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James J. Hill dies at his St Paul home at 77
James J. Hill railroad builder and financier dies in St Paul Minnesota after a ten day illness. He was in his late seventies and left an estate valued in the hundreds of millions. The empire builder founded major lines and fleets, supported education, and was survived by wife Mary Theresa and nine children.
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James J. Hill
St Paul
Minn
Mr. Hill
Rochester
New York
Hill
Herman Briggs
Thomas J. Gibbons
Diocese of
St. Paul
John Ireland
Louis W. Hill
Northwestern Trust Company
King Albert
Belgium
Empire Builder
Guelph
Wellington County
Ontario
Canada
Winnipeg
St. Louis and Pacific Railway
St. Paul, Minneapoli and Manitoba Company
Northern Pacific
Lake and Pacific
Morgan
East
Great Northern
Great Northern Railroad
Northern Pacific Railroad
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad
Great Northern Pacific Steamship Company
Northern Steamship Company
Great Lakes
J. J. Hill
Great North West
Buffalo
Asia
MacAlester
St. Paul Theological Seminary
First National Bank of St. Paul
James N. Hill
Walter Hill
Northcote
Samuel W. Hill
Washington
George T Slade
Anson Beard
Michael Galvin
Egil Beechman
Clara Hill
Samuel Hillman, Jr
Brooklyn
Sewes Hospital
Samuel
Fred Seibert
Dawson
Seibert
William Noone
Lost Creek
James O’brein
O’brein
Harry Coover
C. W
Shippensburg