Abner Hall was one of the first merchants in Athens, forming a partnership with his brother, Elisha, in 1833. On July 24th, 1834, Abner and his son-in-law, Joseph B. Ayers, bought acreage on the Sangamon River about two miles southwest of the village of Athens. Hall acquired a considerable amount of farm land around Athens before his death. He ran a cabinet shop, operated a saw mill, and at one time owned a fifth interest in a carding mill. Abner's saw mill and the tan yard operated by Turner Holland were located near the corner of Jefferson and Mill Streets (now a parking lot for the Athens Methodist Church). The frame home which Abner Hall built, across from the sawmill, was later operated as a "tavern" (actually an inn) by his son, Abner Banks Hall. The inn was incorporated into a residence which is still occupied on the northwest corner of Mill and Jefferson Streets.
Abner died on April 10, 1843, and is assumed to be buried in the Hall family plot in West Cemetery in Athens, Illinois, as he donated the land for the cemetery while on his death bed, but there is no marked grave.
Data from Hall-Overstreet Families by Carrol Carman Hall, 1981 and Barbara S. Cox.
Abner Hall was one of the first merchants in Athens, forming a partnership with his brother, Elisha, in 1833. On July 24th, 1834, Abner and his son-in-law, Joseph B. Ayers, bought acreage on the Sangamon River about two miles southwest of the village of Athens. Hall acquired a considerable amount of farm land around Athens before his death. He ran a cabinet shop, operated a saw mill, and at one time owned a fifth interest in a carding mill. Abner's saw mill and the tan yard operated by Turner Holland were located near the corner of Jefferson and Mill Streets (now a parking lot for the Athens Methodist Church). The frame home which Abner Hall built, across from the sawmill, was later operated as a "tavern" (actually an inn) by his son, Abner Banks Hall. The inn was incorporated into a residence which is still occupied on the northwest corner of Mill and Jefferson Streets.
Abner died on April 10, 1843, and is assumed to be buried in the Hall family plot in West Cemetery in Athens, Illinois, as he donated the land for the cemetery while on his death bed, but there is no marked grave.
Data from Hall-Overstreet Families by Carrol Carman Hall, 1981 and Barbara S. Cox.
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