Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1917-01-24
TAPS SOUND FOR The VETERAN
Answers Last Trumpet Call of Grand
Commander on High
LIEUTANT OBADIAH p. HITl

] With a clear mind, aud in an IN
! tlinching, fearless manner. with firm
belief that the God who gave this life
+ would take care of him in the greater
/ tomorrow, Air Obadiah T. Hill passed
into the valley OF the shadow ofdeath.
/ his passing was notentire,y dnexpect-
( ed, and yet NJ az three weeks ago it
was hoped that the death angel might
DELAY the coming for a time. Like n
! child passing to sleep in the irms of
| its mother, MIR. Hill went to rest on
! Wednesday at noon, January TO- Fun
/ eral was conducted from the home un-
der Grand Army auspices Friday af-
/ tornoon. Rev. j. H. Bullock OF the
Christian church officiating, Captain
{. f. Buffers reading the following
| sketch of his eventfui life:
! MIR. Hill was born in ashington
county, Ohio, January "A, 1912. His
| father, PennsY lvaniau farmer, gave
| the boy the common school advantages
/ OF the times in that county. Here he
lived up to the days of the Civil war.
! On August 10, 1860, he was united in
| marriage to Hannah J. Haggerman, a
neighborhood schoolmate. Their only
child, Marion o. Hill, was born July
5, 1861. Three months later, October
| /, Mr.. Hill left the mother and the
| babe to enter his country's service as
First Sergeant of Co. ID 63 Ohio Vol
unteer Infantry. He was mustered in
\ for three years at Marietta, Ohio
This regiment during its period of SER
vice passed through several daring en-
gagements Among them were New
| Madrid, Missouri, Island No 10, Ten
nessee ,Seige ofCorinth, Resaca, Kene-
| saw Mountain, and Decatur, where on
! July %, 1864, Mr.. Hill was hit three
times by spent balls, Atlanta, Jones'
| boro, Seige of Savannah, Pocolalign,
| Rivers Bridge, and Bentonvilla. AT
| the end of three years of his enlist
| ment he veternized, took a 20 day
| furlough and returned to his regiment
on January 20, 1865, he was promoted
to First Lieutenanto of Co. |, same regi.
ment, and was mustered out with his
company on July s, 1865 In October
| of That's year he came TO Wisconsin,
| settling at Dell, where he lived and
| labored for ~ years and then moved
| to the farm home just east of Viroqua,
| that often goes by his name still. In
| 1882 he was elected county commits
sioner and moved TO the city. About
| 1887 the new insane asylum was built
and Mr.. Hill became its first superin-
tendent, nobly filling the duties that
must necessarily fall to any ones lot
who commences such an institution.
| He served in this capacity for six
years, afterwards taking up his resi-
dence again in the city. where he has
since found peaceful and contented
duties as alderman of his ward. and
street commissioner. In the latter
years of his life he was one of the
moving spirits of the Grand Army OF
the Republic. He was charter mem
Der. He ever delighted TO keep green
the friendships of the wearerS of the
| little bronze button.
His years of service in the Civil war
had brought about a comradship that
was to him one of the dearest and most
sacred of fellowship, and when some
comrade would pass into the great be-
| yond he always marked the last rest
| ing place and when the decoration day
time came, none we're more anxious
than MIR. Hill to see that the stars and
stripes should tloaJ above every sold
Ier's grave. He wasa an honorary mep,.
Der Of the |. O. Q. +. In his death he
leaves his son Marion Q. Hill of this
city and one brother, out OF family
of SIX brothers and sisters. The re-
naming brother, Isaac V. Hill, lives
at La Fargo. He is also an old Ohio
soldier who came to this county year
following the advent of his brother,
living near him at Dell.
Mr.. HIS beloved wife passed away
August l0,l9l4, the great Gethsamene
of his life. The beauty of the death
of the aged is that the separation is
not long. Aud so passes this old in
years yet young in spirit man, this
happy. smiling, contented man, this
man who sought to do good, whose
kindness to neighbor was proverbial,
whose life has honored this community,
and in whose passing the community
will miss much AS was said of David
of old ''He shall be missed because his
seat will be empty" b.