[Family 11.) Asbury Hall 7, Zalmon6, William5, Joshua4, Isaac3, Isaac2, Francis1 : b. in Newton, formerly a part of Fairfield, Conn., Aug. 12, 1792 ; d. in Aurelius, N. Y., Feb. 13, 1879, in the 87th year of his age ; m., Aug. 13, 1813, Nancy, dau. of Daniel Foster, b. in Pawlet, Vt., May 4, 1795, d. Feb. 25, 1869. Daniel Foster was from Durham, Conn., and afterwards of Newton.
Asbury Hall removed with his father, in 1808, from Newton to Whitehall, Washington Co., N.Y., where he purchased a farm near the village. In 1813, he raised a company of "Minute Men" for the defence of the northern frontier.
In 1814, he went as captain of a company of artillery to resist the British at Plattsburgh. In 1846, he removed to Verona, Oneida Co., N.Y., and in 1848, to Aurelius, Cayuga Co., N.Y., where he died. While in infancy Asbury was baptized by Bishop Seabury at his mother's request, who was a devout church woman, and she instructed him in the commandments, and catechism, the creed, and the general principles, and doctrines of the Christian religion. His mind being thus imbued in early youth, he retained an unfaltering faith in them to the end of his life ; and he was always regarded by his acquaintances as an honest and upright man. He obtained a very good English education in the common schools previous to the age of sixteen.
In 1815, he united with his neighbors in establishing an Union Library Association which furnished substantial reading matter to occupy their attention during leisure hours. In after years he considered the part he took in establishing this library as one of the most useful acts of his life. Mr. Hall was often chosen to town offices, but he was never ambitious in that way.
The sorrow occasioned by the death of his wife, added to the infirmities of old age, made him often express the wish to be relieved from bodily suffering and join her in the other world. He died with an unfaltering hope of a happy immortality. His remains were interred beside those of his wife in the Fort Hill cemetery, at Auburn, where they await the resurrection of the dead. ...
