History of Blairsville, (Indiana County) Pennsylvania United States of America

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George Hill, clergyman, was born in Old Fairfield, Ligonier valley, Pa., Sept. 18, 1815; son of John and Jane (Moorhead) Hill, grandson of the Rev. George and Elizabeth (McClelland) Hill, and of Samuel and Agnes (Craig) Moorhead. His grandfather, the Rev. ,George Hill, a Presbyterian minister over churches at Wheatfield, Fairfield and Donegal, in Ligonier valley, Pa., died in 1822, and his great grandfather Hill removed from York, Pa., to Morgantown, Va. He was graduated from Jefferson college, Pa., in 1837, and from the Western Theological seminary in 1840. He preached at Blairsville and Salem, Pa., 1840-41; was ordained and installed by the Presbytery of Blairsville, Dec. 14, 1841, as co-pastor with the Rev. Thomas Davis, pastor at Salem, Pa., 1841-48, and was pastor at Blairsville, I841-95. He founded the Blairsville Female seminary, 1851, which became Blairsville College for Women. He was elected a director of the Western Theological seminary, 1847, was first vice-president of the board, 1870-83, and was elected president in 1883 to succeed Dr. C. C. Beatty, deceased. He was moderator of the synod of Pittsburg in 1861; a director of the Western Theological seminary, 1847-95; vice-president of the board, 1872, and president of the board in 1883. He was married, Sept. 21, 1841, to Harriet, daughter of the Rev. David Lewis, pastor of Ebenezer Presbyterian church; and secondly, on March 23, 1854, to Abigail, daughter of Noyes Payson Hawes, of Boston, Mass., and their son, the Rev. George Hermann Hill, became pastor of Beachwoods Presbyterian church, Rock Dale Mills, Pa. The degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Washington and Jefferson college in 1869. He published several sermons and an address on: The Aims and Operations of the National Reform Association (1880). He died at Blairsville, Pa., Aug. 22, 1895.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

History of Blairsville, (Indiana County) Pennsylvania

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