Jackson Hall, a prominent farmer of Shaw's Point township,
Macoupin County, who owns a well improved farm of 90 acres, situated in
section 28, was born in 1827, in Washington County, Tennessee, and is a son
of Thomas and Peggy (Hall) Hall.
Thomas Hall was a son of James
Hall, who had a family of six children, namely: James, Thomas, Than, Peggie,
Eliza and Samuel. His ancestors were from North Carolina. The family was a
prominent agricultural one of Eastern Tennessee and there Thomas Hall
followed farming all his life, at Baker's Falls, dying at the age of 80
years. He married a distant relative, also a native of Washington County,
Tennessee, and they reared these children: John, James, Jackson, Polly and
Betsy (twins), Sarah Alexander, Amos, David, Martha, Eliza, Emaline and
Samuel. In politics Mr. Hall supported the Democratic party. For many years
he was a leading member of the Presbyterian Church in his locality. About
1858 the mother of our subject was killed and several of the family were
injured in a tornado that destroyed their house.
Jackson Hall was
educated in the local schools in his native place and was a young man of 23
years when he came to Illinois, locating first in Greene County, at a later
date, settling on his present farm in Macoupin County. Through energy,
industry and enterprise, Mr. Hall has made his property very productive and
valuable and has improved it with two dwellings and suitable barns and
outbuildings for both. He has given attention to a general line of farming,
raises about 2,000 bushels of corn annually and has 30 acres devoted to
wheat, sometimes renting land for the cultivation of the latter grain. Mr.
Hall has found it profitable to raise swine and keeps about 50 head, and
also raises a number of good horses and mules.
Mr. Hall's first
marriage was to Martha Sullens, who was born in Tennessee, and who at death
left one child, — Margaret, wife of Robert Garrison, who lives in Macoupin
County. Mr. Hall's second marriage was to Mary Millhorn who was born
September 2, 1844, in Sullivan County, Tennessee, and is a daughter of
Jackson and Ann Millhorn, who passed their lives in Sullivan County. Two
children have been born to this union, namely: John, born May 9, 1884, and
Susie, born October 19, 1885, both of whom are at home.
In politics
Mr. Hall is a Democrat, but has taken no very active part in public affairs,
having no desire to hold office. The prosperous condition of his farm shows
that he has given it careful and intelligent attention, and he is ranked
with the substantial men of his township.
Extracted 2018 May 05 by Norma Hass from Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens of Macoupin County, Illinois, published in 1904, pages 103-104.
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