Sullivan-Lycoming County PA Archives Biographies.....HALL, Hyman P. 
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  HYMAN P. HALL, the popular station-agent and operator at the village of
  Sonestown, on the Eagles Mere Division of the W. & N. B. R. R., in which
  capacity he has served since 1890, and a much respected citizen of that village,
  is a representative of one of the prominent and industrious families which has
  long been connected with the growth and development of Sullivan County. Our
  subject was born at Fairfield Center, Lycoming County, Pa., May 14, 1853, and is
  a son of Richard and Hannah (Johnson) Hall.
  
    Richard Hall, the great-grandfather of our subject, was a native of England
  and immigrated to the American Colonies prior to the Revolutionary War; little
  is known of him, but he located in the state of New Jersey and carried on
  farming, and Richard Hall, the grandfather of our subject, was born in that state.
  
    Our subject's grandfather located in Lycoming County at an early date and
  purchased from the government a large tract of land which extended from
  Montoursville to Hall's. He sold many farms from his purchase and made a
  settlement at Hall's, which was named in honor of him. His farm is now known as
  the Stover farm. His vocation was always that of an agriculturist and he was
  very successful, being the possessor of a handsome fortune at his death, which
  occurred at the age of seventy-five years. He was buried in Montoursville
  Cemetery. He was the father of ten children, six of whom were named as follows:
  James; Louis, who was killed at the battle of Lundy's Lane in the War of 1812:
  Jonathan; Samuel; Hannah (Rogers); and Richard, Jr.
  
    Richard Hall, the father of our subject, was born and reared on his father's
  farm in the village of Hall's and although he was reared to agricultural
  pursuits early in life he engaged in the lumbering industry, which he followed
  for a number of years. Later he purchased a farm in Shrewsbury township,
  Lycoming County, and there carried on general farming until death claimed him at
  the age of seventy years. His farm is now owned and operated by his son, William
  C. Hall. Mr. Hall was joined in matrimonial bonds with Hannah Johnson, a
  daughter of Robert Johnson, who immigrated to this country from County Cork,
  Ireland. Our subject's mother was born in 1818 and died in 1883. The following
  children were born to this union: Egbert, a retired merchant of Muncy, Pa.;
  Francis, who lives at Montoursville, Pa.; John, who resides at Glen Mawr, Pa.;
  Pier-son, deceased; Hyman P., the subject of this sketch; William C., who is
  farming on the homestead; Sylvester, a resident of Shrewsbury, Lycoming County,
  Pa.; and Nancy, deceased.
  
     Hyman P. Hall received a good education, passed the necessary examination for
  a schoolteacher, and taught one term in Penn township, Lycoming County, Pa. He
  then turned his attention toward masonry and later followed contracting.
  Entering the employ of the W. & N. B. R. R. he was made station-agent at
  Chamouni, Pa., from which place he 'was later transferred to Nordmont, and in
  1890 assumed the duties of his present position, which he has filled to the
  entire satisfaction of his superior officers and to the traveling public. Mr.
  Hall purchased the Lion Lumber Company property, upon which site was a handsome
  residence.
  
    Mr. Hall chose for his life-companion Mary E. Boatman, a daughter of Claudius
  Boatman of Shrewsbury, Lycoming County, Pa., and they are the happy parents of
  the following children, as follows: Leslie, who married H. D. Lockwood of
  Sonestown and they have one child, Abbie; Damon, a woodworker in Sonestown; Ada,
  residing at home; Orville, also a woodworker by trade; and Mildred, Ward,
  Lettie, Paul La Rue, and Iva, who reside at home. Fraternally our subject is a
  member and has passed through all the chairs of the P. O. S. of A. Politically
  he is a Democrat and served as postmaster of the village during 1896-97. Mr.
  Hall's portrait is shown on another page of this work.
  
  
  Additional Comments:
    Extracted from:
      
      Book of Biographies of the Seventeenth Congressional District
      Published by 
      Biographical Publishing Company of Chicago, Ill. and Buffalo, NY (1899)
  
  
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