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, Sylvanus Wilson (1838-1908) --------------------------------------------------------------------- Source: Prominent Men of West Virginia Author: George Wesley Atkinson LL.D., and Alvaro Franklin Gibbens, A.M. Published by W. L. Callin, Wheeling, W.Va. 1890 Pages 848-850 SYLVANUS WILSON HALL The records of the highest court of West Virginia, for its first twelve years, bear the above signature as that of Clerk. He proved to be a very genial, efficient and popular officer among judges and attorneys. He was born in Monongalia county, Virginia, in that portion now Marion county, West Virginia, June 21, 1838. He began judicial clerical work May 1, 1860, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court, at Fairmont, and so served until May 1, 1861, when on account of the war agitation nearly all public as well as private business was suspended, or partly disorganized. In December, 1862, under the restored government of Virginia, he was appointed Clerk of the District Court of Appeals, which held its sessions at Fairmont, and remained such until the formation of the State of West Virginia. He was assistant clerk of the convention which framed the first Constitution, and also served as assistant one session each of the House of Delegates and of the State Senate. Upon the organization of the Supreme Court of Appeals he was made Clerk of that tribunal, and continued in office till August 1874, when he resigned. Was an alternate delegate to the National Republican Convention held in Chicago in 1880. He still resides in Fairmont and is in the drug business. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Information: --------------------------------------------------------------------- VITAL RECORDS Death Register, Marion County WV, 1908, page 67, 6th line HALL, Sylvanus W. died March 12, 1908 in Fairmont WV at age 69, Widower Death Register, Marion County WV, 1878, page 55, line 47 HALL, Mary I. died October 29, 1878 at age 38y-6m in Marion County WV Cause: Consumption Wife-of: Sylvanus W. Hall Dau-of: Daniel & Ann Gantz Marriage Register, Marion County WV, 1862, page 21, line 29 Sylvanus W. Hall (age 24, son of John & Maria C. Hall) and Mary I. Gantz (age 22, dau of Daniel & Ann Gantz) were married April 14, 1862 by Henry W. Boggs, Presbyterian Church --------------------------------------------------------------------- CENSUS 1900 Census, Marion County WV ED:52, Sheet 15B; Fairmont District Monroe Street Lines 69-74; Enum-Dwelling #268; Enum-Family #307 HALL, Sylvanus W (head) June-1838, age 62, Wd, VA-VA-PA ", Willey H (son) Jan-1864, age 36, Wd, VA-VA-VA ", Mary (dau) Feb-1868, age 32, Div, 0-children, WV-VA-VA GANTZ, Virginia A (sis-in-Law), Oct-1843, age 56, Va-Va-Va BAKER, James (Servant) Jan-1881, age 19, WV-WV-WV, Servant STEMPLE, Edwin (Boarder) Oct-1871, age 28, WV-WV-WV, Clerk 1880 Census, Marion County WV ED:86, HW-Page 37; Fairmont Ind School Dist Lines 13-20; Enum-Dwelling #341; Enum-Family #343 HALL, Sylvanus W (age 41), Farmer, Va-Pa-Va ", Lola B (age 17) dau, at school, Va-Va-Va ", Willey H (age 16) son, at school, WV-Va-Va ", Mary B (age 12) dau, at school, WV-Va-Va ", Georgia E (age 4) dau, WV-Va-Va HALL, Maria C (age 86) Mother, IRE-IRE-IRE Gantz, Jennie (age 36) Sis-in-law, Keeping house, Va-Pa-Pa WILSON, Hattie (age 25) Servant, Va-Va-Va 1870 Census, Marion County WV Fairmont, HW-Pages 8-9 Lines 39-40 and 1-5; Enum-Dwelling #55; Enum-Family 357 HALL, Sylvanus W (age 32), Clerk, Supreme Court of Appeals WV, $14800/$2840, Va ", Mary I (age 29), Keeping house, Va ", Lola B (age 7), at home, Va, attended-school ", Willie H (age 6), at home, WV, attended-school ", Maggie J (age 3, at home, WV JACKSON, Ann (age 21), Domestic Servant, Va GANTZ, Jennie A (age 26), at home, Va ---------------------------------------------------------------------