City: Dandridge
HILL, James Preston, farmer and banker; born Jefferson Co., Tenn., Jan. 1, 1884; Irish and Dutch descent; son of James Maston and Mary (Moore) HILL; educated in the local schools of Jefferson Co.; began life as a farmer and enlisted in the Union Army during civil war; attained the rank of Corporal, later Sergeant, in the 9th Tenn. Regiment of Cavalry; married Mary THURMAN in 1867; member of Methodist Episcopal church; Republican.