Person:Rhodes Hall (1)

BIOGRAPHY: Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice 1897 Tioga County History Chapter 60 Part Three - Biographies RHODES W. HALL was born in Hancock, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, May 8, 1823, a son of Reuben Hall. On August 22, 1851, he married Jane A. Knight, and in the spring of 1852 settled in Farmington township, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, and became a partner with his cousin, G. M. Hall, who still resides in that township. He purchased 100 acres of land of Hiram Merritt, which he cleared up. He then bought 100 acres of the Bingham estate. In 1872 he purchased from A. J. Fisk 186 acres in one fallow. He died April 4, 1883. His wife Jane was a daughter of Caleb Knight of Rensselaer county, New York. She bore him six children, who grew to maturity, viz: Alpha, who died in 1874; Lyman, Emma, wife of Charles L. Beiver; Nettie, Anna, wife of G. L. Ashdown, and Jennie, wife of William Butler. Mrs. Hall died in September, 1894. Mr. And Mrs. Hall were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and Mr. Hall was an adherent of the Republican party.