- GEORGE W. HALL, a general farmer and dairyman, residing on
section 19, Union Township, is
- a native of the Green Mountain State, having been born in
Hardwick on the 13th day of June 1832. His parents were both
natives of the town of Orford, Grafton County, N.H., and the
paternal grandfather, John HALL, was also born in that State,
rearing his children to farm life.
- Our subject was the third in the family of seven children
born to John and Sally L. (GRIMES)
- HALL. Maria H. became the wife of S. W. FAIRBANKS, of Dane
County, and died in 1858, and her husband ten years later; Caroline
A., wedded Lodowick JONES, and both are now deceased; John A.,
who served as a soldier in the late war, died near St. Cloud,
Minn., leaving a wife and one child; Harriet S., who died when
about fourteen years of age; Mary E., who is the wife of Samuel
D. TIBBY, a farmer of Dane County, Wis., and Rebecca S., who
married W. W. FOYE, now a resident of Iowa, and died at Evansville
in 1878.
- The father of this family departed this life Oct. 22, 1838,
and his wife was called to her final rest
- Jan. 17, 1873, in the seventy-second year of her age. Both
were devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal church and took
great interest in church work, doing all in their power to aid
in the promotion of the cause of Christ.
- When our subject was but six years of age, his father died,
and two years later, he went to make
- his home with an aunt, his mother's sister, with whom he
remained until 1846. At that time he became an inmate of the
home of his uncle, Isaac HALL, and while residing with that gentleman
was educated in the common schools. He continued to reside in
the family of Mr. HALL until attaining his majority, but in the
meantime the death of his uncle having occurred, he went to work
by the month, and going to Orford, N.H., there resided until
January, 1856. Thinking that he might better his condition in
the new and growing West, at that time he emigrated to Madison,
Wis., and near that city secured work as a farm hand, continuing
in that line until the fall of 1860, when he came to Evansville,
and embarked in the grocery business. He continued in business
until 1864, when disposing of his stock, Mr. HALL rented a farm,
which he operated for a year. At the end of that time he purchased
eighty acres of land on section 19, Union Township, and at once
turned his attention to agricultural pursuits and the development
of his farm. A little log cabin had been built on the land and
into this he moved his family, making it his home for some time,
when he erected a small frame house, which in 1885, was replaced
by his present commodious residence. Mr. HALL has made the many
fine improvements to be found upon his farm, which is now under
a high state of cultivation, while the entire surroundings indicate
the thrift and enterprise of the owner.
- On the 29th day of November, 1860, Mr. HALL and Miss Louisa
REYNOLDS were united in
- marriage. The lady is a native of the Empire State, born
on the 25th day of November, 1832, and is the eldest daughter
of John G. and Mandania S. (GROVER) REYNOLDS. Both the paternal
and maternal grandparents of Mrs. HALL were natives of the Green
Mountain State, and were numbered among the respected and esteemed
families of the community where they resided. The grandfather
was a mail-carrier during the War of 1812. Mr. and Mrs. REYNOLDS
were both natives of New York, the former born in Bangor. His
death occurred in Covington, N.Y., on the 2d day of February,
1846, and his wife departed this life in Fredonia, Dec. 15, 1855.
They were devoted members of the Baptist Church, and trained
their children in the teachings of the Bible. Sarah K., their
second child, was born July 5, 1834, wedded R. BYAM, and died
on the 3d day of July, 1869; Rebecca J., born Feb. 17, 1836,
is the widow of Silas HARBISON, and resides at Garden Plains,
Ill.; Hattie died in infancy; Mandania S., born May 7, 1843,
is the wife of John GRANT, a resident of Garden Plains, Ill.;
Mary A., the deceased wife of Hiram RICHARDSON, was born Dec.
15, 1840; Sybil E., born Dec. 25, 1844, wedded S. C. WATSON,
of Denver, Col.; Martha R., born Nov. 4, 1846, died Sept. 4,
1850.
- The union of Mr. and Mrs. HALL has been blessed with six
children, five of whom are yet living -
- Charles, the eldest, died in infancy; Arthur, who was born
Sept. 19, 1863, is a carpenter by trade; Florence M., born Feb.
28, 1865; Mark A., May 23, 1867; George, May 11, 1869; and Agnes
M., Sept. 8, 1871. They have received good educational advantages
such as will fit them for the practical duties of this life,
and if spared will become useful men and women. Mr. and Mrs.
HALL are ranked among the honored citizens of Rock County and
hold a high position in the social world. He is one of the self-made
men of the community. Reared without the guiding counsel of a
father, he started out in life with a cash capital of only $100,
but by the energy that characterizes all his actions, and the
assistance of his estimable wife, he has attained to a high degree
of success, and has become one of the well-to-do farmers of Union
Township. In his political sentiments he is a supporter of the
Republican party, and favors the adoption of prohibition principles.
His life has always been such as to win the confidence and respect
of the best citizens of the community in which he resided, and
his many friends throughout Rock County hold him in the highest
regard.
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- Taken from "The Portrait and Biographical Album of
Rock County, Wis." (c)1889, pp. 648-650.
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- Courtesy of Carol
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