George Stilman Hill Explained

George Stilman Hill
Birth Date:10 April 1794
Birth Place:Milltown, New Brunswick
Death Place:Fredericton, New Brunswick
Office:MLA for Charlotte
Term:1831 to 1846

George Stilman Hill (April 10, 1794  - April 13, 1858) was a lawyer and political figure in New Brunswick. He represented Charlotte in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1831 to 1846.

Born in Milltown, New Brunswick, the son of Abner Hill, an American-born emigrant to New Brunswick,[1] and Mary Whitney,[2] he was educated at Dartmouth College in New England and went on to study law with Ward Chipman. Hill practised law in St. Stephen.[3] He married Sarah Upton.[4] Hill was named to the Legislative Council of New Brunswick in 1850. He died in office in Fredericton.[2] [3]

His former home is now designated as a local historic place in St. Stephen.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hill Family . Loyalist Collection . University of New Brunswick . 2011-03-25.
  2. Book: Chapman, George T . Sketches of the alumni of Dartmouth college, from the first graduation in 1771 to the present time, with a brief history of the institution . 1867 . 193. Cambridge, Riverside press .
  3. Book: Lawrence, Joseph Wilson . The judges of New Brunswick and their times . 1915 . 462–4. St. John, N.B. .
  4. Web site: Hon. George Stillman Hill Home . Canada's Historic Places . Parks Canada . 2011-03-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110817224044/http://historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=7652 . 2011-08-17 .