Hill, Grace (Mitchell)

Mrs. Jesse (Grace Mitchell) Hill
Oct. 21, 1891-Oct. 21, 1918

Niles Daily Star, Monday, October 21, 1918, page 1, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library


    Today's death toll is the largest to be recorded in this city in years.  Of the five to succumb, four were stricken with the Spanish influenza. . .
    Mrs. Jesse Hill, 1108 Phoenix street, surrendered her life to the dreaded disease at 4:30 this morning, after an illness of less than one week.  Besides her husband she leaves four small children, Ruby, Paul, Dorothy and Albert, the oldest being seven years of age.
    Before her marriage in 1910, she was Grace Mitchell, of Buchanan. Today is the 27th anniversary of Mrs. Hill's birth.  This funeral will also take place Wednesday and will be private. Rev. W.H. Camfield, pastor of the Evangelical church, will officiate. . .

Note: Also listed in this article were: Spencer Stratton, Harry Faith, W.A. White, and Mrs. Harold Davis.

Niles Daily Sun, Monday, October 21, 1918, page 1, col. 6, microfilm Niles District Library


    Mrs. Grace Hill, wife of Jesse Hill, died this morning at 4:30 o'clock at their home 1108 Phoenix street, after one week's illness with pneumonia. Her death occurred on her 27th birthday anniversary.
    The death of the young wife and mother leaves four little children without a mother's care.  Three of the children are ill with influenza as is also Mr.[sic] Hill's mother, Mrs. Albert Mitchell, who is at the Hill home.  Mr. Hill is slowly recovering from the same disease.
    Mrs. Hill was born in Buchanan., Oct. 21, 1891. She wa married to Mr. Hill in September, seven years ago, at St. Joseph.  They came to Niles at once to reside and had since made their home here.  Four children were born to them, all of whom survive their mother.  They are Ruby, aged 7; Paul, aged 5; Dorothy, aged 3; and Albert, 6 weeks' old.  Besides the husband and children, Mrs. Hill is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Mitchell, of Niles, and the following brothers and sisters:  Mrs. Kate Hurlbutt, Buchanan; Mrs. Gertrude Hughes, Dallington, Wis.; Iva, Guy, Gaylord and Harold, and Miss Helen, all of Niles.
    On account of the several cases of illness in the Hill home the body was removed to the Price undertaking rooms where private funeral services will be held probably on Wednesday.

Niles Daily Sun, Tuesday, October 22, 1918, page 4, col. 2, microfilm Niles District Library


    Funeral services for Mrs. Jesse Hill will be held tomorrow afternoon, Rev. Camfield will officiate.  Interment will occur at Silver Brook cemetery.  The services will be held at the Price chapel on account of the illness of two of the children of Mrs. Hill and  of her mother, Mrs. Mitchell.


    Funeral services for Mrs. Jesse Hill were held this afternoon from the H.E. Price chapel. Rev. Camfield officiating.  Interment occurred at Silver Brook cemetery.  The children of Mrs. Hill and her mother, Mrs. Mitchell, who have influenza, are slightly improved. In the obituary sketch for Mrs. Hill, the date of her marriage to Mr. Hill was given as 1911 instead of 1910.