Bob, Bet you forgot you requested these. I am sorry it has been so long. > Hall B. J. 886 > In the Election of 11-7-1876 he ran for Representatives as a dem. > Basil (Capt.) 231-233 Under The Beautiful Prairies. Capt Hall wrote The > Prairies of Illinois. He graphically portrays their beauty in their wild > and native state: 'The charm of prairie exists in its extension, its green, flowery carpet, its undulating surface, and the skirt of forest whereby it is surrounded; the latter feature being of all others the most significant and expressive, since it characterizes the landscape, and defines the form and boundary of the plain. If the prairie is little, its greatest beauty consist in the vicinity of the encompassing edge of forests, which may be compared to the shore of a lake, being intersected with many deep, inward bends, as so many inlets, and at intervals projecting very far, not unlike a promontory or protruding arm of land. > C.L. 429 Detroit Christian Church - This church was organized > Feb. 25, 1876 by Elders Rufus Moss and J.W. Miller, with a membership of > 33. The first deacons were Nathaniel smith and John Turner, C. L. Hall > was appointed Elder and afterward elected to that office in company with > his brother, W. C. Hall. > Cyrus (Col.) 140 Infantry Commanding Officer at date of > organization (10-21-1864) at Aton, Il > Edwin F. 763 > Freddie 763 > George D. 763 > Henry Jr. 763 > Ida 763 > Jennie 763 Henry Hall, farmer, sec 25, P.O. Eldara; was born in > Butler county, Ohio, Jan. 7, 1836, came to this county Sept. 20, 1855, was > married Aaug. 20, 1859 to Mary L. Taylor, and they have had 7 children - > Edwin F. Jennie, George D, Ida, Luella, Henry and Freddie, 5 are dead. > Mr. H owns 160 acres of land, worth $10,000, is a member of the Masonic > Lodge, raises a great deal of produce and patronizes home market, is a > Republican. > John T. 465 - W. S. Smith, of the firm of Butler & Smith, grocers, > Milton, was born in Detroit township, this county, in 1859, the son of > Richard Smith, an early settler of this county, where he died in 1863. > This firm succeeded John T. Hall in this trade in 1879, and although young > men, their energies and abilities call out a large and increasing trade. > John W. 178 - ??????? > Kate (Strout) 851- Amos Stout, farmer, sec 7, P.O. Hannibal, MO, > was bonr in Butler county, O in 1834, and is the son of Ijel and Julia > (Briant) Stout, natives of Ohio, and of German descent; received his > education in the public schools of Ohio, came to Pike county in 1851; was > married in 1856 to Miss Kate Hall, and they have 4 children living. Mr. > Stout is a farmer, occupying 500 acres of land, and has gret promise of > success; he had nothing to start with. Politically he is a Republican. > L.N. 900 - In the section titled The Press and under the Beacon. > At first the paper was in trouble and about to be closed down when a group > of businessmen formed a stock company, L.N. Hall was one of these men. > L.J. 337 - In the section titled Criminal Records - James Ray and > L.J. Hall - At Pleasant Hill, June 22, 1872, L.J. Hall, a grocer, had a > controversy with a Mr. McGinn, when a young man named James Ray > interfered, knocking McGinn down with a beer glass and beating him and > stamping upon him. Hall meanwhile keeping off all who would interfere. > When the beating ceased McGinn was found dead. Hall then gave Ray some > money, telling him to make his escape, which it seems he did most > effectually. Hall was arrested, and examined, but acquitted of being an > accessory. McGinn left a wife and eight children. > Louise M. (Shasted) 700 - Dr. T. W. Shastid, physician and > surgeon, was bonr in Sangamon County, IL, near Petersburg (near where > Abraham Lincoln once kept a grocery), Aug. 26, 1831, son of John G. and > Elizabeth B (Edwards), the former a native of KY, and a farmer, and the > latter of North Carolina. When T.W. was 41/2 years of age the family > moved to Pittsfield, where Mrs. S. died Dec. 8, 1863, and Mr. S Feb. 5, > 1874. The subject of this brief biography was educated in his boyhood in > Pittsfield, and subsequently received his medical education with Prof. > John T. Hodgen of Pittsfield, and at McDowell's College, which was the > medical department of the University of the State of Missouri at St. > Louis. After graduating he first settled at Pleasant Hill, practicing > there for 51/2 years, in partnership with Dr. John A. Thomas for about 3 > years, since then he has practiced in Pittsfield, where he is now > Examining Surgeon of U.S. pensioners. Aug. 2, 1860 he married Mary F. > Edwards, by whom he had one one, Wm. Edwards, March 12, 1863. Oct. 1, > 1865 he married a second time, taking Louise M. Hall, and their children > are, > Thomas Hall born July 19, 1866, and Jon Shepherd, Jan 20, 1870, and Joseph > Calvin April 13, 1877. > > Mary Ann (Gray) 745 - Benj. F. Gray, blacksmith and wagon and > buggy manufacturer, Philadelphia; P.O. Cool Ban; was bprm om 1940, in this > county, and is a son of Anson and Jane Gray, who came from Ohio to this > place in early day. After received a fair public school education and > growing to manhood, Benj. F in 1868 married Mary Ann Hall and by her had > one child, Sophia A. Mrs. Gray died in 1869, and Mr. Gray in 1870 married > Elizabeth Ann Melton, who was boonr in 1848 in Washington county, PA, and > they have had 3 children, Lena May, Gertrude and nina A. Mr. Gray has > followed farming, but by trade is a blacksmith and manufacturer of wagons > and buggies, which business he has followed for a number of years. He was > 3 years in the war, in Co K, 99th IL Inf. Politically he is a Republican. > > > T.L. 241,- T.L. Hall of Detroit township taught the first singing > school, at Atlas. > 435- T.L. and William C - Wm. C. Hall was born May 29, 1844, in this > county, and is the son of T.L. Hall of early day here, who came in 1828, > when he had to go to Atlas a distance of 26 miles, to mill. He taught the > first singing school in Atlas, said to be the first in the county. In > 1840 he build a saw-mill on Little Blue creek. He was brought up a > Presbyterian, but during the latter part of his life was a member of the > Christian Church. His death occurred January 5, 1872. Wm. C. was reared > on a farm in early day, having all the usual experiences of clearing wood > land. Oct. 9, 1866, he married Nellie, daught of John S. Shinn of > Griggsville, and they have one little boy, Willy. Mr. Hall is a farmer > and s tock raiser on sec 16. > W.H. 463 - Robert O. Morris, proprietor Grange Company Warehouse, > Montezuma, is a native of Adair County, KY, where he was born Dec. 8, > 1850, cmnae to this county in Sept 1874, and for a time engaged in > farming. Subsequently he purchased an interest in the store of W. H. Hall > of Milton. Nine months afterward he sold out and took possession of the > warehouse in Jan. 1880, where he is doing a large trade in lumber, grain, > lime and cemente, and is an active energetic, thorough business man. > William 330 - John Shannahan - Sept 16, 1871, in Pleasant Vale > township, Wm. Hall xlaimed that Shannahan had said something mean about > him, and porceeded to assault him with a club. The latter warded off the > blow, snatched the club from Hall, who then started to run away; Shannahan > however, soon overtook him, stuck him on the head with club, knocking him > over into a gully senseless, and Shannahan tumbling down with him. Hall's > ankle was broken in the fall, and he died soon afterward. Shannahan was > arrested and committed to jail, where he suffered from a feeble > constitution and a diseased leg, which had to be amputated. He was > indicted by the grand jury, Oct. 12, 1871, but he died before the trial > took place. > > > >