Cumberland County, Maine - Hon. John Howard Hill
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Biography
Hon. John Howard Hill
Biographical Review
Cumberland County, Maine
Boston
Biographical Review Publishing Company
1896
Page 432-433


Hon. John Howard Hill, attorney-at-law and a Representative in the State
legislature, is a native of York County, having been born November 25, 1864, in
the town of Limington. His father, John Hill, although born in Buxton, in the
same county, was brought up in Limington. In his earlier years he was a
prominent teacher in that vicinity. He subsequently turned his attention to
farming, and after his removal to Portland, in 1887, established himself in
business as a contractor and builder. He is a Democrat in politics, and, while a
resident of Limington, served for a number of years as a Selectman. He married
Miss Clara L. Webster, a daughter of James D. S. Webster, a well-known mill-
owner and lumberman of Limington, the only child of their union being John
Howard Hill.

John Howard Hill was fitted for college in the schools of Limington, entering
Dartmouth in 1883, and being graduated four years later, his class making choice
of him to deliver the address to the President. While in college he took a
prominent part in athletic sports, belonging to the baseball and tennis clubs,
and was also a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon Society. The first year after
his graduation Mr. Hill was principal of the Limerick High School, coming thence
to Portland to read law in the office of N. & H. B. Cleaves, the latter of whom
now occupies the Maine gubernatorial chair. Being admitted to the bar by
examination at Portland, April 12, 1890, Mr. Hill immediately opened an office,
and has since that time had an extensive general practice. His first office was
in the Canal Bank Building, with Mr. Augustus F. Moulton; but in 1891 they
removed to their present location in the Jose Building at 98 Exchange Street.

Mr. Hill is a member of several prominent social organizations, belonging to
Highland Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Limerick; to Una Encampment
of this city, in which he has served as Chief Patriarch; to Longfellow Lodge,
Knights of Pythias, in which he has held the chair of Chancellor Commander. He
also belongs to the Portland Club, being one of the Directors; is also one of
the Directors in the Young Men's Republican Club; and is a member of the
Athletic Club.

In 1894 Mr. Hill was urged by his party to accept the Republican nomination as
Representative to the State legislature, and was elected for the term of 1895
with a handsome majority of the votes cast. He was a member of the Committee on
Legal Affairs, and Chairman of the Committee on Library, serving with credit to
himself and benefit to the public on both.

Mr. Hill was united in marriage in June, 1894, with Grace J., daughter of
William Nash, of Portland. Their hospitable home it located in one of the most
attractive portions of the city, at 272 State Street, Mr. Hill having erected
the house just prior to his marriage. Religiously, both Mr. and Mrs. Hill are
liberal in their views, and attend the Congress Square Universalist Church.