Alexander Banes was the fireman of the Sunny South. The Hills built a beautiful two-story mansion (no longer extant) at 638 Lafayette Street in Baton Rouge, which they named Homestead, as indicated by a brass plate near the front door. The mansion was situated on the northernmost lot on the east side of Lafayette Street. It was just to the south of the Pentagon Barracks. Inside there were double parlors divided by pocket doors to the left of the hallway and a large dining room to the rear. A library was accessed through a door under the steps. There was a garden on the south side of the mansion. Children The children born to John and Catherine Hill were: Isabella Christie Hill, (born January 1, 1852). Isabella and Douglas Cullum (January 28, 1834 – June 9, 1896) were married at Homestead Plantation on August 21, 1872, by Reverend J. A. McConnell. Isabella died January 24, 1874 (age 22) at Homestead Plantation. John Hill, Jr., (born August 28, 1855). John Hill, Jr. served on the faculty of Louisiana State University. He died November 10, 1893 (age 38). George Hill, twin to John Hill, (born August 28, 1855). George died as an infant in July 1856. Another son born later also was named George Hill. Katherine Marion Hill, (born December 25, 1856). Miss Katherine taught a woman's Bible study at the First Presbyterian Church of Baton Rouge, which she named the "Class Beautiful". She resided at the family home at 638 Lafayette Street in Baton Rouge, where she moved in 1911 after the death of her father and where she received her second cousin, the famed Victorian lady traveller, Miss Ella Christie, in 1914. She died on February 25, 1949 (age 93). George Hill, (born August 28, 1858). George married Carrie Lee Taylor (April 4, 1872 – July 28, 1960), daughter of William Thomas Taylor and Mary F. Hubbard of Snowdoun, Montgomery County, Alabama at Brewton, Alabama, in 1907. George Hill died at Homestead Plantation, January 21, 1941 (age 82). Margaret Alice Hill, July 3, 1861. Margaret married Dr. Frank H. Carruth (August 18, 1860 – March 15, 1953.) at Homestead Plantation on October 20, 1887. Margaret Hill Carruth died October 27, 1933 (age 72) at Gulfport, Mississippi. The children of John Hill and their spouses are buried in Magnolia Cemetery. Life during the American Civil War After Baton Rouge was captured