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- From: A Century of Fraternity, Waco Masonic Lodge #92, 1852-1952 & Handbook of Waco and McLennan County, Texas
Brother Nicholas Sneed Hill was born at Dawson, TX. While yet a small boy the family moved to Waco where Sneed, as he was always called, was reared and educated. One of his relatives, Rev. Joseph Sneed, was the first preacher in the young town of Waco, back in 1850.
His first enterprise was with his brother, B.H. Hill, in the Hill Brothers Book and Stationary business, in which they prospered.
In 1896 this business was sold, and the brothers entered the Plumbing and Steamfitting business, building one of the City's most successful firms.
In 1889 he married Nellie Davis of Evansville, Indiana, they were the parents of 2 children.
He was a charter member of Austin Avenue Methodist Church.
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1865 - 1937 (71 years)
