Paul Emerson Hill and Mildred L. Knight

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Husband Paul Emerson Hill ¹

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           Born: 2 Apr 1896 - Emlenton, Venango Co, PA 1
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         Father: William B. Hill (1852-1935) 1
         Mother: Mary M. Allebach (      -1929) 1

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       Marriage: 2 Sep 1924 2

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Wife Mildred L. Knight ²

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           Born:  - Clarion Co, PA
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         Father: Oliver C. Knight (      -Aft 1943) 2
         Mother: Rachel Neely (      -Bef 1943) 2

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General Notes: Husband - Paul Emerson Hill

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The schools of Emlenton, Pennsylvania, provided his early formal education, and after graduation from high school there he became a student at Allegheny College, in Meadville, where he took the degree of Bachelor of Science in 1917 and the degree of Master of Science in 1919. He then took postgraduate studies at Yale University, in New Haven, in 1927 and 1928, after spending a decade as a teacher at Allegheny College. In August, 1929, he became associated with the American Viscose Corporation as assistant to the chief chemist of the organization. In 1938 he was made assistant plant manager, and in 1940 he became manager.
He was a Republican in politics, and belonged to many local organizations in Meadville, among them the Meadville Chamber of Commerce, the Rotary Club, the Round Table Club and the Iroquois Fishing and Boating Club of Conneaut Lake. He was active also in the American Chemical Society. In his student days he joined the Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Alpha Chi Sigma fraternities. In the Free and Accepted Masons, Mr. Hill was active in Meadville Lodge, No. 408, Free and Accepted Masons, in which order he was also affiliated with the Royal Arch Chapter, the Knights Templar Commandery, different Scottish Rite branches (in which he held the thirty-second degree) and Zem Zem Temple (Erie), Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Emlenton. In spare time he enjoyed photography as a hobby.

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General Notes: Wife - Mildred L. Knight

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She was a graduate of Emlenton, Pennsylvania, High School, class of 1913, and of the Alle-gheny General Hospital Training School for Nurses, in Pittsburgh, where, after her graduation, in 1915, she was associated with the institution as a registered nurse until her marriage.

1 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 213.

2 Joseph Riesenman, Jr., History of Northwestern Pennsylvania, Vol. III (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., Inc., 1943), Pg 214.