HALL-William - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

William HALL, farmer, Rob Roy, was born in Ross county Ohio, May 1 1812. He was the son of James and Hester (Hilvy) Hall. The former was born in Deleware, and the latter in Virginia. They were married in Ohio and lived and died in Ross county. Mr. Hall's father was a hatter, and from him he learned that trade and worked at it from 1828 till 1837 at which time he abandoned the business and engaged in farming, which he has since followed without interruption. In August 1834, he married Sarah Bookwalter, and in 1839 emigrated to Fountain county and improved the farm where he is living, in Shawnee township. His wife died in February 1847 and he married again October 14 of the same year. The wife's name was Sophia Van Grundy, daughter of Samuel Van Grundy, who came from Ross county Ohio, to Shawnee township in 1832. She was born March 17 1817. Mr. Hall was originally a whig, and has been a republican since that party has had an existence. He has held communion in the Methodist church thirty years. His first wife was a member as the second also is. He has filled the office of trustee twenty years, and is still discharging the duties of that position. He has traveled somewhat in the south and west. From 1864 to 1869 he was trustee of Shawnee township being elected five consecutive terms of one year terms of each. He owns a choice fertile, well improved farm, with handsome residence, picturesquely located a short distance south of Rob Roy. The place contains 200 acres, all in cultivation except thirty acres of timber. His first marriage was fruitful of five children; Elizabeth (deceased), Clinton (deceased), Jeremiah, Isaac, and James. By his second wife he has had six children; Wallace, Alonzo, Ophelia (wife of Daniel R. Brown), Alexander, Arphelia, and Ellen. His sons Clinton, Jeremiah, and Isaac were soldiers in the late war. Clinton belonged to the 22nd Ill. Vols., and fought at Shiloh and Stone River. In the last battle he was wounded in the leg, gangrene set in and though the limb was amputated it was not enough to save his life. His remains were brought home and interred at Rob Roy. Jeremiah was in the 80th Ind. Vols., and after four months service in the field was taken sick and sent to Nashville, and after his recovery was retained there to nurse in hospital till the end of the war, serving on this detached duty nearly three years. Isaac was in the 113th Ind. Vols., and served his full time of six months in East Tennessee.