Biography of Orville Hall, St Francis County, AR

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Submitted by: Paul V Isbell
        Date: 22 Jan 2009
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Orville J. Hall, enlisted during the Civil War, in the Confederate service, at
the age of twenty-four, serving in the Sixth Kentucky Infantry, under Col.
Lewis, who is now judge of the supreme bench of Kentucky. He entered as a
Private, but was appointed a Corporal, later made Third Sergeant, and at the
close of the war was virtually Captain of a Company, although he had not
received his Commission papers. He participated in the battles of Shiloh,
Vicksburg, Baton Rouge (in which he was wounded), Murfreesboro, Chickamauga,
Atlanta, Peach Tree Creek, Jonesboro and a number of minor engagements; was
captured at the battle of Jonesboro and taken to Nashville, where he was held
for twenty days. After his exchange he returned to his regiment, and during the
service was on detached duty, being attached to the provost-marshal's division.
Following the war period, Mr. Hall returned to his home in West Point, Ky., and
commenced farming on his father's old place, his mother living with him. He was
born in West Point, Ky., on Sept. 3, 1837, being a son of John Hall, also a
Kentuckian by birth, born in 1802, who removed to West Point, Ky., a short time
after his marriage, and engaged in the hotel business; he was the proprietor of
the well-known West Point Hotel, and also owned considerable property at the
time of his death, which occurred in 1852. His wife came upon the stage of
life's action at West Point, Ky., in 1805, and is still living at that place. In
their family were seven children, three of whom are living. In 1867 Orville H.
Hall removed to Crittenden County, and the following year came to St. Francis
County, carrying on the timber business for a year and the next year rented a
farm. He was married to Miss Margaret E. Davis, daughter of Jasper N. Davis.

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