Hall, Andrew J. (1817-1905)

HALL

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Date: 9/22/2019 at 22:34:32

Andrew Jackson Hall
May 20, 1817 - Jan 4, 1905

(From the 1891 Biographical History of Pottawattamie County, Iowa, p.521)
A. J. HALL, a farmer of Hazel Dell Township, was born in Crawford County, Indiana, May 20, 1817, a son of William and Anna (COPELAND) HALL, natives of Virginia, and of Irish and English extraction. They were married in Grayson County, Virginia; then removed to Kentucky; thence to Tennessee; in 1851 to Crawford County, Indiana; in 1824 to Vermilion County, Illinois, which was at that time a wild and unsettled country, the Indians far outnumbering the white men. They improved two farms in that State, and were also engaged extensively in stock-raising. In 1839 they removed to Bates County, Missouri, where the father died in the fall of 1840, at the age of sixty-three years. His widow died in Decatur County, Iowa, in 1858, at the age of seventy-two years. They had a family of eleven children, three of whom still survive, viz.: Elijah, deceased; Fielden, Mary, Eli, William, Andrew J., our subject; Ransome, Eliza J., Miles, a resident of Utah; and David, also a resident of Utah.
Andrew J., our subject, was reared to farm life, and received his education in the common schools. He remained in his native State until May, 1846, when he removed to Lee County, Iowa, where he remained five years; thence to Decatur County, same State, remaining eleven years; and in 1862 he came to Pottawattamie County, locating for one year at Crescent City. In 1863 they removed to Utah, and remained until 1866, making the trip by wagon. He returned in 1866 and located a tract of land in Boomer Township, this county, thirty acres of which was partially improved. In the spring of 1872 he located upon his present farm, which consists of 195 acres on section 14, Hazel Dell Township. Mr. Hall first erected a log cabin, 16 x 20 feet, in which they made their home until 1879, when he erected his present comfortable home, 28 x 16 and 16 x 22. Politically he is a stanch Democrat.
Mr. HALL was married in Vermilion County, Illinois, May 16, 1839, to Ellen TRIMMELL, a native of Kentucky, and daughter of Sampson TRIMMELL. She died about two years after their marriage, leaving one child, who died a short time afterward, both dying in Missouri. Mr. Hall was again married, February 12, 1843, in Bates County, Missouri, to Miss Nancy W. HUDSON, who was born in Franklin County, Tennessee, December 6, 1815, the daughter of William and Sarah (BIGHAM) HUDSON, natives of Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. HUDSON were the parents of eleven children, six of whom still survive: Mary A., wife of S. Ellis, a resident of Missouri; Nancy, wife of our subject; Campbell, deceased; James and Eliza (twins), both deceased; Ewing, a resident of California; Reed, of California; Macklin, a resident of Arkansas; Vance, deceased; Margaret, deceased; and La Fayette, a resident of California.
Mr. and Mrs. HALL are the parents of seven children: Elethe J., wife of Dalorma Parish, a resident of Hazel Dell Township; Mary Ann, deceased; Sarah E., wife of Morris Hough, of Hazel Dell Township; Miles, residing at home; Eliza, deceased; Ewing, of Bayard, Nebraska; and Isabella, deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have assisted largely in opening up and developing this country in many ways, and have always aided any enterprise tending to the good of the county. Their eldest son Miles is a live, energetic young man, and is among the most prosperous citizens of this county, owning 658 acres of land in Pottawattamie County, 239 in Hazel Dell Township, section 24, 160 acres on sections 10 and 14, fourteen acres on section 9, five acres on section 20, and 240 acres on section 5, Neola Township. Politically he is a Democrat.