U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- The Hallam Family ------------------------------------------------------------------- History of Ritchie County by Minnie Kendall Lowther Wheeling News Litho. Co., Wheeling W.Va., 1911 Pages 609-610 The Hallams originated in Bradford, England, and tradition has it that they belonged to the same family as Henry Hallam, the renowned English historian whose son's memory has been so beautifully enshrined in Lord Tennyson's "In Memoriam." But our authentic information begins with Michael Hallam who was one of a family of four children; viz., Rachel (born in 1814) who never married, Nancy Ann (b. 1817) who became Mrs. Lacy. And William Hallam, born in 1818. Michael Hallam was born on March 13, 1813, and died on July 30, 1865, at his home in Tyler county. On September 1, 1836, he was married to Miss Hannah Robinson, at Centerville, in Tyler county, with Willis Wells and his sister Rachel Hallam as witnesses. Mrs. Hallam was born on March 9, 1814, and died in July, 1887. Their children were four in number: William Wesley, who was born on July 8, 1837, was killed by a log rolling over him, on the Hallam farm below Smithville, on December 2, 1896. He never married. Israel Nickline, born on November 16, 1838, died on October 15, 1839. John B. Hallam, born on March 36, 1840, has long been a prominent citizen of this county, he having twice served as Sheriff, being elected on the Democratic ticket. His wife, Mrs. Lyda Wilson Hallam, is the daughter of the late Thomas Wilson, and the grand- daughter of Col. Ben Wilson, senior, and they have no family. For a number of years following his official service, their home was at Webb's mill, but it is now at Cairo. Isaac Simmons Hallam, the youngest member of the family was born on September 5, 1843, and in 1865, he was married to Miss Frances McGregor, eldest daughter of the late David McGregor of Cairo; and in 1871 they removed to Kansas, and settled near Abeline; but since 1884, Mr. Hallam has been identified with the business interests of the town; having first been engaged in the lumber enterprise; then as a wholesale groceryman, and now as President of the State Bank of Abeline. Later — He died in September, 1910, and was buried at Abeline. The only child of this union is Mrs. Lulu Parker, wife of Dr. Parker, of Kansas city, Missouri, who is a talented young woman of cultivated literary tastes. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Ritchie County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/ritchie/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------