http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~hyde/hall/JosephHall.html#JosephHall
5. John Strange Hall7 (b. 29 Jan 1826, d. 30 Mar 1912 Jacksonville, Lewis Co., WVA) [16] M. 12 Jun 1861 [68] Amanda Jane Arnold (b. 15 Mar 1841; d. 26 Dec 1881), dau. of George Jackson Arnold and Susan Wheeler.[92] He was a Lewis County, West Virginia, county superintendent of free schools [17][18]. He was a local historian and wrote a column about pioneers in the local Weston, Lewis Co., WVA, newspaper.
16. Gordon T. Hall9 says his grandfather Joseph Hall7 had a brother Strange Hall.7
17. A History of Lewis County, West Virginia, by Edward C. Smith, 1920, pages 270-271.
18. Border Settlers of Northwestern Virginia 1768 to 1785, by Lucullus Virgil McWhorter, 1915, reprinted by Jim Comstock, Richwood, West Virginia, 1974, as part of The West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia, page 181.
68. Marriage Bonds of Lewis Co., WVA, 1816-1865, page 131. In HCPD Library.
92. Brake Bugle, Vol. 8, No. 1, Winter 1996, page 10.
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[Note: Tradition has it that Amanda's parents were not married and she was raised by her paternal grandparents.]
