Biographical Sketch of James Harvey Hall, Camden County, Missouri >From "History of Laclede, Camden, Dallas, Webster, Wright, Texas, Pulaski, Phelps and Dent Counties, Missouri" The Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1889. ********************************************************************** James Harvey Hall, one of the successful agriculturists of Osage Town- ship, Camden county, is a native of Laclede county, Mo., born October 12, 1861, being a son of James and Mary (Porter) Hall, the father a native of Virginia, and the mother of Kentucky. The father, with his brother William, immigrated to Laclede county, Mo., quite early, and located twenty miles south of Lebanon. They entered land which was wild and unbroken, and remained there until the breaking out of the late Civil War, when the father enlisted, and while in service took a fever and died, as did also his brother. The mother came to Laclede county with her parents when about eight years of age, and, when grown, was married in that county to Mr. Hall, by whom she had two sons: William Edgar, who died February 3, 1888, and James Harvey. The mother was again married, to John Frieze, who is also deceased. By the last marriage she had four children: Louis, George, Ina B. and Arty. The widow now resides near Lebanon. James H. Hall was reared and educated in Laclede county, Mo., and in 1881 he took a trip to Texas, where he worked on a cattle ranch. In 1885 he moved to where he now lives, and is the owner of 200 acres of good land, with about seventy-five under cultivation. He was married May 5, 1886 to Miss Edna Selby, who was born in Camden county, February 16, 1869. They have one child, Thomas E., born October 7, 1887. Mrs. Hall's parents were Legrand and Rebecca E. (Neal) Selby, natives of Ohio, but now deceased. She is their only living child, and was reared by her paternal grandparents, Thomas and Huldah Selby. Mr. Hall is a wide awake, stirring young man, is a successful farmer, and deals quite extensively in stock, especially hogs. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny (Eisenbarger) Harrell ====================================================================