Biography

12/03/1837 - 10/24/1910

HILL, William, a Representative from Alleghany County; born, December 3, 1837 in County Down, Ireland; farmer; proprietor, brick and lumber business; elected, burgess, Carnegie (3 terms); justice of the peace (1861-1875); elected to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives as a Republican in 1877, 1878 and 1879; not a candidate for reelection to the House (1880); mercantile appraiser; Alleghany County (1881); elected, treasurer, Allegheny County (1888-1890); elected, superintendent, Alleghany County Workhouse (1891-1901); member, board of trustees, Westminster College; president, board of trustees, Carnegie Library (1891-1910); director, Mechanics’ National Bank of Pittsburgh; president, First National Bank of Carnegie; director, Carnegie Trust Co.; died, October 24, 1910 in Carnegie, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania; interred, Chartiers Cemetery, Carnegie, Alleghany County, Pennsylvania.