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Hall, Charles Henry

clergyman, author, was born Nov. 7, 1820, in Augusta, Ga. He was an episcopal clergyman of Brooklyn, rector of Holy Trinity church in 1869-95, and the author of Commentaries on the Gospel; Protestant Ritualism; Spina Christi; The Church of the Household; and Valley of the Shadow. He died in 1895.

Hall, Charles Hershall

physician, journalist, was born April 5, 1835 , in Newport, Ind. He settled in Salem , and was in the government Indian service at Fort Yarnhill in 1871-73, but resigned in 1874 to become professor of the theory and practice of medicine in Willamette university. Since 1876 he has edited the Oregon Medical Journal.

Hall, David

governor. He was governor of Delaware from 1802 to 1805 .

Hall, Dominick Augustine

lawyer, jurist, was born in 1765 in North Carolina. He was district judge of Orjudge of Orleans territory from 1809 until 1812, when it became the state of Louisiana, and was then appointed United States judge of the state, in which position he continued during his life. He died Dec. 12, 1820, in New Orleans, La.

Hall, Edward Henry

clergyman, author, was born in 1831 in Ohio. He is a unitarian clergyman of Worcester , and subsequently of Cambridge, and the authe author of Orthodoxy and Heresy in the Christian Church; Lessons on the Life of Saint Paul; and Discourses.

Hall, Edwin

clergyman, educator, author, was born Jan. 11, 1802, in Granville, N. Y. He was a congregational clergyman, professor of theology in Auburn seminary in 1854-77, and the author of The Law of Baptism; The Puritans and Their Principles; Historical Records of Norwalk; and Shorter Catechism with Proofs. He died Sept. 8, 1877, in Auburn , N. Y.

Hall, Edwin G. W

clergyman, evangelist, author, was born Dec. 17, 1840 , in Oxbow, N. Y. During the civil war he served in the tenth New York heavy arheavy artillery. For a number of years he was a conference evangelist, and now fills a pastorate in the methodist episcopal church of Knoxville, Pa.

Hall, Eliza Calvert

author, poet, was born in 1856, in Bowling Green , Ky .

She is a noted poet, and has contributed to the Atlantic Monthly, Scribner's , and the Century.

Hall, Francis

journalist, was born March 12, 1785, in Taunton, England.

In 1811 he entered the office of the New York Commercial Advertiser, and two years afterward became part owner and co-editor of that journal, with which he remained connected for fifty-three years.

He died Aug. 11, 1866, in New York city .

Hall, Francis Joseph

clergyman, educator, author, was born Dec. 24, 1857 , in Ashtabula, Ohio. He is a priest of the protestant episcopal church, and professor of dogmatic theology in the Western The- Western Theological seminary. He is the author of Theological Outlines, in three volumes; and The Historical Position of the Episof the Episcopal Church.

Hall, Frank L

railroad president, was born July 4, 1850, in Bridgeport , Conn.

He is president of the Baltimore and Deland Delaware Bay railroad.

Hall, Frank L

physician, surgeon, legislator, was born Sept. 10, 1861, in Pike county, Ill. He has attained eminence in his profession at Perry, Ill., and for four years was United States pension examiner. He served with distinction as a member of the Illinois state legislature in 1897-98.

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