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7-562 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESPowell, January, 1978; 4) Genforum Query, Massey Forum, Wanda Delton Glass, August,1999VIDA ADA QUICK (12.5.1.5) is the daughter of Benjamin Franklin Quick andMaude (Hill) Quick. Vida was born on January 16, 1908 in Hays County,Texas. On June 27, 1933, Vida Ada Quick married Felix “Oran” Rippy. OranRippy’s niece, Ima Rippy, married Henry Dean Hill (12.2.4.2.7). Oran and VidaRippy were the parents of at least one daughter:............Dosie Mae Rippy, b. May 1, 1934, Hays County, TexasOran and Vida Rippy were later divorced.References: 1) “Hays County Historical and Genealogy Quarterly,” (Quick Family Bible),Page 88, September, 1976; 2) Interview, Lucille (Hill) Powell, January, 1978; 3)Birth Record, Hays County, Texas, 1934JOHN JEROME HILL (12.5.2) is the son of Thomas Henry Hill and FrancesAdeline (Massey) Hill. Jerome was born on June 10, 1884 in Hays County,Texas. In 1910, Jerome Hill was living with his parents in Hays County, Texas.On September 15, 1915, Jerome Hill married Elsie Baker Townsend. Elsie wasborn on February 18, 1897 in Mexico. Jerome and Elsie Hill were the parents ofseven children:............Johnnie Alford Hill (12.5.2.1), b. June 18, 1916, Hays County, Texas............Addie Bell Hill (12.5.2.2), b. September 30, 1917, Hays County, Texas............Rose Lucille Hill (12.5.2.3), b. January 16, 1922, Fitzhugh, Texas............Thomas Duval Hill (12.5.2.4), b. March 17, 1924, Texas............James Douglas Hill (12.5.2.5), b. March 29, 1927, Texas............Edward Vara Hill (12.5.2.6), b. September 7, 1928, Austin, Texas............Henry Dean Hill, b. February 2, 1934, TexasIn 1920, Jerome and Elsie Hill were living in Hays County, Texas. In 1930,“Jeroma” and Elsie Hill were living in Travis County, Texas. In 1930, JeromeHill’s mother, Mrs. J. T. Hill, was living with Jerome and Elsie Hill. JeromeHill died on December 10, 1945 in Austin, Texas and Elsie (Townsend) Hilldied on May 11, 1965 in Austin, Texas. Henry Hill married Ima Nell Rippy.Ima Rippy’s uncle, Felix Oran Rippy, married Vida Ada Quick (12.5.1.5).Henry and Ima Hill have four children: - Karen Jean Hill (twin), b. August 17,1954, - Karol Dean Hill (twin), b. August 17, 1954, - Tammie Kay Hill, b.September 18, 1959, - Richard Donald Hill, b. December 25, 1964. In 1964,Henry Hill was living in Austin, Texas.References: 1) Census, Thomas and Fannie Hill, Hays County, Texas, ED 43, SH 8,HH 140/140, 1910; 2) Census, Jerome and Elsie Hill, Hays County, Texas, ED 72, SH12A, HH 234/234, 1920; 3) Census, Jeroma and Elsie Hill, Travis County, Texas, ED227-54, SH 8B, HH 153/154, 1930; 4) Letter to heirs of Dosia (Moore) Davis fromKemp and Prud’homme, Attorneys at Law, Austin, Texas, March, 1964; 5) “The SevenTownsend Brothers of Texas, 1826 - 1838,” by Tula (Townsend) Wyatt, Pages 96, 97 and98, 1974; 6) “Hays County Historical and Genealogy Quarterly,” (Quick Family Bible),Page 88, September, 1976; 7) Interview, Lucille (Hill) Powell, January, 1978