Biographical Sketch of J. E. Hall, Johnson County, Missouri, 
Warrensburg Township

>From "History of Johnson County, Missouri," by Ewing Cockrell,
Historical Publishing Company, Topeka, Cleveland, 1918.
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J. E. Hall, of Warrensburg township, was born in 1853 in Franklin
county, Missouri.  He is the son of Abner and Mildred (Bourn) Hall,
the former, a native of North Carolina and the latter a native of
Virginia.  Abner Hall was born in 1797 and in the early thirties,
came to Missouri, settling in Franklin county.  Mildred (Bourn) Hall
came to Franklin county from Virginia, when he was fourteen years of
age.  Abner Hall and Mildred Bourn were married in Franklin county 
and there all their children were born and reared: Benton, who died
in early youth; Caroline, who died in 1863; Nannie, the wife of 
William H. Wegman, of St. Louis, Missouri; R. M. Johnson, who is now
deceased; Honore, who died in childhood; and J. E., the subject of
this review.  The father died in Franklin county in 1863.  J. E. Hall
attended the public schools, established after the Civil War, in
Washington, Franklin county.  With his mother, he came to Johnson
county in 1867 and March 10, 1868, they settled on the farm, which is
now the home of Mr. Hall.  The home place originally comprised one
hundred twenty acres of land, but Mr. Hall at present owns ninety-
five acres and is engaged in general farming and truck gardening.  He
raises garden vegetables, melons, and strawberries.  Thirty acres of 
his farm are in pasture.  When Mr. Hall came to Johnson county with
his mother in 1868, practically the only roads were cowpaths.  In
driving from their home to Warrensburg, they came through a dense
wood or forded Pertle Springs.  Farms were not generally fenced in
those days and wild game, turkey, deer, and prairie chickens could be
found in abundance.  The mother died in 1904 and burial was made in
the cemetery near Warrensburg, known as the Dunkard cemetery.  In 
1875, J. E. Hall and Mary Alice Ayres were united in marriage.  Mrs.
J. E. Hall is the daughter of Samuel and Jane Ayres, of Warrensburg,
Missouri.  The Ayres family came to Johnson county in 1870 from Penn-
sylvania and settled one mile west of the Hall homestead.  Samuel
and Jane Ayres were the parents of the following children, who are
now living: Clarence, of Kansas City, Missouri; Vance, who resides
near Los Angeles, California; and Mrs. Celestia Lewis, of Hemmit,
California; and Mrs. J. E. Hall, the wife of the subject of this 
review.  To J. E. and Mary Alice Hall have been born four children:
Byron, who died at the age of thirty years; Warren, who is a motorman
in the employ of the street railway company at St. Louis, Missouri;
James, Jr., who resides at home with his parents; and Lee, who resides
in Warrensburg township.  The parents of Mrs. Hall are now deceased.
At the World's Fair at St. Louis in 1904, strawberries raised by Mr.
Hall on his farm in Warrensburg township received prizes in ten lead-
ing varieties.  The berries were sent to Mr. Goodman, secretary of
the State Board of Horticulture, who displayed them.  Fifteen of the
Maximas variety of berry filled a quart box.  J. E. Hall is an 
exceptionally fine horticulturist, possessing some very excellent
ideas, which he is successfully putting in operation on his farm.

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