Obit for Mrs. James HALL (b.1859 d.1956), Olmsted Co., MN
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Mrs. James HALL, Oldest Olmsted Native

STEWARTVILLE — 
Mrs James B. Hall
(believed to be Olmsted County’s oldest native still living in the county)
Died: Thursday afternoon, home
Age: 97 (last month)
Born: March 13, 1859, Pleasant Valley, High Forest Township
Maiden name: Nabbie A. Pierson (eldest daughter)
Parents: Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Peirson, 
(1854 came to High Forest Township as pioneer settlers from Illinois)
Married: Sept. 5, 1880, Volga, S.D.
Spouse: Mr. Hall (lawyer) (d.1933)
Residences: DeSmet, S.D.
            Sioux Falls, S.D.
            Colorado 
            Minnesota in 1914 (Stewartville)
Member: Congregational church
        Methodist church
        local garden club
        Home Economics Club
        Order of Eastern Star
        American Legion Auxiliary
Educated: Rochester schools (former Niles Academy)
          teacher training (taught Olmsted County 2 years)
Survived by: 
   Son: Frank P Hall, Phoenix, Ariz
   Daughters: Mrs. Owen L. Simpson, Shelton, Wash.
              Mrs. Nora H Guthrey, Stewartville
   5 grandchildren 
   10 great-grand children
Preceded in death by: 
              Sisters 
              Brother 
Funeral services: 2 p.m. Saturday, Griffin Funeral Home
Officiating: Rev. Allen E. Dripps, Methodist Church 
Burial: High Forest Cemetery