Died.
Hall - At the home of his son, W. B. Hall, in Wakeman, O., Saturday, July 24th, 1897, Lucius S. Hall aged 76 years. Lucius Swift Hall was born in Brimfield, Portage Co., O., March 25th, 1821.
The spring he was 15 his father sold their farm and with the family consisting of father, mother, two brothers and two sisters, came to Wakeman and settled on the farm now owned by his niece, Helen Barnes.
His educational advantages were limited to the Old Red School-house, so prominent in the history of Wakeman. He was a fair scholar for the advantages he had, and being of an investigating turn of mind he improved every opportunity to add to his store of knowledge.
His one aim in life was music. It was his meat and drink. He would leave, at a moments warning, the most pressing work to assist in song or march, sparing neither time nor money to carry to a successful issue his loved art. Many of his compositions, both music and words, are sung today all over the land under title, "Authorship unknown," he being too modest in his younger days to put his name to his productions.
He attended several conventions lead by such grand old masters as Woodbury, Bradbury, Mason and many others of lesser note, thus obtaining ideas which he sought to instill into the minds of the young of this community in series of singing schools, musical conventions, choir rehearsals and private instructions.
He lead the choir of the Congregational church for upwards of forty years.
He was married to Mary Jane Bunce, Oct. 4th, 1842. Two children were born to them, Adelia M. and William B. both whom survived him. His wife died in Feb. 1896.
It is an incident perhaps worthy of remark, that both he and his wife, were borne to their last resting place from the same room which they started on their life's journey of fifty three years.
A strict disciplinarian in his family, yet kind and indulgent. A factor for right in every questions of morals or justice. He lived his life among his neighbors, and who will say that the community and the world are not better for his precept and example.
His funeral was largely attended from the home last Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock, Rev. Jesse Hill officiating.
