Biographies: Owen HALL, Barron, Barron Co., WI ==================================================================== 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, or the legal representative of the contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Victor Gulickson 23 April 1999 ==================================================================== Owen Hall, of the firm of Sharmota & Hall, blacksmiths, Barron, was born on a farm in Marshall County, Indiana, Feb. 10, 1889, son of J. F. and, Delia (Denmann) Hall, natives respectively of Indiana and Ohio. The family came to Barron County in 1894, settled on a farm in Maple Grove Township, improved what was mostly wild land, and remained here until 1916, two years after they sold out. They then returned to Indiana, where the mother died Feb. 20, 1915, and where the father is still living. In their family were four children. The oldest daughter is dead. The second, Maggie, was born Nov. 30, 1883, and is now the wife of Maurice Kuhnly, who farms at Brookton, New York. The other son, Edward, was born Nov. 11, 1893, and has a homestead in Montana. After working on the home farm, Owen Hall secured various employment until he learned the blacksmith's trade. In 1910 he went to eastern Montana, but two years later came back and again took up work on the home farm. In 1914 he started farming in Stanfold Township, this county, but four years afterward again resumed his trade. In 1918 he formed his present partnership with Fred Sharmota,at Barron. The firm does a general blacksmithing business, wagon making and gas welding, and enjoys a good trade. Mr. Hall was married June 8, 1914, to Hattie Barton, who was born in Maple Grove Township, Jan. 17, 1894, daughter of William and Clara (Watson) Barton. This union has resulted in three children: Alice, born March 19, 1915; Marjorie, born July 27, 1916; and Herbert, born July 21, 1918. The family residence is in the City of Barron. --Taken from: History of Barron Co., Wisconsin, H. C. Cooper, Jr., & Co., 1922, pg. 968