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Dr. Lafayette Hill (b. June 01, 1825, d. March 28, 1892)

Lafayette Hill (son of James Jones Hill and Martha Jeffreys) was born June 01, 1825 in Henderson County, Tennessee²⁵⁴, and died March 28, 1892 in Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee. He married (1) Elizabeth Catherine Haynie on October 15, 1847 in Tipton County, Tennessee²⁵⁵, daughter of Jesse Haynie. He married (2) Seraphina C. Tipton on November 15, 1855 in Tipton County, Tennessee^{256, 257}, daughter of Jacob Tipton and Lorina.

Notes for Lafayette Hill:
Lafayette Hill is listed on the 1850 Census information for Tipton County, District 1, Tennessee. Also listed is his wife Elizabeth E. and their child, also Lafayette, aged 1 month.

He is listed as the head of household on the 1860 Census for Tipton County, District 1, Tennessee with 2nd wife Saraphina C. (Tipton) Hill (30) and children Lafayette (10), Catharine (2) and Wm B. Hill (3 mos) RV $6,500; PV $15,500.

Listed on the 1870 Census for Tipton County, Covington Town, Tennessee, page 2 as head of household which included wife S. and children Lafayette (20), Kath. H. (11), William (8), Emma (7), Minnie (5), R(not readable) age 3, Eugene (4), Mary 6 mos. There was a domestic servant, Sallie Crenshaw.

Listed on the 1880 Census for Tipton County, Covington, District 1, Tennessee (page 287B); age 55 - also listed are wife (50) and children William B. (20), Emma (18), Pattie (16), Anna Lea (14), Eugene (12) and Mary (10). Also listed are three servants: Bettie Boykin, black, age 50; Luke McKeever, black, age 8; and Willis Lowe age 28.

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GOODSPEED TIPTON COUNTY BIOGRAPHIES
Dr. L. Hill, an old resident and physician of Covington, was born in Henderson County, Tenn., January 1, 1825, and one of eight children, two now living. His parents were James and Martha Hill, both natives of North Carolina. The father was born in 1780. When they came to Tennessee, they located in Wilson County, and soon after moved to Henderson County where they remained until they died. The father was a farmer, and died in 1828. The mother was a Miss Jefferies; she was about the same age of her husband and died a few years later. Our subject completed his education at the Mountain Academy, under Dr. Holmes, and a few years after, he entered the office of Dr. John A. Green, of Covington, and read medicine under him for two years, then took a course of lectures at the Louisville Medical College. In 1847 he married Miss Catharine, a daughter of Jesse Hayme. Mrs. Hill was born in Tipton County in _____ and died in 1851. Three children were born, only one living-Dr. L. Hill, Jr. In 1853-54, he took a course of lectures at the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia, where he graduated in the spring of the latter year and has since practiced medicine at Covington. November 5, 1855, he married Miss S. E., daughter of Jacob and Lorina Tipton, who were early residents of Tipton County. Mrs. Hill was born in the same county in 1834. They have seven children: Kate H., wife of John A. Crawford; W. H., a lawyer of Covington; Emma L., wife of John A. Harrell of Louisville, Ky.; P. A., Annie L., Eugene J. and Mary T. Dr. Hill is a man of enterprise and marked energy, has carried a heavy practice in his profession, and is one of Covington's leading citizens, taking an active interest in all that advances the interests of the town and county, and is well known in adjoining counties. He is a Democrat, and with his wife belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church South. In 1862, Dr. Hill enlisted in the Confederate Army, Seventh Tennessee Regiment, under Gen. William A. Jackson, he being captain of the company, but in the fall of the same year he was obliged to resign and return home on account of ill health.
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More About Lafayette Hill:
Burial: Unknown, R. H. Munford Cemetery, Tipton County, Tennessee.
Education 1: Mountain Academy, teacher Dr. Holmes.
Education 2: Bet. 1853 - 1854, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA.
Graduation: 1854, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA.
Military service: 1862, 7th TN Regiment, Gen. William A. Jackson, Captain.
Occupation: 1850, Doctor and Farmer.

More About Lafayette Hill and Elizabeth Catherine Haynie:
Marriage: October 15, 1847, Tipton County, Tennessee.²⁵⁸

More About Lafayette Hill and Seraphina C. Tipton:
Marriage: November 15, 1855, Tipton County, Tennessee.^{259, 260}

Marriage Notes for Lafayette Hill and Seraphina C. Tipton:
Listed in Tipton County, TN Marriages 1840-1874 (Sistler)

Children of Lafayette Hill and Elizabeth Catherine Haynie are:

+Lafayette Hill, Jr., b. May 23, 1850, Tipton County, Tennessee, d. March 22, 1925, Covington, Tipton County, Tennessee.

Children of Lafayette Hill and Seraphina C. Tipton are:

Catharine Hill, b. 1858, Tennessee, d. date unknown.
William B. Hill, b. 1860, Tennessee, d. date unknown.
Emma L. Hill, b. Abt. 1863, Tennessee²⁶¹, d. date unknown.
Pattie A. Hill, b. Abt. 1865²⁶², d. date unknown.
Anna Lee Hill, b. Abt. 1866, d. date unknown.
R Hill, b. Abt. 1867²⁶³, d. date unknown.
Eugene J. Hill, b. March 31, 1867, Tipton County, Tennessee²⁶⁴, d. February 01, 1890, Tipton County, Tennessee.
Mary T. Hill, b. Abt. 1870²⁶⁴, d. date unknown.