Bridget Hall 1799 – 1899

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Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 10/6/2020 at 14:56:40

Source: Decorah Republican Aug. 31, 1899 P 8 C 4

She Lived Over 110* Years.

Dubuque, Aug. 21.—The death of Mrs. Bridget Hall, of this city, an¬nounced to-day, removes the oldest person in this county, if not in the state. She was over 110* years of age, having been born in County Clare, Ireland, May 27, 1789*. She came to this country in 1834, and in 1837 removed to Dubuque, where she has since resided. She has lived for fifty-seven years in the house where she died. She was the mother of five children, of which two sons survive. She leaves besides thirty-eight grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren. Her husband died in 1854.

*Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows she was born May 27, 1799 and died August 19, 1899. She is buried in Mt. Olivet Cemetery.