Biographical Sketch of John J. Hall, Lafayette County, Missouri >From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo. Historical Company, 1881. ********************************************************************** The subject of this sketch is a native of Kentucky, the son of Braxton P. and Catherine Hall, natives of the same state. He was born November 26, 1814. At the age of 17 his parents moved to Missouri, and settled in Saline county, where he and his parents lived upon the farm for several years. In 1834 they ran a store in Henry county, Mo., on the frontier. Thence to Miami where he engaged in merchandising for several years, then moved to Dover, in this county, where he associated with Fletcher in the manufacture of rope. In 1845 he came to Waverly where he built a flour- ing mill. Afterwards resumed his favorite pursuit of merchandising until the war broke out. During the war he took his family of girls to Shelby- ville, Kentucky, to college and remained with them. In 1866 he returned to Waverly, Mo., where he was elected mayor and justice of the peace, which position he held until 1881 when he resigned both offices. In 1840 he was married to Miss Lucretia M. Craig, daughter of Dr. Robert Craig, natives of Virginia. By this marriage he had seven children, five of whom are now living: Blanche (Corder), Mary E. (Deartherage), J. E. (Mrs. Dr. Chin), Dixie L. (Andrew Francisco), Katie (Dr. Bell). ==================================================================== 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 ====================================================================