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Biographical History of Cherokee County, Iowa
W. S. Dunbar & Co., Chigago - 1889

[page 466-467]

    JAMES C. HALL, Vice President of the Cherokee State Bank at
    Cherokee, Iowa, is among the enterprising business men of the
    place and commands a space in the history of the county.  His
    native State is New York.  He was born in Washington County,
    near the village of Argyle, January 21, 1852. He is the oldest
    son of ROBERT and ELIZA (FLACK) HALL, the father being a New
    Yorker by birth, but of Irish extraction; the mother was also
    born in New York, in Washington County, and was a daughter of
    JAMES FLACK, of Scotch Ancestry.  The father removed to Ford
    County, Illinois, when JAMES C. was six years of age and set-
    tled on a farm.  The son assisted in the labors of the farm
    during the summer, and attended the common schools during the
    winter.  He was given the opportunity to attend school after
    leaving the lower grades behind, and entered the Wabash College,
    where he remained two years.  In 1872 he came to Cherokee County,
    Iowa, where his father had established himself in the agricultural
    implement business.  In January, 1873, he formed a partnership
    with his father which continued thirteen years.  At the end of
    that period he sold his interest to this younger brother, W. J.
    HALL.  He and his father were engaged in the grain business until
    1886, when he sold his interest to his father.  Since that date Mr.
    HALL has been engaged in the real estate business, both in the
    State of Iowa and in the South, dealing quite extensively in
    prairie and timber lands.  In October, 1888, he helped to organ-
    ize the Cherokee State Bank, at Cherokee, Iowa.  He was elected
    to the office of vice president of that institution, which place
    he still holds; he is also one of the directors, and his time
    is wholly devoted to banking and real estate.  Mr. HALL was united
    in marriage April 30, 1874, to Miss LUCY A. WILLARD, a native of
    Wisconsin.  Five children have been born of this union, four sons
    and one daughter: ROBERT W., ClARENCE H., IRENUS C., HAROLD J. and
    HATTIE M.  HAROLD J. died May 28, 1888.  Mr. HALL has served as
    president of the School Board, and as a member of the Town Council.
    He is president of the Cherokee Building and Loan Association, being
    elected to that office in 1889; this association was organized
    June 1, 1885, with an authorized capital of $300,000.  Politically
    Mr. HALL is a Republican.  He belongs to the Presbyterian Church,
    and is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Cherokee.  He is a
    most exemplary man, of refined tastes and excellent qualifications.
    Since his residence here he has been public spirited, and active in
    upbuilding his town and county.

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