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| Name | Alonzo F. Hill |
| Photographer | F. LaRoche |
| Highest Rank | Private |
| Unit | Co. E, 21st Maine Infantry |
| Born | About 1837 |
| Place Born | Augusta, ME |
| Died | August 30, 1896 |
| Place Died | Seattle, WA |
| Buried | Lake View (Seattle) |
| Service Record | Residence Augusta ME; Enlisted, age 23, on 10/13/1862 as a Private and mustered into "E" Co. ME 21st Infantry; Mustered Out on 8/25/1863 at Augusta, ME |
| Obit/Notes | -- "Brevities, " Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Monday, August 31, 1896, page 3, column D
A. F. Hill died at 11:45 o'clock last night, at 613 [very faint type] Union street, of consumption, aged 69 years.
-- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Tuesday, September 1, 1896, page 8, column F
Old Resident of Seattle Dead
A. F. Hill, of this city, whose death was announced in the Post-Intelligencer yesterday morning, had been a resident of this city for thirty years. He was born in Augusta, Me., in 1837. When he first came to Puget sound he worked at Port Gamble. In 1889 he ran a cigar store on Yesler way near Pioneer place. He was a member of Stevens Post, G. A. R. He leaves a wife, one daughter, Hannah, and four stepchildren, Mrs. James McIntyre, Mrs. Stuhl, William and James Barry. Mr. Hill's estate is of considerable value.
-- "Brevities, " Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Wednesday, September 2, 1896, page 8, column B
The funeral of the late Alonzo E[.sic] Hill will take place today from the Church of the Immaculate Conception, at 3:30 [very faint type]. |
| Subjects (TGM) | Hill, Alonzo F., ca. 1837-1896--Portrait photographs
Grand Army of the Republic. Stevens Post No. 1--People--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portrait photographs
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Washington (State)--Seattle--Portrait photographs
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| Digital Collection | Grand Army of the Republic Civil War Portraits
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| Order Number | GAR022 |
| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction or to inquire about permission, contact the Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room in The Seattle Public Library at (206) 386-4633 or send email to sea@spl.org. |
| Photograph Number | 6.3 |
| Repository | Seattle Public Library |
| Repository Collection | Hugh and Jane Ferguson Seattle Room, Local History Collection |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned as 400 ppi TIFF on a Microtek 9800 scanner; derivatives created using Adobe Photoshop (600 pixels wide) and saved as a JPG file using Photoshop's image quality "8". Scanning performed in 1/2007. |
| Studio Location | Seattle, WA |
| Original Creator | Laroche, Frank |
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