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Hill, James Jerome, 1838-1916.

 Person

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Elliot W. McCleary Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 792
Abstract Letter, and typed summary of interview with Leonard Sackett, corrections by sister Fern McCleary Danielson, concerning their father, David McCleary, who managed the James J. Hill Farm for twenty years at Northcote, Minnesota, (1896-1916). Mentions the buildings at Northcote, James J. Hill and son Walter, their hunting trips and private railroad cars, supplies for the farm, the size of Hill's farm, Hill's Negro servants, Tom Schone who refused to work for Walter Hill, David McCleary's move from...
Dates: 1956

H. Dan McGrew Papers

 Collection
Identifier: SC 473
Abstract Letter, typed summary of interview with H. Dan and Zoe McGrew (3 leaves) concerning the Hill Farm, its buildings, the house, a dam built by Walter Hill and altered by Maurice Florance, the farm after the Florance family purchased it, and Dan's purchase in 1948. Also includes typed copies of newspaper clippings about the sale of the Hill Farm, McGrew's own farm being sold to his hired man, Steve Boychuk, and the McGrew's 25th wedding anniversary.
Dates: 1948-1955

James Florance Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SC 562
Abstract Typed summary of interview (8 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning the Hill Farm at Northcote, Minn., family history article and newspaper clippings on the Florance Farm at Hallock, Minn., and a poem entitled "The pioneers" by his father Edward. Hill Farm (also known as Northcote Farm) was owned by James J. Hill, later by his son Walter. Most of the original Hill Farm was taken over by Edward Florance Jr. and son Maurice. Florance Farm was strictly grain farming, no livestock was owned.
Dates: 1935, 1955-1956

John McCallum Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 563
Abstract Typed summary of interview (6 leaves) with additions concerning the Hill Farm. Interview mentions George and John Lohr, James J. Hill, George Lohr's death in a 1913 auto accident, describes Hill's farm, comprised of Humboldt Division and Northcote Division, John Lohr's flax crop, sale of Hill's farm. Also includes a letter of transmittal.
Dates: 1955-1956

William Sylvester Interview

 Collection
Identifier: SC 517
Abstract Letter, and typed summary of interview (3 leaves) with Leonard Sackett concerning Humboldt Farm, owned by James J. Hill. Includes mention of Humboldt Farm's managers, a man named Valentine and a man named Donaldson, and of Donaldson's marriage to Belle Ferguson, a local school teacher.
Dates: 1955.