Bio of Hall, Hon. George R. (b.1836) Wabasha Co., MN
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Hall, Hon. George R. On June 29, 1836, the hearts of Samuel and Betsey
(Wyman) Hall, farmers of Stansted county, Canada East, were made happy by
the birth of their second child, the subject of this sketch. The family
continued to reside in Canada until George had reached his fifteenth year,
when they came to eastern Wisconsin and found a home in Racine county. Six
years later, and four years after the death of the father, the family came
to Wabasha county. Mr. Hall, in the spring of 1858, located a pre-emption
claim on section 4 in Plainview township, on Greenwood prairie. For eight
years he followed the life of a pioneer farmer on this place. Soon after
disposing of this farm, he bought another of one hundred and forty acres
on the same section. This place he sold in 1873, and the same year
purchased eighty acres on section 37, in the adjoining township of
Highland. This farm he enlarged by the purchase of one hundred and sixty
acres adjacent thereto, and in the spring of 1883 sold to Mr. Burgess. Mr.
Hall bought a house and lot in the village of Plainview, and moved to town
in the spring of 1880. He is agent for the Laird-Norton Lumber Co., of
Winona, which has a branch business in Plainview. Mr. Hall enlisted in the
1st bat. Minn. Light Art., December 31, 1863. Owing to ill health, saw but
little active service, and was discharged on May 25, 1865. He is a member
of the Methodist Episcopal church, a Royal Arch Mason, and a member of the
board of supervisors. In the winter of 1877 he represented the Plainview
district in the state legislature. His politics are republican. Electa A.
Austin, of Racine county, Wisconsin, became his wife October 17, 1858.
They have four children: Ida L. (wife of the Rev. F. B. Cowgill, a
Methodist Episcopal clergyman and member of the Minnesota conference),
Ella Mary (a teacher in Winona county), Inez M. and Nellie Gertrude,
living at home.