Bios of Hall, Thomas F. Wabasha Co., MN ========================================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. If you have found this file through a source other than the MNArchives Table Of Contents you can find other Minnesota related Archives at: http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm Please note the county and type of file at the top of this page to find the submitter information or other files for this county. FileFormat by Terri--MNArchives Made available to The USGenWeb Archives by: Barbara Timm ========================================================================= This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1920. Check out Barbara's site for more great information on this book: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mnwabbio/wab3.htm There are also some pictures and information from descendents for some of the bios on her pages. Hall, Thomas F. (p. 377), acquired his elementary education in the rural schoold and was a student for one year in the Plainview high school. His early industrial experience was on the river, and he also spent two years in the woods at lumbering. In 1890 he took up farming on the home farm, but later bought the home farm, on which he carried on agriculture for some years, and where he still lives, though for the last ten years he has rented out the place to a tenant. He has made a number of improvements on the property, including the erection of a barn, 36 by 80 feet, with full basement, and all outbuildings. These structures were all built from timber which grew on his farm. He has also rebuilt and stuccoed his house and added to it a large screen porch. Mr. Hall is a member of the Catholic church and also of the Independent Order of Foresters. He has served two years as chairman of the town board and for a number of years was school clerk. He was married June 2, 1903, to Caroline C. Gessner, who was born in Highland Township, February 26, 1876, daughter of J. M. and Theresa M. (Noll) Gessner. Her parents, natives respectively of Wisconsin and Indiana, settled in Wabasha County about 1865. The father died October 29, 1908, and was survived by his wife, who is now a resident of Plainview. To Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Hall eight children have been born: Theresa M., April 10, 1904; Inez L., September 2, 1905; Myrtle F., April 16, 1907; Lester E. January 29, 1909; Thomas C., January 2, 1911; Ralph J., March 4, 1913; Mildred M., October 26, 1915; and Mary E., October 2, 1917.