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From: Earliene Kaelin <>
Subject: [KYBATH-L] HALL's of Bath County
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:10:30 -0700


Here is an Obituary of the Grandson of Mahlon Hall born Bath County,
Kentucky. Please see that Billie Hunt gets this.
Thanks,
Earliene Kaelin

1909 Clinton Paper (Clinton, DeWitt County, IL)
HALL
Former Resident Died in Minnesota
Member of a Prominent DeWitt County Family Is Brought To The Place of Birth
For Burial
Mahlon HALL was born near Hallsville, DeWitt county, Illinois, Nov. 21,
1858 and died Oct. 30, 1909. He is the son of Judge Jonathan R. HALL and
Eliza Ellen (THORNLEY) HALL. Of this family were nine children, five of
whom are living three brothers, William Hall, a resident of Hallsville;
George W. of Canada and Luther J. who resides on the home place, two
sisters Rosalie, wife of Samuel W. SUMMERS of Clarion, Iowa and Mary A.
IRWIN of Hallsville(wife of William A. IRWIN); Ella D. BARTLEY, the
youngest in the family, died in November 1888. His Parents as well as
grandparents lived on the home place one half mile south of Hallsville
where Mahlon R. grew to manhood and who was favorably known and grew up
under the influence of religious parents. He was married to Miss Mary
HARKRADER several years ago. Two children, Clifford and Preston were the
blessings of this union. He moved to Nebraska a few years ago in the
eagerness of a new home, from thence to Red Lake Falls, Minn., where he
died October 30, 1909. His parents were among DeWitt county's first and
proinent citizens. His grandparents, Mahlon HALL and Family and Rueben
THORNLEY and family, came to Illinois and settled in Barnett and Tunbridge
townships, respectively, before the county was organized in 1829. The
family arrived with the remains Wednesday morning, and the funeral services
were held at the Hallville Christian Church yesterday afternoon, conducted
by Rev. T. T. HOLTON, of Bloomington. Burial in the Mc Climans cemetery

Earliene Kaelin
1118 156th St. East
Tacoma, WA. 98445-2324

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