OBITUARY
THE CHARITON LEADER
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, March 20, 1913
MRS. MARY HALL DIES
Mrs. Mary C. Hall died yesterday morning at 4 o'clock at her home in Denver from old age. Mrs. Hall, before her marriage, was Mary Catherine Walthall. She was born in Botetourt county, Virginia, June 26, 1826, and lived with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel White Walthall, at that place until she was three years of age, then moved to Locks Grove, Virginia, where she lived until she was nine years old, moving then to Danville, Hendricks county, Indiana. Here she lived 18 years, and where she was married to William J. Hall, who died some years ago.
With her husband Mrs. Hall moved to Lucas county, Iowa, in 1850, living there 42 years, where most of her children were born, died and were buried. From there she moved to Denver in 1892, where she has since resided.
Mrs. Hall is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Fannie D. Hardin and Mrs. Martha W. Evans of Denver, and Mrs. A. R. Malone of Des Moines, Ia.; one brother, D. B. Walthall, of Fort Collins; a daughter, Miss Margaret Hall; two sons, J. P. Hall, general agent of the Santa Fe railroad, Denver, and James H. Hall, of Lucas county, Iowa, and a large number of nieces and nephews and grandchildren.
Mrs. Hall was one of the few real daughters of the "Society of 1812," there being two or three other real daughters in the state. She was a cousin of General Edward C. Walthall, formerly United States senator, prior to his death, from Mississippi, and a cousin of Thomas R. Marshall, recently elected vice president of the United States. She was a lifelong member of the Baptist church. Sunday, March 10th, was the seventieth anniversary of her marriage.
The body will be taken back to her old home, Chariton, Iowa, for interment in the family burying grounds, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hall and Miss Margaret Hall. Funeral services will be held at the residence of J. P. Hall, 123 East Second avenue, the date to be announced later. - DENVER REPUBLICAN, March 12, 1913.
Funeral services were held in Chariton at the residence of her niece, Mrs. W. H. Smyth, on Tuesday afternoon, where the remains were brought, conducted by Rev. H. J. Bryce, of the Baptist church.
OBITUARY
THE CHARITON LEADER
Chariton, Iowa
Thursday, March 20, 1913
MRS. MARY HALL DIES
Mrs. Mary C. Hall died yesterday morning at 4 o'clock at her home in Denver from old age. Mrs. Hall, before her marriage, was Mary Catherine Walthall. She was born in Botetourt county, Virginia, June 26, 1826, and lived with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel White Walthall, at that place until she was three years of age, then moved to Locks Grove, Virginia, where she lived until she was nine years old, moving then to Danville, Hendricks county, Indiana. Here she lived 18 years, and where she was married to William J. Hall, who died some years ago.
With her husband Mrs. Hall moved to Lucas county, Iowa, in 1850, living there 42 years, where most of her children were born, died and were buried. From there she moved to Denver in 1892, where she has since resided.
Mrs. Hall is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Fannie D. Hardin and Mrs. Martha W. Evans of Denver, and Mrs. A. R. Malone of Des Moines, Ia.; one brother, D. B. Walthall, of Fort Collins; a daughter, Miss Margaret Hall; two sons, J. P. Hall, general agent of the Santa Fe railroad, Denver, and James H. Hall, of Lucas county, Iowa, and a large number of nieces and nephews and grandchildren.
Mrs. Hall was one of the few real daughters of the "Society of 1812," there being two or three other real daughters in the state. She was a cousin of General Edward C. Walthall, formerly United States senator, prior to his death, from Mississippi, and a cousin of Thomas R. Marshall, recently elected vice president of the United States. She was a lifelong member of the Baptist church. Sunday, March 10th, was the seventieth anniversary of her marriage.
The body will be taken back to her old home, Chariton, Iowa, for interment in the family burying grounds, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Hall and Miss Margaret Hall. Funeral services will be held at the residence of J. P. Hall, 123 East Second avenue, the date to be announced later. - DENVER REPUBLICAN, March 12, 1913.
Funeral services were held in Chariton at the residence of her niece, Mrs. W. H. Smyth, on Tuesday afternoon, where the remains were brought, conducted by Rev. H. J. Bryce, of the Baptist church.