California Biographies 

Source:
History of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo and Ventura Counties, California
by: C M Gidney - Santa Barbara. Benjamin Brooks - San Luis Obispo. 
Edwin M Sheridan - Ventura
Volumes II - Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago, ILL., 1917

This file is part of the California Genealogy & History Archives
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/index.htm


LEONIDAS D. HILL.  The parents of Leonidas D. Hill were pioneers to the community of Goleta, locating 
there in 1874 when the town was in the struggling stages through which most communities must pass.  
They have been identified with the agricultural life of this part of the state since first locating in Goleta 
and their son is going on with the good work that has made Santa Barbara the agricultural center it has 
come to be.
 
Born in Knoxville, Iowa, February 10, 1865, Leonidas D. Hill is the son of George W. and Rhoda Barbara 
(Wood) Hill.  When nine years of age the family left their Iowa home and traveled to California, locating 
on a farm in Goleta and Leonidas Hill was reared to manhood there.  When he had finished his 
schooling he purchased a tract of thirty-five acres and settled down to farming on his own 
responsibility.  Beans and walnuts are the products of his labors and he has enjoyed a good success 
with his farm thus far.
 
In addition to his work at home, Mr. Hill is manager of the bean warehouse at Goleta.
 
Mr. Hill was married in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, on July 6, 1892, to Miss Ida J. Hill, daughter of R. 
M. and Emily (Page) Hill.  Three children have come to them - Rhoda E., George D. and M. Earl Hill.
 
Mr. Hill is a democrat, but not active in local politics.