Howard Clarence Hill

1879 - 1947  (68 years)

• Name	Howard Clarence Hill  [1]
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	6 Nov 1879	Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland
  Gender	Male
  Died	27 Nov 1947	Davidsonville, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland   [2]
  Buried	All Hallows Chapel, Davidsonville, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland   [3, 4]
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  Notes	He was the principal of the High School in Cumberland, MD where Cornelia worked. I have his middle name from his daughter Chloe's wedding invitation. The following biographical material comes from the typescript history of the Mason family by Kirk Bentley Barb: “Howard Clarence Hill was born in Frostburg, Md, Nov. 6 1879. He graduated in June, 1900, with second honors from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Md. Soon after graduation he entered the teaching profession, and for three years was Principal of the Grahamtown School in Alleghaney [sic-”Allegany”] Co, Md, and for eight years was Principal of the [Allegany] Co. High School in Cumberland, Md. During his time spent as a teacher, he was also president of the Maryland State Teacher’s Assn. as well as President of the High School State Teacher’s Assn. Quitting the field of teaching, and, after three years spent in social hygiene and industrial welfare work, he was chosen first secretary of the State Industrial Accident Committe, which position he held for four years with an office in Baltimore. Since Dec. 23, 1918, he has been Executive Secretary of the Prisoner’s Aid Assn. of Md. He as for at time President of the State Conference of Social Work for one year and, for one year, Secreatry of hte American Prison Assn. “He has served in the capacity of vestryman of the Epithany Episcopal Church ans also of the HOly Nativity E. Church, both in Baltimore. On April 14, 1909 at Olney, Md., he was married ot Cornelia Houston Lansdale, who wa a daughter of Thomas Franklin Lansdale of Montgomery Co., Md., and his wife Eliza Wimberly Strain of Nashville, Tenn., and ho was born at Fredelphia [sic-”Triadelphia”], Montgomery Co., Md., July 27, 1885. She graduated from the Western Maryland College at Westminster, Md., in 1905, and taught at the High School of which her future husband was Principal, at Cumberland, Md. until their marriage in April 1909. Mr. and Mrs. Hill life at 5018 Norwood Ave., Baltimore, Md.” [5]
  Person ID	I600	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2012

  
  

  Father	Thomas Hill           b. 26 Dec 1844, County Antrim, Northern Ireland           d. 16 Apr 1901, Baltimore Co., Maryland  (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Gahagan Mason           b. 22 Nov 1846, Shade Twp., Somerset Co., Pennsylvania           d. 11 Apr 1916, Homestead, Allegheny Co., Pennsylvania  (Age 69 years)
  Family ID	F2270	|  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Cornelia Houston Lansdale           b. 27 Jul 1885, Triadelphia, Montgomery Co., Maryland           d. 14 Nov 1960  (Age 75 years)
  Married	14 Apr 1909	St. John's Church, Olney, Montgomery Co., Maryland   [2, 5]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Mason "Libby" Hill           b. 18 Jan 1910, Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland           d. 26 Apr 1997, Towson, Baltimore Co., Maryland  (Age 87 years) + 2. Chloe Wimberly Hill           b. 13 Jul 1911, Cumberland, Allegany Co., Maryland           d. Mar 1975, Baltimore Co., Maryland  (Age 63 years) + 3. Cornelia Lansdale "Kee" Hill           b. 8 Jan 1913, Baltimore Co., Maryland           d. 16 Feb 1991  (Age 78 years) + 4. Howard Palmer "Howdie" Hill           b. 10 Mar 1915, Baltimore Co., Maryland           d. California + 5. Thomas Lansdale "Danny" Hill           b. 3 Nov 1916, Baltimore Co., Maryland           d. 6 Feb 1990, Los Gatos, Santa Clara Co., California  (Age 73 years) + 6. Nancy Waters Hill           b. 28 Oct 1920, Maryland           d. 17 Oct 1997, Bethesda, Montgomery Co., Maryland  (Age 76 years) + 7. Living
  Last Modified	11 Jun 2004
  Family ID	F21	|  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 6 Nov 1879 - Frostburg, Allegany Co., Maryland  Married - 14 Apr 1909 - St. John's Church, Olney, Montgomery Co., Maryland  Died - 27 Nov 1947 - Davidsonville, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland  Buried - - All Hallows Chapel, Davidsonville, Anne Arundel Co., Maryland   = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones		Lansdale and Strain graves at All Hallows The two in front are of Thomas Franklin Lansdale and Eliza Wimberly Strain Lansdale. The four flat stones behind them are, from the right, May Mannen Lansdale, John Lansdale Sr., Metta Tomlinson Lansdale, and John Lansdale, Jr. Just behind these, flanking the small tree, are Cornelia Lansdale (on the right), and her husband Howard Hill (on the left side).
  		Howard Clarence Hill (1879-1947)

  
  

• Reference

  "Howard Clarence Hill". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I600&tree=1sttree (accessed June 6, 2020).