Edgar M. Hall Biography


	This biography appears on page 319 in "History of Dakota Territory" 
	by George W. Kingsbury, Vol. IV (1915) and was scanned, 
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				EDGAR M. HALL.  

	Edgar Mr. Hall, who has resided in South Dakota continuously for 
the past twenty-six years, was elected mayor of Aberdeen in May, 1911, 
and has ably served in that important office to the present time. His 
birth occurred in Sparta, Wisconsin, on the 10th of February, 1868, his 
parents being George B. and Hattie M. (Morrison) Hall. He attended the 
public schools in the acquirement of an education and subsequently 
worked at the barber's trade for a period of twenty years. In 1887 he 
came to South Dakota, locating first in Watertown, while on the 1st of 
August of that year he took up his abode in Aberdeen. In 1906 he 
purchased a farm, the operation of which claimed his time and energies 
for a period of three years. Mr. Hall was elected alderman on the 
republican ticket in 1905 and in May, 1911, was made mayor of Aberdeen, 
being the first executive chosen under the commission form of 
government. He has given the city a progressive and businesslike 
administration, instituting many measures of reform and improvement 
which have promoted its welfare along various lines.  

	In November 1890, Mr. Hall was united in marriage to Miss Belle 
B. Bailey, of Watertown, south Dakota, by whom he has one son. In 
Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite 
and also belongs to the Mystic Shrine, while his other fraternal 
connections are with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the 
Knights of Pythias. His genuine worth and his devotion to all that is 
right, just and elevating, make him a man whom to know is to respect 
and honor.