Hill family collection

The Hill Family Collection is composed of materials related to the career activities of three family members who resided in Baltimore, Maryland: Charles Edward Hill, John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill, and Bancroft Hill. They were the sons of Charles Ebenezer and Kate Watts (née Clayton) Hill.

Charles Edward Hill, an attorney at law, practiced in Baltimore City during the years of 1880 to 1920.

John Boynton Philip Clayton Hill was born in Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Maryland, on May 2, 1879. He attended common school and graduated from both Johns Hopkins University (1900) and Harvard University's law department in 1903. He practiced law in Boston (1903-1904) and returned to practice in Maryland prior to his military service. In 1904 John Hill enlisted with the National Guard and served as a Lieutenant in the 4th Maryland Infantry (1905-1910). He married Suzanne Howell on October 28, 1913, and had three children, Suzanne Carroll Clayton, Elsie Bancroft, and Catherine Coleman Clayton. He served as U.S. Attorney for the district of Maryland (1910-1915). He ran unsuccessfully for Mayor of Baltimore in 1915 and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1916. During his military career he served as judge advocate for the 15th Division attached to the 14th Cavalry, Mexican border service and as Major and Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I. He was elected as Republican to the 67th, 68th and 69th Congress (March 4, 1921-March 3, 1927), but was an unsuccessful candidate in 1928 and 1936. He practiced law in New York City from 1937 to 1940, returning to Maryland in 1940. John B.P.C. Hill died in Washington, D.C. on May 23, 1941, and was buried in Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Virginia.

Bancroft Hill was born in Maryland on May 5, 1887. He attended Johns Hopkins University from 1906 to 1907 and graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1911. He married Frances G. McCoy on May 5, 1915. He was appointed harbor engineer for the port of Baltimore in 1920 by Mayor William F. Broening, and served as president of the Harbor Board and engineer of the Port Development Commission created in 1920. He was one of the youngest city officials during the 1921 administration. After tendering his resignation as harbor engineer to Mayor Howard W. Jackson on September 13, 1924, Hill continued to serve as a consulting engineer to the Harbor Board and as Chief Engineer to the Port Development Commission. Retiring from public service, he worked as a valuation engineer for United Railways and Electric Company (1925-1935) and served in turn as executive vice-president (1935-1936) and president (1936-1945) of the Baltimore Transit Company. Bancroft Hill died on January 5, 1957, and was buried in Druid Ridge Cemetery, Baltimore City, Maryland.