George Hall was listed as a resident of Aurelius Township, Ohio in the 1880 census report: 66/217/4/46, 1880. He married Diantha Elizabeth Harvey January 23, 1868. They had 6 children.
George was a carpenter and moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico after the death of his wife and son Charley, who both died in 1900. He built a house for himself there. When his daughter Rosa and her husband Paul moved to New Mexico, he built a second home for her family. After Rosa died in 1947, her eldest daughter Mary was given the house for her remaining life. Both homes are still standing (2016), a real testament to the skills of George William Hall.
George's grandson Joseph A. Hall spent time with George in New Mexico, supposedly seeking a cure. Still a boy, Joe was told he had pneumonia, but many years later a cousin told me (his daughter Marnie) that Joe had tuberculosis, not pneumonia, so evidently his parents didn't tell him. Joe drank blood as part of the cure.
George W. Hall is buried with his wife and other members of the family in Stanley, Kansas near Olathe. FindAGrave
From Google Books article about George's son Justus: George W. Hall, father of Justus O., was born near Warner, Ohio, in January, 1847. He was reared and married there, and took up the trade of carpenter, with which he also has combined farming at different periods of his life. In 1885 he brought is family from Warner, Ohio, to Olathe, Kansas, where for a brief time he followed his trade but soon moved to Morse, Kansas, where he lived on his farm till 1901. He was next a carpenter at Iola, Kansas, from 1901 to 1904, but has since lived at Albuquerque, New Mexico, where he is still active in his trade, though past the age of seventy. He is a republican, a member of the Baptist Church, and is affiliated with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows.
George W. Hall married Diantha Elizabeth Harvey. She was born in Noble County, Ohio, and died at Morse, Kansas, March 9, 1900. She was the mother of six children: Justus O.; William L., an auditor of the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway, at Dallas, Texas; Charles E., a clerk [who drowned in the Neosho River near] Mineral, Kansas in 1900; Joseph A., living at Columbus, Kansas, who has had an extensive experience in railroading as agent and telegraph operator; Rosa, wife of Paul Anema, a city employee at Iola, Kansas; and Mamie Belle, who died at Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1907. [1]
George W. Hall may have fought in the Civil War in the 77th Infantry organized in Marietta, Ohio. There are numerous Halls, and research is ongoing.] [2] He is buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Stanley, Johnson Co., Kansas.
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