Hills - Darwin Todd
Source: Crawfordsville Semi-Weekly Journal, September 17, 1887
Darwin T. Hills Sr., passed away Tuesday morning at six o'clock, after a lingering illness of several months. The funeral services were held in the First Presbyterian church on Friday, at 2 pm. Interment at Oak Hill cemetery. Darwin Todd Hills was born in Farmington, Hartford county, Conn., Dec. 6 1806. In 1808 the family removed to Worthington, Franklin county, Ohio; and in 18-- to Delaware, Ohio. At an early age he was apprentice to the business of woolen manufacturing in which he has spent all the years of his active life. Nov. 18, 1828 he was married to Miss Sarah Anderson. During the next five years he lived successively at Woodburn, Bear Creek, and Miamisburg, all in Ohio. In 1884 he moved to Union county, Ind., where he resided eight years. From there he moved to Richmond, Indiana, and after spending two years there, he again settled down in Green county, Ohio, near Xenia. In 1858 he moved to Crawfordsville where he has resided ever since. Mrs. Hills taken from him by death, Jan. 29, 1881, and since that time he and his daughter Beulah have lived in the family residence on east Main street. He was the father of ten children, eight of whom survive him. About the year 1845 he was ordained as Elder in the Presbyterian church and he has filled that office continuously since that time; and during his entire residence here he has been one of the most earnest supporters of the First Presbyterian church. Some months ago he began to show symptoms of heart disease, and at times his sufferings have been intense, but he has borne it patiently and quietly. Yesterday evening he rode out with his son, Murray, and did not seem to be feebler than usual, and up to six o'clock this morning he was sleeping quietly as a child. He showed no sign of struggle or pain, but breathed out this mortal life and passed to that better life beyond. - thanks to Kim H