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Hall - Margaret Higgins


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Death came to Mrs. Ollie Hall at her home three miles east of   town, Monday norning at 2 o'clock, a peaceful ending to many   months of suffering from consumption.  Mrs. Margaret Olive Hall   was the daughter of John and Nancy Higgs, who came to the farm,   lately owned by their daughter, eighty years ago, and remained   until their death.  Mrs. Hall was born December 7, 1846, and all   her life lived on the farm where she died.  She was married   December 15, 1875 to Walter S. Hall was died in 1893.  To them   were born two sons, Fay and Wade, the former surviving her.  She   also leaves a sister, Mrs. Minta Harrison of Danville, Illinois,   who was with her during her sickness and at her death.  Mrs. Hall   was a member of the Presbyterian church from her young womanhood.    She was a woman of much kindness of heart and her home was one   of ideal hospitality, the young as well as those of mere mature   years always finding a welcome.  The high esteem of which she was   held was attested by the large numbers who visited and minitered   to her during her sickness and came to pay their last respects at   her funeral which was held at the home Wednesday morning at 10   o'clock, Rev. U. L. Montgomery conducting th services.  A ladies   quartette furnished the music and the pall-bearers were young men   who were neighbors and had always found in her a friend.  The   honorary pall-bearers were ladies from the P.E.O. of which she   was a member, and which attended in a body and took part in the   services at the grave.  There were a number of beautiful floral   offerings from relatives and friends.  The interment was at the   Precinct.
   
The following relatives and friends from a distance were   present at the funeral:  John Harrison, Danville, Illinois,  Mr.   and Mrs. Trount, Henry Long and daughter, Mrs. Charles Walters,   Crawfordsville; Mrs. Melva Shaw, Mr. John McCorkle, Mr. and Mrs.   Will Knowls, Indianapolis; Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Gill, Mrs. Indiana   Barret, Mr. Marshall Hall, Miss Hattie Neely, Anderson; and Mrs.   R. M. Sims and daughter, Frankfort.
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