Hall, James – Hall, Thomas H
Hall, James
paleontologist, educator, author, was born Sept. 12, 1811, in , author, was born Sept. 12, 1811, in Hingham, Mass . He is a paleontologist of distinction, professor of geology at the Troy Polytechnic school from 1836, and state geologist of New York from 1837.
He is the author of Geology of the Fourth District of New District of New York; Paleontology of Geological Survey of Wisconsin; and many scientific monographs.
Hall, James A
soldier, was born Aug. 10, 1835, in Jefferson, Maine. He 10, 1835 , in Jefferson, Maine. He rose to the rank of brevet brigadier-general, his services being especially conspicuous at Gettysburg. He was, for thirteen years after the war, collector of customs at Waldoboro, Maine. He died June 10, 1893, at Syracuse, N. Y.
Hall, James Frederick
soldier, was born in February, 1824, in New York born in February, 1824, in New York city. He served in the civil war, and was brevetted brigadier -general. He died Jan. 9, 1884.
Hall, Jeremiah
clergyman, college president, was born May 21, 1805, in president, was born May 21, 1805, in Suanzey, N. H.
In 1853 he accepted the presidency of Denison university. He died May 31, 1881, in Port Huron, Mich.
Hall, John
congressman. He was a delegate from Maryland to the constitudelegate from Maryland to the constitutional convention from 1775 to 1776, and from 1783 to 1784 from 1783 to 1784.
Hall, John
lawyer, jurist, was born in 1767 in Waynesboro, Va. He was a 1767 in Waynesboro, Va. He was a judge of the superior court of North Carolina from 1801 till 1818, and of the supreme court from 1818 till 1832. He died Jan. 29, 1833, in Warrenton, N. C.
Hall, John
clergyman, author, was born in 1806 in Pennsylvania. He was a in 1806 in Pennsylvania. He was a presbyterian clergyman, pastor of the First church in Trenton, N. J., from 1841.
Among his writings are: Translation of Milton's Latin Milton's Latin Letters; History of the Church in Trenton; Forty Years' Familiar Letters of James W.
Alexander; and Sabbath-School Theology.
He died in 1894.
Hall, John
clergyman, author, was born July 31, 1829, in Ireland. He is a July 31, 1829, in Ireland. He is a presbyterian clergyman who came from Dublin to America in 1867, and became pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian church in New York city. He is the author of All the Way Across The Chief End of Man; End of Man; Familiar Talks to Boys; Questions of the Day; God's Word Through Preaching; A Christian Home; Stones for Young Builders.
Hall, John Elihu
lawyer, author, was born Dec. 27, 1783, in Philadelphia, born Dec. 27, 1783, in Philadelphia, Pa. He was a lawyer and author of Philadelphia who edited The Portfolio, 1817- 27; and was the author of Memoirs of Eminent Persons; Practice and Jurisdiction of the Court of Admiralty; Life of Dr. John Shaw; and Tracts on Constitutional Law . He died June 11, 1829, in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pa.
Hall, John W
merchant, state senator, governor, was born Jan. 1, 1817, in , governor , was born Jan. 1, 1817, in Frederic, Del.
He was state director in the Farmers' bank from 1861 to 1878; and stock director from 1867 to 1871. He was a state senator; was a delegate to the democratic national convention of 1876; and was governor of Delaware from 1879 to 1883.
Hall, Jonathan Prescott
lawyer, jurist, orator, author, was born July , jurist, orator, author, was born July 9, 1796, in Pomfret , Conn: He was the author of Reports of Cases in the Superior Court of the City of New York, 1828-29. He died Sept. 29, 1862, in Newport, R. I.
Hall, Joseph
soldier, merchant, congressman, was born June 26, 1793, in Essex county , Mass. He served as lieutenant of militia in 1813 and 1814; and from 1817 until 1819 was engaged in mercantile pursuits. He was sheriff of two counties for twelve years, and was a representative in congress from Maine from 1833 to 1837. He was the first northern man who voted against receiving slavery petitions. He was also a noted orator.
Hall, Joshua G
lawyer, state senator, congressman, was born Nov. 5, 1828, , congressman , was born Nov. 5, 1828, in Wakefield , N. H. He was a state senator in 1871 and 1872, and a member of the state house of representatives in 1874.
He was United States district attorney from 1874 to 1879, and was elected a representative from New Hampshire to the forty-sixth and forty-seventh congresses as a republican as a republican.
Hall, Lawrence W
lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born in 1819 in Lake county, Ohio. He was elected judge of the court of common pleas, which position he held until 1856. He was elected a representative from Ohio to the thirty-fifth congress. He died Jan. 26, 1863, in Ohio.
Hall, Mrs. Louisa Jane Park
author, poet, was born Feb. 7, 1802, in Newburyport , Mass. She was a writer of Providence , and the author of Miriam, a dramatic poem; Joanna of Naples, a tale; and Life of Elizabeth Carter. She died in 1892.
Hall, Lyman
physician, governor.
