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HALL, James M., one of the highly respected men of Dallas City. has long been interested in agricultural matters in this and other counties. He was born in Logan County. Ill., March 2, 1845, a son of James M. and Maria (Strand) Hall, natives of Bourbon County. Ky.. and Virginia, respectively. After their marriage, they settled in Logan County, Ill., and there the father died before his son, James M., was born. The mother was later married (second) to Parker Hall, a cousin of her first husband. and she had one child by her second marriage. namely: Darius C.. who is now deceased. Parker Hall died some years after the birth of his son, and Mrs. Hall was married (third) to Moses K. Anderson, who served in the Black Hawk War, with the rank of general. General Anderson was a native of Kentucky. He and his wife had the following children: John T., who died at the age of ten years; a daughter who died at the age of seven years; and William. who is also deceased.
James M. Hill [sic] lived in DeWitt County, Ill., until he was nine years old. when he went to an uncle, Judge Jonathan P. Hall, who reared him. On December 16. 1869, Mr. Hall was married to Nancy J. Maddox, born in Logan County, Ill., April 5. 1850, a daughter of Thomas M. and Elizabeth (Teal) Maddox, born in Gibson County, Ill.. Who moved to Logan County, Ill., at an early day. After his marriage. Mr. Hall lived for a time on a farm in DeWitt County, Ill. This farm of eighty acres of land was all on the prairie and finely improved. In 1913, he came to Hancock County, buying an improved farm of 120 acres on sections 3 and 4, Durham Township, and also a residence at Dallas City, which he has since improved and modernized. He rents his farm, and is now living in retirement. Mr. and Mrs. Hall have one child. namely: Lulu H., who is Mrs. E. W. Dunham of Carthage. Mr. Hall is a member of the Christian Church. of which he is now a deacon. A Democrat. he has served as a member of the school board and as road overseer. and he is held in the highest respect by all who know him.
