Logan County ArArchives Biographies.....Hall, Anthony ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00027.html#0006574 June 19, 2009, 11:33 am Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) HON. ANTHONY HALL. Hon. Anthony Hall, lawyer and lawmaker, who in years of practice in the courts of Arkansas has left indelibly his impress upon the history of the state bar and also as a lawmaker upon the legislative enactment of the state, serving in the house of representatives during the forty-third general assembly, and is a splendid example of those men of foreign birth who, coming to America, have espoused American principles and have stood for the highest standards of American manhood and chivalry. Mr. Hall was born in Biersted, Allborg, Denmark, in September, 1857, and is a son of August Peter and Inger Marie (Mueller) Hall. The father was born in Randers, Denmark, in January, 1808, and the mother in Allborg, in 1830. They were married at Biersted in 1850, and in the year 1870 August Peter Hall brought his family to the new world. Notwithstanding he was then sixty-two years of age, he had the hardihood to sail with his wife and children for the United States, and after a brief period spent in Illinois came to Arkansas, where he devoted his attention to farming until his death in September, 1878. He became a naturalized citizen and the sterling worth of his character commanded for him the respect and confidence of all who knew him. His wife died in November, 1875. They were the parents of five children: Harold, August, Anthony, Mette and Nelson. Anthony Hall was a lad of thirteen years when he accompanied his parents to the new world. He had pursued his education in his native country up to that time. mastering not only the common branches of learning but also studying sciences and history under a private tutor. After the family reached Illinois he became a pupil in the public schools of that state, eagerly applying himself to his studies for a year. Circumstances later kept him out of school for a time but in 1879 and 1880 he was again an apt and eager pupil in the public schools. In the meantime, however, he had removed with his parents to Arkansas and this state has since been his home. In two years, from 1880 until 1882, he completed the regular four years' high school course in Dardanelle. Already he was planning to become a member of the bar and he eagerly availed himself of the opportunity of pursuing his studies under the preceptorship of George S. Cunningham, then judge of the circuit court. In 1884 he successfully passed the required examination admitting him to the bar and in the following year he opened a law office in Paris, where he has remained. In less than a year after taking up his abode in Paris he was made deputy prosecuting attorney of Logan county. In this connection a contemporary writer has said that the fact that he was called to this position "speaks for itself of Mr. Hall's personality. Nor has the early good impression which he made upon his neighbors ever suffered a reversal in almost forty years of his career among them. Pew men, indeed, are more genuinely esteemed than he for unfailing integrity and kindliness of character. He is the sort of man to whom the so-called honors of public office make no appeal; in accepting for a period of four years the mayoralty of Paris, he was simply and solely actuated by a high sense of duty to society; in the selfsame spirit did he accede to the wishes of public opinion—and only when drafted for the post—to represent at once the county of Logan and the state of Arkansas in the house of the forty-third general assembly." His official record is one over which there falls no shadow of wrong nor suspicion of evil. He has always been a stalwart believer in democratic principles and his opinions have been the result of thorough study and investigation of the political issues and conditions. Therefore by reason of his high sense of the duties of citizenship he has been impelled to perform any task assigned him for the good of his party. He served continuously on the democratic central committee of Logan county from 1886 until 1918, or for a period of almost a third of a century, and acted both as secretary and chairman of the committee. In 1918 he was elected to the state central committee and again he rendered signal service to the party in this connection by reason of his executive ability, his keen Insight into situations and his recognized standards of honor in all matters of citizenship. As a lawyer he has long stood in the front rank. While advancement at the bar is proverbially slow, he soon won recognition of his ability and his powers have been continually augmented through his comprehensive reading and study. On the 28th of September, 1887, Mr. Hall was married to Miss Julia Idelle Daniel, who was born in Alabama, in May, 1867, and is a daughter of Dr. John E. and Eliza J. (Teague) Daniel, who resided at Roseville, Logan county, after removing to Arkansas. Mrs. Hall is a graduate of Hendrix College and by her marriage she has become the mother of five children: Edgar A., who died at the age of eighteen years; Marie; Daniel A.; Julia Lucille and Elizabeth Pearl. The son, Daniel A., volunteered for service in the World war and after training at Camp Beauregard, was sent to France as a second lieutenant in the outfit of the One Hundred and Forty-first Machine Gun Battalion. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are active and faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal church, South. He has given generously of his time and means in support of the work, has acted as chairman of the building committee and also as trustee. A recognition of the threefold nature of man, physical, intellectual and moral, has led to his earnest support of all agencies or projects which make for development and improvement of the individual, that he may serve the highest purposes of life and maintain the most advanced standards of individual worth and of public good. His own career has been one of signal service and usefulness to his fellowmen and he is today accounted one of the prominent lawyers and legislators of the state. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/logan/bios/hall124bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/arfiles/ File size: 6.7 Kb