Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - DH Hill wuxuu ku dhashay Hill's Iron Works, Degmada York, South Carolina ee Solomon iyo Nancy Cabeen Hill. Awoowgiis, Col. William "Billy" Hill, wuxuu ahaa nin u dhashay Ireland oo ku lahaa birta birta ee Degmada York halkaas oo uu ka sameeyay qoryaha Ciidanka Continental. Awoowgiis hooyo wuxuu u dhashay Scotland. Hill wuxuu ka qalin jabiyay Akadeemiyadda Milatariga ee Mareykanka 1842, isagoo kaalinta 28aad ka galay 56 arday, waxaana loo magacaabay 1aad ee Artillery ee Mareykanka. Sarkaal ciidan oo ka tirsan ciidanka lugta ah, wuxuu ku dhex muuqday dagaalkii Mexico iyo Mareykanka, isagoo loo magacaabay kabtan geesinimadiisa dagaalka Contreras iyo Churubusco
, waxaana loo sharciyeeyay major geesinimadiisa dagaalkii Chapultepec. Waxaa ka mid ahaa addoommadii ay lahaayeen qoyska Hill intii uu yaraa Daniel Harvey Elias Hill, oo uu Daniel Harvey ka caawiyay barashada akhriska iyo qorista oo markii dambe wacdiye noqday oo hoggaamiyay kaniisaddiisa u haajiridda Liberia.