George R. Hall Biography


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	Co., Chicago, 1899. Pages 1088-1091

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GEORGE R. HALL, a prosperous and influential agriculturist residing on 
section 15, township 127, range 60, in the civil township of Detroit, 
was one of the early settlers of Brown county, and has become well-
known throughout that section as a gentleman of untiring energy and 
strict integrity. His farm is well kept, and his handsome residence 
thereon marks the thrift of our subject. 

Mr. Hall was born in the Province of Ontario, Canada, March 17, 1860, 
and was the eldest son and second child born to William and Mary A. 
(Rose) Hall, both of whom still reside in Canada. He received a high 
school education in the village schools of Cranbrook, and in June, 
1882, went to Groton, Brown county, and took land in Riverside 
township. He secured work for the summer in Minneapolis, and spent the 
winter in the employ of the Minneapolis Lumber Company, and the 
Washburn flour mill. He invested his capital in an ox team and a wagon 
and began to farm in the spring of 1883. After his marriage in the fall 
of that year he went to live on his homestead in Detroit township, and 
has resided there continuously since. His plan was to engage wholly in 
the raising of small grains, and he soon was cropping from four to five 
hundred acres of land. In an early day he secured good brood mares, and 
later invested in cattle, that he might have something on which to 
depend in case of failure of crops, and since about 1890 he has 
conducted general farming. His estate consists of three hundred and 
twenty acres of land, on which he has erected substantial buildings, 
including one of the best residences to be found in the township. His 
barn is 44 x 70 feet, and furnishes good shelter for his stock and 
products. A bountiful supply of good water is obtained at a depth of 
sixty-four feet, and windmill force is used to lighten the labors on 
the farm. The natural surroundings and location make the farm admirably 
adapted to the pursuit in which our subject is engaged. He has a 
thorough knowledge of his calling, and is successful in every line of 
the work. 

Our subject was married November 21, 1883, to Miss Laura A. Wade, a 
native of Canada. Two sons have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hall, named 
as follows: Milton M. and Clarence L. Mr. Hall is a member of the 
Methodist Episcopal church, and the Masonic fraternity, having passed 
the Scottish-rite degrees in the last named. He is a man of good 
education and has been actively interested, since making his home in 
Dakota, in the educational matters of his county and township, and has 
worked for a higher degree of excellence in schools and systems. He has 
filled various offices of local importance, and is the present chairman 
of the township board of supervisors. He is a well-known attendant at 
county conventions and has also been a delegate to state conventions. 
Politically he is a Republican and is an ardent worker for the 
principles of his party. Mr. Hall is one of the most prominent men 
residing in northern Brown county, and is a man who is capable of 
grasping new ideas and determining the feasibility of new methods. He 
is broad-minded and outspoken and has many friends who appreciate his 
force of character and hearty good-fellowship. Portraits of Mr. and 
Mrs. Hall are presented on another page.