Malcolm Westcott Hill (1875 - 1959)

Born 4 Nov 1875 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Melissa Lovejoy Hill — married 14 Jun 1906 in Alexandria, Virginia

Died 21 Jan 1959 at age 83 in Alexandria, Virginia, United States

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Biography

Malcolm was a son of Thomas Hill and Harriett Louisa Westcott. He married Melissa Hill in 1906.

Education

Saint Paul's Cathedral School, Garden City, NY

Johns Hopkins University - Class of 1896, Baltimore, Maryland

Cornell University (graduate work)

Marriage

Husband: Malcolm Wescott Hill

Wife: Melissa Lovejoy Hill

Date: 14 June 1906

Place: Alexandria, Virginia

The Evening Star

15 June 1906; page 3

Joined in Matrimony.

Miss Melissa Lovejoy Hill, daughter of the late George R. Hill of Alexandria, and Mr. Malcolm Wescott Hill of Baltimore were married at 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon at the home of the bride's grandmother, Mrs. Melissa Wood, 617 South Washington street. The ceremony was performed by Rev. John G. Sadler, the rector of the Church of Our Savior, of Baltimore, a brother-in-law of the groom, assisted by Rev. Charles D. Bulla, the pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church South of Alexandria.^[1]

Children: all born at 607 S. Washington St., Alexandria, Virginia

George Roberts Hill 23 Apr 1907

Malcolm Westcott Hill Jr. 20 Oct 1908

Harriett Westcott Hill 5 Jul 1911

Ida Wood Hill 5 Jul 1911

Anna Bryant Hill 3 Aug 1916

Military

World War I

Honorably discharged: 1 August 1919

Decorations: Order of St. Sava (Serbian)

Death

Death:

Date: 21 January 1959

Place: Alexandria, Virginia^[2]

Burial

Burial:

Date: 24 January 1959

Place: Union Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ The Evening Star, Washington, D. C.; 15 June 1906, page 3.
2. ↑ Commonwealth of Virginia Death Certificate, Registration District #2020, Registered #44, Stamped 44. Cause: Stroke - Posterior Cerebral Thrombosis due to Arteriosclerotic Card.-Vasc. Disease. Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, Virginia.
3. ↑ Source: #S383 page 86 "WOOD, Robert Lewis. LEWIS BANCROFT WOOD / 1863-1864 / ROBERT LEWIS WOOD / JAN. 21, 1834 / MARCH 6, 1876 / MELISSA A. HUSSEY / wife of / ROBERT L. WOOD / 1839 - 1911. / WOOD // FRANK WILLIAM HUSSEY / 1841-1860 / buried in Batavia, Java / SAMUEL BANCROFT HUSSEY / 1808-1860 / buried in Havana, Cuba / SIBYL DUNHAM HUSSEY / 1813-1965. / HUSSEY // GEORGE ROBERT HILL / 1845-1905 / Unto thee, o Lord, do I / lift up my soul. / IDA MELISSA HILL / 1858-1937 / MALCOLM W. HILL / 1875 - 1959 / MELISSA L. HILL / 1877 - 1970."

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNQH-98G : 14 January 2022), Malcolm Hill in household of Thomas Hill, Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland, United States; citing enumeration district ED 110, sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm. enumerated 3 June 1880
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3KN-DMM : 10 March 2022), Malcolm W Hill in entry for Thomas Hill, enumerated 9 June 1900, Baltimore City, Maryland
• Source: S2755 1910 U. S. Federal Census, Household of Mellissa A. Wood, enumerated 29 April 1910. Series T624, Roll 1620, ED 7, sheet 21B (141B). Alexandria County, Virginia - Alexandria City. Repository: #R2
• 1920 U. S. Federal Census. Household of Malcolm W. Hill, enumerated 9 January 1920. Baltimore City, Maryland. Series T625, Roll 661, ED 173, page 7B. Repository: #R2
• 1930 U. S. Federal Census. Household of Malcolm Hill, enumerated 7 April 1930. Baltimore City, Maryland. Series T626, Roll __, ED 155, page 2B. Repository: #R2
• 1940 U. S. Federal Census. Household of Malcolm W. Hill, enumerated 3 April 1940. Alexandria, Virginia. Series T627, Roll 4304, ED 101-13, page 2A. Repository: #R2
• 1950 U. S. Federal Census. Household of Malcolm W. Hill, enumerated 1 April 1950. Alexandria, Virginia. Series T628, Roll 845, ED 101-60, page 16. With wife, Melissa, daughter, Anna B. Stansfield, son-in-law, George, and granddaughter Louisa. Repository: #R2
• Source: S383 Wesley E. Pippenger Tombstone Inscriptions of Alexandria, Virginia, Vol. 2 (Westminster, MD: Family Line Publications, 1992)
• Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Louisville, Kentucky: National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
• Malcolm Hill, Alexandria, Retired Consulting Engineer, The Evening Star, Washington, D. C.; 23 January 1959, page 13.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40690019/malcolm-wescott-hill: accessed 02 November 2022), memorial page for Malcolm Wescott Hill (4 Nov 1875–1959), Find a Grave Memorial ID 40690019, citing Washington Street United Methodist Church Cemetery, Alexandria, Alexandria City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by BigFrench (contributor 46554304).
• Repository: R2 National Archives and Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, District of Columbia