HALL-J.D. - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

J. D. HALL was born in Ross County, Ohio April 10, 1821. James Hall, father of JD Hall was a native of Maryland and died in Vinton County, Ohio 1855. Mr. Hall emigrated from Ohio to Fountain County, Indiana 1839 and to Warren County, Indiana in 1843. He was married to Eliza Weiman in Fountain County 1841. She was a native of Virginia. In February 1852 Mr. Hall emigrated to Ford County then Vermilion County where he began to make improvements on Section 33. Mr. and Mrs. Hall were blessed with 4 children. Mr. Hall built the first house north of the river in what is now Ford County. The post office when he first settled in this county was 18 miles from his farm at Higginsville. Mr. Hall began the grain business wiht his son, Henry C. Hall of Paxton in 1865. He had 285 acres of excellent land in Patton which he entered in 1854. He was the 2nd sheriff of Ford County.