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John Hill (March 12, 1824 – June 7, 1910) of Homestead Plantation was a wealthy industrialist, sugar planter, philanthropist, and benefactor of Louisiana State University. ==Early life in Scotland==
John Hill was born in Old Monkland〔(Old Monkland ), British History Online〕 (now part of Coatbridge), Lanarkshire, Scotland, where his family operated coal mines and iron works, on March 12, 1824 to George Hill (b. January 1785, d. 1852.〔George Hill is buried in Shotts Kirk, North Lanarkshire graveyard.〕) and Isabella Christie (b. 1787, d. about 1837) (sister to coal mine owner Alexander Christie (b. 1789, d. 1859) of Milnd). Hill was baptized on March 28, 1824 at (Old Monkland Parish Church ).〔Old Monkland Parish baptismal records.〕 Hill was the second-born of six children. After the death of his mother and siblings, he was reared for part of his life in the Milnwood, (near Bellshill) Lanarkshire home of his uncle, coal and iron mine owner Alexander Christie, along with his cousin, Mr. John Christie (1822-1902). Hill entered the iron foundry of his uncle, Alexander Christie, at an early age and acquired a knowledge of foundry work.〔〔 Hill was reared in the Presbyterian denomination and claimed descent from Scottish Covenanters and an ancestor who fought at the Battle of Bothwell Bridge in 1679.〔〔
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