HORACE HILLS was born in East Hartford, Conn., October 31st, 1787. His youth was passed in the family of his uncle, Dr. William Porter, of Hadley, Mass. In May, 1809, he came to Auburn, and began the mercantile business, in which he was successfully engaged for thirty years. From earliest manhood he was an earnest supporter of the public services of Christian worship, And always gave liberally of his time and means for religious purposes. In 1810, he encouraged and aided the building of St. Peter's Church, the first house of worship in the village. He was one of the founders of the First Presbyterian Society, in 1815, and one of the Second Presbyterian Society, in 1828, in both of which churches he held the office of ruling elder for many years. He was also one of the founders of the Theological Seminary, of which he was trustee. He was at one time president of the village, and was long one of the inspectors of the Auburn State prison, under appointment from the Governors of the State. He was one of the first to introduce the cultivation of choice fruits and flowers, and to give the village its rural adornments of trees and shrubbery. Shortly after his removal to Auburn, he married Miss Almira Wilcox, of East Guilford, Conn., whose domestic and social virtues graced his home for nearly half a century. Their united influence was always felt in the cause of refined and Christian education. Their surviving children are two sons, the Rev. Horace Hills, Jr., and the Rev. George Morgan Hills, clergyman of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and three daughters, the founders of the church school for young ladies in Buffalo, N.Y. For the last twenty-two years. Mr. Hills has resided in Buffalo, where he still enjoys a “green old age.”