From Memorial and Genealogical Record of Dodge and Jefferson Counties, Wisconsin, publ. 
1894 - Page 210-211
 
PROF. HENRY A. HILLS.  Not only has this gentleman been successfully engaged in "teaching 
the young idea" in Dodge County, Wis., but he has also devoted much attention to the occupation 
of farming and owns and operates an excellent tract of eighty acres.  He was born in Lewis 
County, N.Y., March 23, 1835, a son of Sidney HILLS, who was also born in that State, the 
latter's father having been a product of the Nutmeg State, and of English descent.  He was a 
soldier of the War of 1812, and afterward removed to Lewis County, N.Y., where he cleared and 
improved a farm in Lewis County.  Sidney HILLS grew to manhood in New York, and was there 
married to Miss Melissa M. LINDSLEY, a daughter of Luke LINDSLEY, a pioneer of the State, 
whose wife was a Massachusetts lady.  Mr. HILLS brought up his family in Lewis County, and 
there passed from life in 1876 at the age of seventy years, his widow passing away January 30, 
1892, at the age of seventy-seven years.  Henry A. HILLS was their only son and in the county of 
his birth he was reared to manhood and acquired a practical education in the common schools, 
which was supplemented by a two years' course in Fairfield Academy, Herkimer County, N.Y.  
After completing his studies he engaged in teaching school, first in New York, and also after his 
removal to Dodge County, Wis., in 1857, and this occupation he followed during the winter 
months for about thirty years, during which time he taught in but four different districts, a fact 
which speaks eloquently as to his ability as an educator and his popularity.  Soon after coming to 
Dodge County he bought eighty acres of land, on which he has lived very comfortably ever since.  
He has been engaged in agricultural pursuits during the summer months, and in the management 
of his farm has shown good judgment.  He first built a small frame house in which he resided for a 
few years, but this afterward gave place to the sightly and substantial residence in which he is 
now living.  His barns, granaries, sheds, etc., are all substantial and add a great deal to the 
value to the property.  On the 11th of April, 1860, Mr. HILLS led to the altar Miss Mary A. 
WHEELOCK, who was born in Jefferson County, N.Y., but was principally reared and educated in 
Dodge County, Wis.  She was successfully engaged in teaching for some time prior to her 
marriage.  Her parents, Lewis and Mary WHEELOCK, have for some years been deceased.  The 
union of Mr. and Mrs. HILLS has resulted in the birth of the following children: Loretta, widow of 
Lewis PETERS, of Belleville, Jefferson County, N.Y.; Mary, wife of John B. CROFOOT, of 
Brooklyn, N.Y.; Josephine K., wife of William R. MINER, of Canton, S. D., died June 24, 1894; 
Bertha M., became the wife of Andrew ADAMS, of Beaver Dam, Wis., and is deceased; Henry W. 
is taking a course in the Ohio Normal University, from which he will graduate in 1895, and was for 
some time a teacher of Dodge County; Cornelia V. is in business in Beaver Dam; Laura C.; Lucy 
J., and Lorenzo L.  Prof. HILLS has always been a stanch Republican and his first presidential 
vote was cast for John C. Fremont in 1856.  He is independent as regards local politics, and 
votes for the man whom he considers best fitted for the office.  He has been a member of Beaver 
Dam Lodge, I.O.O.F., for twenty five years, and in all the affairs of Dodge County has shown 
himself active and public spirited.  He has been a useful citizen and his career has been a most 
honorable one.
 
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