[Excerpt from "John J. Bolender" biographical article, from History of Clermont and Brown Counties, Ohio (1913), p739.]
Mrs. Bolender's great-great-grandfather, Alexander Hill, father of Arnold Hill, was born in Maryland and moved thence to Pennsylvania, later to Kentucky, and eventually to Brown county, Ohio. His wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Kelly, was born in Ireland. James K. Hill, Mrs. Bolender's great-grandfather, was born in Pennsylvania, and came to Brown county, Ohio, when his son, John A., was but fourteen years of age. His wife, Amelia, was a daughter of John and Elizabeth Arnold, and was born in Virginia. The ancestors of the Hills were people of good circumstances, all having good homes and many of them wealthy. They were well known for their frugality, industry, honesty and integrity. The Arnolds were all honest and industrious, well-to-do, and noted for neatness.