He was a delegate to the continental condelegate to the continental congress from 1775 to 1779, and signed the declaration of independence. In 1783 he was elected governor of Georgia. He died Oct. 19, 1790, in Burke county, Ga.
Hall, Mrs. Mary L
educator, poet, was born May 26, 1839, in St. Helena, N. Y. born May 26, 1839, in St. Helena, N. Y.
She was for twenty years a teacher of penmanship at Attica, N. Y., and is the author of many short stories and a book of poems entitled Live Coal.
Hall, Nathaniel
clergyman, was born Aug. 13, 1805, in Medford, Mass. He Aug. 13, 1805, in Medford, Mass. He parish, Dorchester, Mass., in 1836, and became sole pastor of the First Unitarian held this post until his death. He died Oct. 21, 1875, in Dorchester, Mass. ist, congressman, was born March 10,
Hall, Nathan Kelsey
lawyer, jur- , lawyer, jur- 1810, in Marcellus, N. Y. He served as a member of the New York state legislature, and was a representative in congress from 1847 to 1849. On Mr. Fillmore's accession to the presidency in 1850, he was appointed to the office of postmaster - general, and was subsequently appointed judge of the United States district court for western New York. He died March 2, 1874, in Buffalo, N. Y.
Hall, Norman
manufacturer, congressman, was born Nov. 17, 1829, in , was born Nov. 17, 1829, in Muncy Farms, Pa. He was elected to the fiftieth congress as a democrat.
Hall, Obed
congressman. He was a representative in congress from New Hampshire from 1811 to 1813.
Hall, Osee Matson
lawyer, congressman, was born in Conneaut, Ohio. , was born in Conneaut, Ohio.
He was elected to the fifty-second and fifty-third congresses as a democrat.
Hall, Robert Bernard
state senator, congressman, was born Jan. 28, 1812, , congressman, was born Jan. 28, 1812, in Boston, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts senate in 1855; was elected a representative to the thirtyfourth congress in that year, and was reelected to the thirty-fifth congress in 1857.
He died April 15, 1868, in Plymouth, Mass.
Hall, Robert Pleasants
lawyer, author, poet, was born Dec. 23, 1825, in , poet, was born Dec. 23, 1825, in Chester District, S. C. He published a volume of Poems by a South Carolinian.
He left numerous manuscript articles in prose and verse prose and verse, which include a contempoem on André Chenier; Winona, a legend of the a legend of the Dacotahs; and The Cherdescribing the scenery in upper Georgia. He died Dec. 4, 1854, in Macon, Ga.
Hall, Samuel
journalist, was born Nov. 2, 1740, in Medford, Mass. He pub- 2, 1740, in Medford, Mass. He published the Salem Gazette in 1781, and in 1785 the Massachusetts Gazette. In 1789 he went to Boston and opened a bookstore, which he sold in 1805 to Lincoln and Edmunds . He died Oct. 30, 1807, in Boston, Mass.
Hall, Samuel Read
educator, author, was born Oct. 27, 1795, in Croydon, , was born Oct. 27, 1795, in Croydon, N. H. He was an educator of Vermont who organized the first training-school for teachers in the United States. He was the author of The Instructor's Manual; Lectures on Education; and Geography for Children.
He died June 24, 1877, in Bennington, Vt Bennington, Vt.
Hall, Mrs. Sarah
(EWING), author, was born Oct. 30, 1761, in Philadelphia, born Oct. 30, 1761, in Philadelphia, Pa. She was a Philadelphia writer well known at one time as the author of Conversations on the Bible. Selections from her work were published in 1833. She died April 8, 1830, in Philadelphia, Pa.
Hall, Sharack Azariah
soldier, educator, state senator, was born July 15, , state senator, was born July 15, 1835, in Wilna, N. Y. He was captain of company K , fifth regiment Wisconsin volunteer infantry from 1864 until Lee's surrender.
In 1869 he moved to Wood Lake, Minn., was appointed county superintendent of schools in 1873, and in 1876 was elected a member of the Minnesota state senate senate.
Hall, Thomas
inventor, was born Feb. 4, 1834, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1881 , 1834, in Philadelphia, Pa. In 1881 he produced the typewriter that bears his name.
Hall, Thomas Augustus
soldier, journalist, legislator, jurist, was born Aug. 26, 1847, in Telfair county, Ga. During the war he served as orderly sergeant of company E, sixth battalion Georgia artillery in the confederate service. He has filled numerous offices of public trust; was democratic member of the Florida state legislature in 1883 from Madison county, and was a member of the Madison county school board. He is now serving with distinction a second term as county judge of Nassau county, Fla., his term expiring in 1901. He is also the editor and owner of the Florida Mirror of Fernandina, Fla.
Hall, Thomas H
state senator, congressman, was born in 1773 in Edgecombe county , N. C. He was a representative in congress from 1817 to 1825, and again from 1827 to 1835. In 1836 he served as a member of the state senate, and voted against the acceptance of any of the surplus revenue of the United States treasury by the state of North Carolina. He died June 30, 1853, in Tarborough, N. C.