A Profile of Ira Hall (1878)

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Ira Hall
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In: History of Jefferson County, New York, Evarts, 1878, p. 419

In the year 1798, Samuel Hall, father of the subject of this sketch, came from Connecticut, with his family, to Madison Co., N.Y., and purchased a small farm, being a man of very limited means. Upon this farm he resided until his death, which occurred in 1841. Ira lived with his father until he was twenty-seven years of age. Although his parents were poor, he received the advantages of an academical education, which he made practically useful to himself and others by teaching, which occupation he followed for ten years. He was married April 3, 1827, to Miss Sophia Fort, and thinking it advisable to secure a home, he loaded his goods upon wagons and started for Hounsfield, where he purchased 109 acres of new land, which is a part of his present farm, and which is at this date one of the best in the town. Mr. Hall has been a successful farmer, and to his first purchase has added nearly 100 acres. By a long life of honesty, integrity, and well-doing, he has secured the love and esteem of his fellow-townsmen. In evidence, it is only necessary to say that he has filled the office of justice of the peace for twelve years; that of postmaster for twenty-eight years, and that of assessor for three years. In 1831 his wife died, and in the spring of 1832 he married Maudina Swift, of St. Lawrence County. By his first wife he had two children: one died in infancy, and a son, Joel, now living in Watertown. By his second wife he has had eight children, six of whom are living. Ira, an attorney, is a resident of M.O.; Edwin W., president of Chaddock College, at Quincy, Ill.; Sophia A. resides with her father; Winfield Scott Hall is completing his course at Chaddock College.

 

   
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