Hill, Stedman & Co. are one of the substantial business houses of Jackson. Samuel B. Hill, of this company, was born in this county, in 1862, son of Robert N. and E. A. (Maxey) Hill. The father was a native of the Emerald Isle, and came to Tennessee in 1842, engaging in the cotton commission business at Perryville, and later in mercantile pursuits at Spring Creek, continuing until 1873, when he retired, and two years later, came to Jackson, where he died in 1884. The mother was a native of Tennessee. S. B. Hill, one of the subjects of this sketch, was educated at Madison College, and in 1875 commenced active work, in the capacity of salesman, until 1886, when the above company was formed. In 1881 he married Lena NI. Robbins, a native of Tennessee, born in 1865, and died in 1884, leaving one child, Annie L. Hill. Mr. Hill is a Democrat, and a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Elisha P. Stedman, of the above firm, was born in Tennessee, in 1852, and is the son of Nathan W. and Sarah (Williamson) Stedman, and the youngest of their twelve children. The parents were born in Chatham County, N. C., and came to Tennessee about 1830. The father was & successful farmer, and died in 1859; the mother died in 1885. Elisha P. passed his youth as a farmer's boy, receiving limited education. In 1881, he came to this city, and with the exception of five months, when he was on the police force, clerked until 1886, when he entered into his present partnership. In November, 1877, he was married to Miss Alice W., daughter of Jacob and Nancy E. (Whitlow) Vanhook, who was born in 1859, and has borne her husband three children: Ernest P., Bertha, and an infant not yet named. Mr. Stedman is a Democrat, a member of the K. of P., and of the Methodist Church, and his firm is one of the most active and successful of this city.

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