Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1922-09-28
JUDGE DEAN b HILL DIES
II tOME IN ST LOUIS

Judge Dem Barnett Hill departed this e ,enfortyfive
o'clock Friday September % at the home Of Mr. and Mrs
Henry j Long at 43i3 Demar Ave, st. Louis, Mo,
He was stricken with paralysis a. his home in Marble M
Saturday night AZ - s2l and unconscious and helpless
for several days but in few days after the he became par
italy conscious and could talk times in be under
stood But he recovered the of his right side His
and leg the right side remained comparatively
day Of his death On the fifth day Of November 1921 TAX
by his guardian the Barnes hospital the city Of St Louis
for and remained there until about fifth of April
1922 All done for him that could be done by the best med
cal aid that could be- procured But Improvement could be
made either mentally physically His sep granddaughter Mrs
Annie Long and husband who had been frequent
him and help him wle hospital took him their
home and took kind Of him for much price than
keep him the hospital and sfactory 1t
like home 10 him.
They took very Of him until death relieved
him his sufferngs long afflction Mr. Long
and their children could have been knde father than they
Judge Hill and did all they could make his life
and happy His physical and condition however
paired that required than ordnA his
qurements
Esther and olga Chandler his granddaughter with him
during the a days Of his life Tney assisted caring for him
and making his last days easier.
Dean Barnett Hill born the 25th day Of June 1855 in
county Madison state Missouri H. died when he
small boy and he became serarse from his father and
his brother Emerson Hill and came to Bnger county in about
the year 1871 or 1872.
He married Mrs Mary + Limbaugh widow in 1871 Of this
children bor daughter Matte l. who married
C. Chandler and who with her husband died in the latter
Of December 1918 within four days Of each other with the flu,
and who died q the Of IS His wife
died about I've years
lie surviving his brother Emerson H of Idaho and
his sister Emma of houkana and five grandchildren
William Dean Esther Berniee Olga Casus Vera Eeanoa and
Mary Chandler who the Surviving chdnen Of his
daughter. Matte l.. Chandler. deceased
Mr. Hill converted the Christian faith the preach.
ing o old pioneer preacher known by old people IF this
country as Ruff and Ready Watts the year 1873 while he
holding revival meeting Old Trinity He united NJ f.
church that and remained and faithful
b., Of ht cha ch until his death H mas often mentioned the
experience a conversion
strong effort his part away from his rowy
socistes but he held firmly his agion would be diff
cult deed person who has had bear
orows trials dapontments and al ctons the Judge has
passed through but like the Apostle Paul. He has fought good
fight finished his course kept the faith hencefoh
there laid for him Of heousne which the Lord
the righteous judge shall him nat day but him only
but all those who love his appea He forgot his God
but submitted humby each trouble trial disappointment and
affcton fell upon him from to tim eand bore all with
christian spirit eath He always held family
prayer and always ready do all church work he
liberal all church enterprises Almost the asst ta
that he had the breakfast only hours
MS death
Mrs Annie Long and dsughte Addie Long the only
m sons present At departure But he could
n with two more kind and ahfu friends Mrs Longs
aIr, failed her at ordeal but her daughter Adie though
on sixteen years old he skill and courage Of
trained nurse his and arranged the body for the
4 , n ,ertaker to take charge of
The remains we're shipped Luteye SUNDAY the 9th Inst
where Il was met and taken charge by the Masonic
conducted to the Methodist church Marble Hill where RevR
johnson preached the funeral during the those Of
who have intimately associated with Judge M while he
alive and church reminded of the and
and e,ertaons and amonitons mad gone up from his lips
this same altar where then lay still and silent deaths
embrace After church the taken aker
charge Of by the organization and with their usual appro
rste ceremony laid this ilahns Chapel cemeta
i await the Day of the Resurrection
Judge Hin has written many obituaries and published them il
the Press and mush could be said of him in this writing but
impossible to publish this time all the good things that could
said of Judge Dean B..Hl,