Bio of HALL, Stephen A. (b.1875 d.1920), Hennepin Co., MN
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EXTRACTED FROM: History of Minneapolis, Gateway to the Northwest; 
Chicago-Minneapolis, The S J Clarke Publishing Co, 1923; Edited by: Rev. 
Marion Daniel Shutter, D.D., LL.D.; Volume I - Shutter (Historical); 
volume II - Biographical; volume III - Biographical

STEPHEN A. HALL - Vol III, pg 114
In real estate circles for many years Stephen A. Hall was widely known,
con­tinuing his activity in that field of labor until death called him in 1914.
He made for himself a most creditable position in the commercial and financial
circles of Minneapolis, where he took up his abode upon leaving his native city
of Muskegon, Michigan. He was there born April 9, 1875, his parents being
Stephen C. and Alice A. (Clark) Hall, who are mentioned at length on another
page of this work, the father having become one of the prominent lumbermen and
one of the most extensive oper­ators in that field in the Mississippi valley at
an early day.
At the age of nine years Stephen A. Hall was brought by his parents to
Minne­apolis, where he obtained his education in the public schools, and he also
attended college in the state of New York, while for a time he pursued his
studies in Kemper Hall at Davenport, Iowa. He completed his education, however,
in Shattuck Military College at Faribault, Minnesota. He was a lad in his teens
when his father passed away. The latter left large property holdings in various
sections of the country, but these the mother, Mrs. Hall, largely exchanged for
Minneapolis realty. The son, Stephen A. Hall, became a prominent factor in real
estate circles and for a number of years was a valued and esteemed member of the
Minneapolis Real Estate Board. One of his latest business ventures was the
opening of a hotel on Nicollet avenue owned by a company in which he was
interested. Like his father, he showed ready adaptability in business affairs,
wisely utilizing the chances that came his way. His eyes were never shut to the
door of opportunity and he fully realized the chances that were to be secured
when once he crossed its threshold.
Mr. Hall was married on the 24th of June, 1894, to Miss Cecilia A. Kent, a
daughter of Richard and Elizabeth (O'Neil) Kent of Muskegon, Michigan, who in
1886 came to Minneapolis, where they have since resided. To Mr. and Mrs. Hall
was born a son, Stephen A., Jr., whose birth occurred September 19, 1898, and
was a graduate of the Blake School of Minneapolis with the class of 1917. He
afterward became a student in Williams College at Williamstown, Massachusetts,
and was there studying in 1920, when he contracted a severe cold, which caused
his death. He passed away on the 26th of January of that year at Saranac Lake,
New York, to which place he had been removed in the hope that he might regain
his health. His mother had joined him at that place and remained with him to the
end.
Mr. Hall of this review was a member of the Minneapolis Automobile Club and he
also belonged to the Minneapolis Real Estate Board. His friends, and they were
many, found him a social, genial gentleman and one whose worth was widely
acknowl­edged by all with whom social or business relations brought him into
contact. His entire course reflected credit and honor upon the family name and
he left behind him many friends in Minneapolis, where practically his entire
life had been passed.