U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Hall, James E. (1841-1915) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Barbour County, West Virginia, From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by Hu Maxwell The Acme Publishing Company, Morgantown, W.Va., 1899 Pages 398-399 James E. Hall, son of John N. and Harriet (Rightmire) Hall, was born on Elk Creek, November 27, 1841, and on August 19, 1869, at Philippi, he was married to Elizabeth, daughter of Lewis and Annie (Keyes) Wilson. Their only child, Lillian, was born October 6, 1870, and is the wife of Charles F. Teter, of Barbour County. Mr. Hall is a member of the M. E. Church, South, a Democrat, a member of the Masonic Order, and by business is a coal operator, residing at Philippi. The first members of this family came from England about 1745, and Samuel Hall was one of the first settlers in Barbour, and his son, John N. Hall, was born here and was identified with public affairs. Both he and his wife were born in 1815, and she was a daughter of John Rightmire, a merchant. Their children were, Julia, Allie J., wife of Joseph N. B. Criin; Emma I., wife of Colonel N. J. Coplin, Clarksburg; James E. and Jasper L., who died in New Mexico. The subject of this sketch was educated in the Ohio University. He entered the Confederate army, became adjutant of his regiment and was in much of the fighting up to Gettysburg, where he was wounded and taken prisoner, and was confined at Port McHenry, Fort Delaware and Point Lookout, and near the close of the war he was exchanged, and reached the Confederate lines in time to be included in Lee's surrender. After the war he returned to Barbour and engaged in farming and other business. In 1878 he moved to Philippi. For five years he was manager of the Grafton and Greenbrier railroad, and was, and still is, interested in enterprises looking to the development of the county's resources. ------------------------------------------------------------------- DEATH-REGISTER, Barbour County, WV Page 90, Line-Numbered 23 James Ed Hall, died Jan 1, 1915 at age 73y-2m-7d Place-of-birth: Philippi Cause-of-death: Cancer of Prostate Gland, Uremia Marital-status: Widower Informant: J. W. Bosworth, Physician DEATH-REGISTER, Barbour County, WV Page 90, Line-Numbered 2 Elizabeth A. Hall, died March 9, 1912 Place-of-birth: Philippi, W.Va Cause-of-death: Paralysis of Heart ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Barbour County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/barbour/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------