Lillian (Hill) Rucker ~ wife of E. W. Rucker ~ Birmingham, Alabama
A Narrative History
of
The People of Iowa
with
SPECIAL TREATMENT OF THEIR CHIEF ENTERPRISES IN
EDUCATION, RELIGION, VALOR, INDUSTRY,
BUSINESS, ETC.
by
EDGAR RUBEY HARLAN, LL. B., A. M.
Curator of the
Historical, Memorial and Art Department of Iowa
Volume IV
THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Inc.
Chicago and New York
1931
LUTHER L. HILL. The business intimates of Luther L. Hill, of the firm of
McMurray, Hill & Company, handlers of bonds, investments, securities and stock,
of Des Moines, unhesitatingly place him among the most able of the younger
generation of business men of the city. A graduate of West Point, he resigned
his commission in the United States Army to follow civilian pursuits, and
since the establishment of the present firm, in 1928, has made steady progress
in his chosen line of activity.
Mr. Hill comes of old and aristocratic southern stock. He was born at
Montgomery, Alabama, in 1896, and is a son of Dr. Luther L. and Lillie (Lyons)
Hill. His paternal grandfather, Rev. Luther L. Hill, for whom he was named, was
for many years a minister of the Methodist faith, and during the war between
the states bore arms in the Confederate army as a member of a regiment of
Alabama volunteers. Dr. Luther L., Hill, father of Luther L. of this review,
was born at Montgomery, Alabama, and received an excellent professional
training. For years he carried on a general practice in medicine and surgery, but
of later years has limited his activities to the latter branch of his
profession, in which he has gained a well merited reputation. He is a graduate of
the University of Alabama and Jefferson Medical School of Philadelphia, in
addition to which he had two years of study abroad. Doctor Hill has been
engaged in practice at Montgomery for a period of forty-four years, and is a member of the Alabama Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is likewise a citizen of public spirit and a man who has been generous in his charities. He married at Mobile, Alabama, Miss Lillie Lyons, who was born at Pollard, that state, daughter of Joseph Lyons, a well known lumber merchant and manufacturer at Mobile, and they became the parents of four children:
Lillian, the wife of E. W. Rucker, a practicing physician of Birmingham, Alabama; Hon. Lister, a well known politician and statesman of Montgomery, and member of Congress from Alabama; Amelie, who is unmarried and resides with her parents; and Luther L., of this review. Mrs. Hill is a member of the Catholic Church and her husband is a Methodist. He is likewise a veteran of the Spanish-American war.
Luther L. Hill attended Starke's University School of Montgomery in his
youth, following which he pursued a course at the University of Alabama, from
which he was graduated in 1916. He received an appointment to West Point
Military Academy, from which he was graduated in 1919, and immediately thereafter went overseas and served for a time with the Army of Occupation in Germany. Returning to the United States in 1920, he was a lieutenant in 1920, he was a lieutenant in the Fourteenth U. S. Cavalry until resigning his commission in 1923 to give his full attention to business matters. He was variously employed until March, 1928, when he assisted in the organization of the firm of
McMurray, Hill & Company, Inc., with offices at 214 Sixth Avenue. This company handles bonds, investments, securities, etc., and within a short space of time has assumed a place of importance in its special field. Mr. Hill devotes his entire time to his business affairs, but is not merely a business drudge, as he enjoys the companionship of his fellows, and is a popular member of the Des Moines Club, the Wakonda Club, the Hermit Club and the Pow Wow Literary Club. He is a Democrat in his political allegiance.
In 1921 Mr. Hill was united in marriage with Miss Mary Hippee, daughter of
George B. Hippee, a review of whose career appears elsewhere in this work, and to this union there have been born two children: Luther L., born in 1923; and Mildred, born in 1928. Mr. Hill is likewise a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and of the Phi Beta Kappa honorary fraternity.
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