•Ron Hill has gotten another plaque changed. A marker that commemorates the 1923 Milwaukee Bears of the Negro National League, managed by Pete Hill, mistakenly had Pete’s name as “Joseph Preston Hill”—but the Brewers are having it redone to correct his name.
•Ryan Whirty has written a good article about Pete Hill’s years in Buffalo, showcasing some research from Howard Henry and others.
The photo of Pete Hill is a detail from a team picture of the 1925 Baltimore Black Sox, courtesy of Ron Hill. Doesn’t Pete look like he’s wearing one of his old Detroit Stars caps, though? Everybody else in the photo is clearly wearing Black Sox caps.
Posted by Gary Ashwill
Hi --
Great site. I read the link to the article in Artvoice and thought I'd add one correction about a comment in that publication for you and anyone else who might read it/do research.
At the end of the article is a comment about how the information on the death certificate differs from other sources such as the Social Security application. The most likely reason for the difference is that presumably Pete Hill (or someone in his immediate presence) completed the information on the latter. In contrast, the death certificate information was gained from a co-worker, friend, or relative, not (obviously) from Hill. Do you know the birthdates, birthplaces, and names of the parents for all your friends and co-workers? Having done genealogical research for years, I know that even within families some pay more attention and give more importance to those details than others. Having not seen Hill's death certificate, I don't know who provided the information, but I suspect that the reason the content differs is tied to the informant's own knowledge (or lack thereof) and shouldn't "muddy the waters" of what we've learned via Pete Hill himself.
Posted by: Sarah Meredith | March 2, 2013 at 09:28 PM