Union County, Ohio Biographies Project - Watson A. Hall

WATSON A. HALL

    Watson A. Hall, a miller, was born in Portage County, Ohio, January 10, 1839.  He is a son of Henderson Hall, deceased, and Mary Hall, now of Delaware County.  When five years old, with his parents, he went to Delaware County, where he married, in March 1859, Miss Eliza J. Farver, daughter of Nelson and Eliza J. Farver, by whom he has one child, viz.: Almer E.  For twenty-two years Mr. Hall has been quite successfully engaged in the Law and grist-milling business.  He remained in Delaware County until the spring of 1881, at which time he came to Essex, this county.  In August 1862, he enlisted, in Delaware County, in the Ninety-sixth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, and participated in the battles of Haines' Bluff, Arkansas Post, and the siege of Vicksburg, and received an honorable discharge in July 1865.  He is of an active, stirring business disposition, and a respected member of society.