... Another of the old settlers of Aurelius was Justus Hall, who located in 1818 in section thirty. Though born in Canada, he was by 1812 so far Americanized as to fight for Uncle Sam. He came to Ohio from New York. Leaving Aurelius, he finally went to Illinois, where he died. His wife, whose name before her marriage was Diantha Burch, died in the year 1860. The names and places of residence of the surviving members of the family are:
- Leonard, in Illinois;
- J.B. Hall, in Aurelius township;
- Justus, in Missouri;
Nelson, in Illinois;
- Dianth, married Simon Selix; and
- Samantha, married Lyman Hunt.
Other members of the family were
- Electa Olmstead, who died in 1855;
- Ephraim, who was drowned by the upsetting of a boat;
- German, who died in Salem township in 1863;
- Hely, who was killed when only eight years old; and
- Norman, who died a natural death at the age of fifty years. ...
