcribed by V. Gerald Iaquinta.
Source: Tinkham, George
H., History of San Joaquin County, California , Page
1613. Los Angeles, Calif.: Historic
Record Co., 1923.
© 2012 V. Gerald Iaquinta.
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