James J. Hill
James Jerome Hill (September 16, 1838 – May 29, 1916) was a Canadian-American railroad director. He was the chief executive officer of a family of lines headed by the Great Northern Railway, which served a substantial area of the Upper Midwest, the northern Great Plains, and Pacific Northwest. Because of the size of this region and the economic dominance exerted by the Hill lines, Hill became known during his lifetime as "The Empire Builder", and died in 1916 with a fortune of about 63 million dollars. His former home, James J. Hill House, is now a museum in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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| Born | James Jerome Hill September 16, 1838 Eramosa Township, Upper Canada |
| Died | May 29, 1916 (aged 77) St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Nationality | Canadian-American |
| Occupation | Railroad tycoon |
| Spouse | Mary Theresa Mehegan |
| Children | 10, including Louis W. Hill |
| Relatives | Louis Warren Hill Jr. (grandson) Jerome Hill (grandson) Samuel Hill (son-in-law) |
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