(( I found this on ebay - and wrote him, he has a large data base, but no internet. If you connect, do not reply to me, but send the message instead to <A HREF="mailto:ronkley@juno.com">ronkley@juno.com</A>.)) http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251784649 Hall Family history/genealogy Texas TX I've been researching this subject for 20+ years, and would be very willing to exchange information with anyone sharing this interest. I put one cent in as a minimum "price" only because ebay requires a monetary amount in this space, but I will share information AT NO COST (except, perhaps, for reimbursement of actual postage or copying charges if you want large volumes of my research material). Please email me (ronkley@juno.com) and let's compare notes. (( He is researching among others, these gentlemen and their families: HALL, Willard Preble (brother of William Augustus Hall and uncle of Uriel Sebree Hall), a Representative from Missouri; born at Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, Va. (now West Virginia), May 9, 1820; attended a private school in Baltimore, Md.; was graduated from Yale College in 1839; accompanied his father to Randolph County, Mo., in 1840; studied law; was admitted to the bar at Huntsville, Mo., in 1841 and commenced practice in Sparta, Mo., in 1842; appointed circuit attorney in 1843 and served several years; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket of Polk and Dallas in 1844; during the Mexican War enlisted as a private in the First Missouri Cavalry under Col. Alexander Doniphan, and later promoted to lieutenant; was appointed by General Kearny, together with Colonel Doniphan, to construct the code of civil laws known as the "Kearny Code" in English and Spanish for the territory taken from Mexico; elected as a Democrat to the Thirtieth, Thirty-first, and Thirty-second Congresses (March 4, 1847-March 3, 1853); moved to St. Joseph, Mo., in 1854 and continued the practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for election to the United States Senate in 1856; member of the constitutional convention of Missouri in 1861 that determined the relations of Missouri to the Union and the other States and decided in favor of the Union; provisional Lieutenant Governor of Missouri 1861-1864; as brigadier general, Missouri Militia, commanded the northwestern Missouri district until 1863; Governor of Missouri in 1864 and 1865; resumed the practice of law; died in St. Joseph, Mo., November 2, 1882; interment in Mount Moriah Cemetery. HALL, William Augustus (father of Uriel Sebree Hall and brother of Willard Preble Hall), a Representative from Missouri; born in Portland, Maine, October 15, 1815; moved with his parents to Harpers Ferry, Va.; attended the public schools and Yale College; accompanied his father to Randolph County, Mo., in 1840; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1841 and commenced practice in Huntsville, Mo.; moved to Fayette, Mo., and continued the practice of law; presidential elector on the Democratic ticket of Polk and Dallas in 1844; judge of the circuit court 1847-1861; during the Mexican War served as captain; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1861; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-seventh Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the expulsion of John B. Clark; reelected to the Thirty-eighth Congress and served from January 20, 1862, to March 3, 1865; was not a candidate for renomination in 1864; delegate to the Democratic National Convention at Chicago in 1864; resumed the practice of law and also engaged in agricultural pursuits; died near Darkville, Randolph County, Mo., December 15, 1888; interment in the family private cemetery. HALL, Uriel Sebree (son of William Augustus Hall and nephew of Willard Preble Hall), a Representative from Missouri; born near Huntsville, Randolph County, Mo., April 12, 1852; was tutored privately, and was graduated from Mount Pleasant College, Huntsville, Mo., in 1873; served as superintendent of schools at Moberly, Mo.; founded an academy at Prairie Hill, Mo., and served as its president; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1870 and practiced in Moberly, Randolph County, Mo., until 1885, when he engaged in agricultural pursuits near Hubbard, Mo.; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth Congresses (March 4, 1893-March 3, 1897); declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1896; president of Pritchett College, Glasgow, Mo., 1897-1901; moved to Columbia, Mo., in 1918 and founded the Hall West Point-Annapolis Coaching School, serving as its president and supervisor from 1918 to 1930, when he retired; died in Columbia, Mo., December 30, 1932; interment in Oakland Cemetery, Moberly, Mo.++