Andrew H. Hall Biography


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ANDREW H. HALL, the efficient postmaster of White Lake, Aurora county, 
South Dakota, whose farm is located about one-half mile from the 
village, is a citizen of much influence and deserved popularity. 

Mr. Hall is a native of Nicholas county, West Virginia, born August 4, 
1838, a son of Elias and Susan (Odell) Hall. The father was a shoemaker 
by trade and both parents died when our subject was a lad. The family 
comes of Revolutionary stock, the grandfather of our subject having 
served in the army of freedom. 

When Andrew H. Hall was nineteen years of age, in company with a 
brother, he went to Iowa and obtained work on a farm. On July 12, 1861, 
he enlisted in Company B, Ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. He was sent 
south and engaged in the western campaign, a few of the many 
engagements in which he took part being Pea Ridge, Arkansas Post, siege 
of and assault on Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, the 
battles before Atlanta, and then joined Sherman's army on its 
celebrated march to the sea. He veteranized and served to the end of 
the war, and was honorably discharged at Louisville, Kentucky, July 18, 
1 865. He then returned to Iowa and worked at the jeweler's trade, 
which he had learned in his youth, making his home in Langworthy, Iowa. 
He also engaged in the hay and grain trade and then opened a general 
merchandise business, which he conducted for ten years, during which 
time he held the positions of postmaster and railroad express agent. In 
1883 he came to Dakota, and in April purchased his present farm. He has 
prosecuted farming and stock raising with success in his adopted state. 

In 1867 our subject was married to Miss Philinda Hager, and their home 
has been brightened by the birth of one son, Alphonso B., who now has 
charge of the post office under direction of his father. Mr. Hall is a 
members of Colonel Hughes Post, No. 76, G. A. R., and has been its 
commander and quartermaster for six years. In political inclination he 
is a Republican and favors prohibition and equal suffrage. He was a 
delegate to the first state convention upon the organization of the 
state in 1889, and has always been active in political matters. He and 
his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. The family is 
one of prominence in the community, and enjoys the respect and esteem 
of all by whom they are known.