MARY C. (WALTHALL) HALL

WALTHALL, HALL, HARDIN, EVANS, MARSHALL

Posted By: Nancee Seifert (email)
Date: 1/20/2010 at 14:00:23

Decatur County Journal
Leon, Iowa
Thursday, March 20, 1913

'Aged Denver Woman Was One of Few Real Daughters of the War of 1812.'

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Mrs. MARY C. HALL died of old age this morning at 6 o'clock at her home in
Denver. Mrs. HALL, before her marriage was Miss MARY CATHERINE WALTHALL.
She was born in Botetourt County, Virginia, June 26, 1826, her parents being
Mr. and Mrs. SAMUEL WHITE WALTHALL. When she was three years of age the
family moved to Locks Grove, Va., where she lived until she was nine years
old, moving then to Danville, Kendrick County, Indiana, where she lived
eighteen years. There she was married to WILLIAM J. HALL. They moved to
Lucas County, Iowa, in 1850, living there forty-two years, where most of her
children were born, died and were buried. She came to Denver in 1892, where
she has since resided.

Mrs. HALL is survived by two sisters, Mrs. FANNIE D. HARDIN and Mrs. BERTHA
W. EVANS, of Denver, one brother, D.B. WALTHALL, of Fort Collins, a daughter
Miss MARGARET HALL, two sons, J.P. HALL, general agent of the Santa Fe,
Denver, and JAMES H. HALL, of Lucas County, Iowa, and a large number of
nieces and nephews and grandchildren.

She was one of the few real daughters of the war of 1812, there being but
two or three others in Colorado. She was a cousin of the late General ED C.
WALTHALL, formerly United States Senator from Mississippi, and a cousin of
THOMAS R. MARSHALL, recently elected Vice-President of the United States.
She was a member of the Baptist Church. Yesterday, March 10, was the
seventieth anniversary of her marriage.

The remains will be taken back to her old home, Chariton, Iowa, for
interment in the family burying grounds, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. J.P.
HALL and Miss MARGARET HALL. Funeral services will be held at the residence
of J.P. HALL, 123 East Second Avenue, at an hour to be announced later. --
Denver Times.

Mr. and Mrs. J.P. HALL, of Denver, Colorado, who accompanied the remains of
Mr. HALL's mother to Chariton are now in Leon visiting their old home and
many friends in this city. Mr. HALL is the general passenger and ticket
agent of the Santa Fe Railroad at Denver, and having been away from his
office for several days, returns home this Thursday via. Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. HALL will remain a few days and visit here before going home. The
HALLs are always welcome in the homes of the Leon people.
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Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert
January 19, 2010
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