Hill, Daniel Shine, 1812-1873.

Daniel Shine Hill of Franklin County, N.C., was born 14 December 1812. Hill was a planter, businessman, and major in the Confederate Army. In 1835, Hill married Susan Irwin Toole (1815-1878). He was active in business and the temperance movement until his death on 18 August 1873.

Daniel Shine Hill, son of Charles Applewhite and Rebecca Wesley Long Hill, was born in Franklin County, N.C., on 14 December 1812. In 1835, he married Susan Irwin Toole (1815-1878), with whom he had nine children, eight of whom survived to adulthood: Sarah Louisa Hill, born 13 October 1836, married Matthew S. Davis of Louisburg, N.C.; Madeline Elizabeth Hill, born 10 August 1839, married James H. Best of Wayne County, N.C.; Susan Rebecca Hill, born April 1842, died young; Mary Pauline Hill, born September 1845, married John R. Brooks; Florence Monterey Hill, born 24 July 1847, married Garland Jones of Raleigh, N.C., died 9 September 1906; Charles Geraldus Hill, born 1850, physician of Baltimore, Md., died 1927; Isabel Hill, born 1855, married Walter Stark of Oxford, N.C.; Carolina Toole Hill, born 1859, married Harold Churchman Painter of Baltimore, Md.; Daniel Sehon Hill, born 1862, married Florence Hartman.

Daniel Shine Hill lived in Louisburg, N.C., for most of his life. He was a planter, businessman, an active member of the Sons of the Temperance Society, and a major in the Confederate Army. Hill also served on the board of trustees of Louisburg Female College. Hill was active in his business and the temperance movement until his death in 1873.