Minerva Beatrice (Hill) McChesney (1879 - 1965)

Born 9 Feb 1879 in Russelville, Ohio County, Kentucky, USA

Ancestors

Daughter of Preston Hay Hill and Minerva Anne (Yewell) Hill

Descendants

Died 24 Dec 1965 at age 86 in Cardif-by-the-Sea, California, USA

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Biography

Annie Hill was the youngest child and daughter of Rev. Preston Hay Hill and Minerva Anne Yewell^[1]. She was born Feb. 9, 1879 in Russellville, Ohio Co., Kentucky. Her older siblings were Maggie Wilson Hill, Jennie Hay Hill, and William Wade Hill. In the 1880 Census, Annie is shown as 1 year old, Maggie, Jane, and William are listed, and Preston is listed as a farmer. He has one paid laborer living with them, George Gervin.^[2] The Genealogy of the Hill Family, Kentucky and Virginia relates that Annie's father "practiced and preached the gospel, taught school, and was a farmer."^[3]

This was 15 years after the Civil War, but many places in Kentucky continued violent uprisings. After the war, the Ku Klux Klan had numerous chapters/insurgent groups in Kentucky, as some people sought to re-establish white supremacy by intimidation and violence against freedmen and free blacks. There continued to be many incidents of shooting, lynching, and whipping of blacks by whites. ^[4] Preston Hay Hill had many disagreements with his wife's family, Albert G and Minerva Yewell, who had been slave holders. Preston Hay Hill was against slavery and a Northern sympathizer and the Yewells resented his sympathies.^[5]

In 1880, Preston moved his family to Benton, Arkansas, later to Malvern, Texarkana, and back to Wilton, Arkansas where Annie grew up. He continued to preach, teach school, and farm. Tragedy struck in 1894 when Annie's older brother, Willie, died after a brief illness. Rev. Preston Hill conducted the memorial service for William Wade, and he was the first person buried at the cemetery of the Wilton First Baptist Church.^[5]

In the mid to later-1890s, Annie and her family moved to Texarkana, Arkansas. Her older sister Maggie had married and lived there. It was there that Annie met her husband to be, Louis Preston McChesney. They married on April 18, 1899.^[6]

To this marriage eight (8) children were born:

1. Lois McChesney 1900–1980
2. Louis Preston Jr. McChesney 1902–1903
3. Mary Alice "Marion" McChesney 1904–1987
4. Annie Beatrice McChesney 1906–1987
5. Vernon Hill McChesney 1909–2001
6. William Lamar "Bill" McChesney 1912–1988
7. Grace McChesney 1914–2004
8. Elizabeth "Betty" Mae McChesney 1916–1933

Sources

1. ↑ The following DNA centiMorgans confirm DNA match: Paternal and maternal relationships are confirmed by 215 centimorgans shared across 16 DNA segments Ancestry .com match between Annie Hill McChesney's granddaughter, Grace (McChesney) Boerner GEDMatch A111278 and Her great nephew, Louis Ainsworth (Annie Hill's grand nephew) Ancestry .com. We share a common (g) grandparent. Grace McChesney Nov 30, 2017
2. ↑ Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Buford, Ohio, Kentucky; Roll: 436; Family History Film: 1254436; Page: 666B; Enumeration District: 188; Image: 0757
3. ↑ Young, David Gordon.. Genealogy of the Hill family, Kentucky and Virginia. San Francisco, Calif.: F.H. Kuhn, 1969. Part II, page 22
4. ↑ Wikipedia contributors. "History of Kentucky." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 2 Aug. 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2016.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Young, David Gordon.. Genealogy of the Hill family, Kentucky and Virginia. San Francisco, Calif.: F.H. Kuhn, 1969. Part II, page 23
6. ↑ "Arkansas County Marriages, 1838–1957," database, FamilySearch; from Ark nnie B Hill Gender Female Age 20 Birth Year abt 1879 Residence Texa, Miller, Arkansas Spouse's Name L P McChedney Spouse's Gender Male Spouse's Age 20

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Acknowledgments

• WikiTree profile Hill-7040 was started through the import of McChesney Extended Decision Tr.ged on Jan 11, 2013 by Grace McChesney.