Iowa Family Groupsheet for Otis Sykes HALL Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Rita K. Cobb Balch Email address: ritakay@hotmail.com Husband: Otis Sykes HALL Birthdate: 12 May 1849 Birthplace: Fond du Lac, Waushara Co., Wisconsin Death date: 6 Sep 1918 Place of death: Eldora Township, Hardin Co., Iowa Father: Otis HALL Mother: Samantha Sarah SYKES Marriage date: 13 Jan 1872 Marriage place: First Congregational Chuch; Eldora, Hardin, Ia Wife: Martha "Mattie" Ann SOUTHARD Birthdate: 21/22 Nov 1851 Birthplace: Hardin County, Iowa Death date: 24 Mar 1880 Place of death: Eldora Township, Hardin Co., Iowa Father: Levi W. SOUTHARD Mother: Keziah REECE CHILDREN Child No. 1: Mabel Julia HALL Sex: F Birthdate: 7 Oct 1874 Birthplace: Eldora Township, Hardin Co., Iowa Death date: 16 Aug 1955 Place of death: Washington D.C. Marriage date: 27 Oct 1892 Marriage place: Iowa Spouse's name: Osgood C. COBB Child No. 2: Stella M. HALL Sex: F Birthdate: 14 May 1878 Birthplace: Eldora Township, Hardin Co., Iowa Death date: Sep 1962 Place of death: unknown Marriage date: 18 Dec 1906 Marriage place: unknown Spouse's name: Ben S. ALLISON Documentation: RECORD: OTIS SYKES HALL 1. The Sikes / Sykes Families Association . Arthur M. Sikes, Jr., 1175 River Blvd., Suffield, CT 06078-1416 ArtSikes@aol.com/. CENSUS: 2. 1870 US CENSUS. HALL, OTIS S. State: IA Year: 1870 County: Hardin County Record Type: Federal Population Schedule Township: Eldora Township Page: 393 Database: IA 1870 Federal Census Index. CENSUS: 3. 1880 US CENSUS. "Ollis S. HALL Self W Male W 31 WI VT VT Mabel HALL Dau S Female W 7 IA WI IA Stella HALL Dau S Female W 2 IA WI IA Dora SOUTHARD SisterL S Female W 21 IA Keeping House NC NC Hulda SOUTHARD SisterL Female W 26 IA Keeping House NC NC Olinthius ALDERMAN Other M Male W 42 OH Dentist OH OH Charles TOLMAN Other M Male W 44 NH Potter NH NH Maria TOLMAN Other M Female W 38 NH Hair Dresser NH NH Fred E. TOLMAN Other S Male W 18 IA Laborer NH NH Willie M. TOLMAN Other S Male W 10 IA Laborer NH NH." Census Place Eldora, Hardin, Iowa Family History Library Film 1254343 NA Film Number T9-0343 Page Number 433A. BURIAL: 4. Hardin County Cemeteries Burial records from 1850's to Summer of 1999. Eldora Cemetery "Hall, Otis, Jr. 9/6/1918, 69y B2 L10." DEATH: MARTHA "MATTIE" ANN SOUTHARD 1. 1880 Iowa Mortality Schedule, Hardin County. "7 Hall, Matta 29 F W M IA NC NC Keeping house Mar Tuberculosis Pulamonium 29 Eldora." BURIAL: 2. Hardin County Cemeteries Burial records from 1850's to Summer of 1999. Eldora Cemetery "Hall, Mattie 11/21/1831-3/2/1880 B2 L10." 3. History of Hardin County, Iowa, Springfield, Ill: Union Publishing Company, 1883; Levi W. Southard entry. "Mr. Southard made a settlement about two miles west of Hardin City, and the same distance north of Berlin. They arrived on the 22d of August. The first white girl born in the county was their daughter -- Mattie A. She was born November 22, 1851. She became the wife of Mr. Otis Hall, and died March 24, 1880."