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Facts and Events
Research notes
- joined the Confederacy as a teenager
- in Dill's regiment
- in Robinson's Regiment, under Commander Emerson, in General Price's Army
- captured at the battle of Milford
- imprisoned at Alton, IL, then St. Louis, MO
References
- ↑ Portrait and biographical record of Lafayette and Saline Counties, Missouri: containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, together with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States. (Chicago: Chapman Bros., 1893)
199, 566.
... Dr. C. Lester, a practicing physician of Kansas City; ...
... The eldest is Dr. C. Lester, of Kansas City ...
- ↑ A Memorial and biographical record of Kansas City and Jackson County, Mo. (Chicago: Lewis Pub. Co., 1896)
177.
C. LESTER HALL, M. D.
It is much to achieve success, it is infinitely more to win the gratitude of the suffering and afflicted. For about twenty-eight years this gentleman has devoted his time and energies to the aid and relief of his fellow men, has worked his way upward to a foremost rank in the medical profession, and such has been the cordial, kindly, generous manner of this ministration that in the hearts of those who have received it there is a sense of grateful recognition that words cannot express.
Dr. Hall is a native son of Missouri, his birth having occurred at Arrow Rock, March 10, 1845. The ancestry of the family is Scotch and English. The paternal grandfather, Rev. Nathan H. Hall, was a Presbyterian minister, a native of Kentucky. For a quarter of a century he engaged in preaching in Lexington, Kentucky, and then spent some years in pastoral labor in St. Louis. His death occurred in Columbia, Missouri, when he had attained the age of seventy-six years. He was a man of striking personal appearance, large and well formed, and was an orator of superior ability, an earnest, logical speaker and a successful evangelist.
The Doctor’s father, Matthew W. Hall, was born in Kentucky, and also followed the medical profession. In February, 1845, he removed to Missouri, locating at Arrow Rock, where he made his home for twelve years. On the expiration of that period he took up his abode on a farm near Marshall, where he spent his remaining days. He was united in marriage with Miss Agnes J. Lester, a native of Virginia, and a daughter of Bryan Lester, who was born in Charlotte, Virginia, and was a farmer by occupation. He was a man of great force of character but of very amiable disposition, gentle and considerate. To many of his slaves he gave their freedom. He reared a large family and died when about sixty years of age. Dr. Matthew Hall and his wife were prominent settlers of Arrow Rock, and were numbered among Missouri’s pioneers. In the Presbyterian church they held a membership, and the Doctor served as elder, taking a very prominent part in its work. During the civil war, he served as surgeon in the Confederate army. In the community where he lived he was a recognized leader, and twice represented his district in the legislature. His death occurred on the 7th of November, 1894, at the age of seventy-eight years, and his wife passed away in 1883. They were the parents of eleven children, eight of whom are now living, namely: Dr. C. Lester; William Ewing, of Kansas City, Missouri; Dr. John R., of Marshall, Missouri; Louisa F., wife of W. W. Trigg, of Booneville, Missouri; Matthew W., of Saline county, Missouri; Florida L., wife of Judge D. W. Shackleton, of Booneville, Missouri; Dr. Thomas B., of Saline county; and Effie B., wife of Fred B. Glover, of Parkville, Missouri.
Dr. C. Lester Hall was reared in Saline county, this state, and acquired his early education there. He afterward attended school at Booneville until seventeen years of age, when, in 1862, he joined the army of General Price, and went to Lexington, Missouri. At that place he was taken sick and returned home, but in December he again joined the army. At Milford’s surrender he was taken prisoner and held in captivity for three months, after which he took the oath of allegiance to the United States and returned home.
The Doctor began studying medicine in 1864, in Booneville, and subsequently attended the St. Louis Medical College through the school year of 1864-5. During the winter of 1866-7 he was a student in Jefferson Medical College, of Philadelphia, and in the spring of 1867 be graduated and joined his father in the practice of his chosen profession, this partnership continuing for six years. In 1873 Dr. Hall removed to Marshall, Missouri, where he enjoyed a large and lucrative practice until September, 1890, when, desiring a broader field of labor, he came to Kansas City, where he has since made his home. Although he successfully engages in general practice, he makes a specialty of the diseases of women. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Western Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, and the Jackson County Medical Society. He is now the honored president of the Missouri State Medical Society, and in 1894 was president of the Kansas City Academy of Medicine.
On the 16th of June, 1869, Dr. Hall was united in marriage with Miss Katherine Sappington, daughter of Hon. E. D. and Penelope (Breathitt) Sappington, her grandfather Breathitt being at one time governor of Kentucky. Five children were born by this marriage, — Darwin Walton, Penelope, C. Lester, Katherine May, and one who died in infancy.
The Doctor and his family hold a membership in the Central Presbyterian church, take a deep interest in its prosperity, and while living in Marshall he served as elder of the church. He is a Master Mason. The family home is located at No. 2720 Troost avenue, and is noted for its hospitality.
counter with England. His wife was born in Perry county, Pennsylvania, and was of German lineage. They were married on the 5th of April, 1830, and in 1837 emigrated to Iowa, which was then a territory. The father died in Birmingham, Van Buren county, that state, in November, 1855. He was a very prominent man, possessing superior intelligence and ability. A graduate of Yale, he was familiar with six or seven languages, and possessed broad general information and ripe scholarship. For many years he was county judge of Van Buren county, Iowa, and throughout his life was a stalwart advocate of Democracy. There were only three white families living in Van Buren county when he took up his residence there in 1837, and his nearest neighbor was six miles away. The Indians, however, were very numerous, and the wild and undeveloped land was unmarked by any trace of civilization. Mr. Foster took a very prominent part in the work of upbuilding and progress, and his name is enrolled among the pioneers of the Hawkeye state. His wife long survived him, finally passing away in Marion county, Missouri, in 1886, at the age of ninety-four years. Their family numbered six sons, — Joseph, born January 21, 1831; Hiram I., born August 2, 1832; Judah H., born July 14, 1834; Benjamin U., born February 8, 1837; James, who was born August 24, 1839, and died on the 24th of December, following; and William Davis, of this sketch.
The Doctor acquired his literary education in the public schools and academy of Birmingham, Iowa, and to fit himself for the practice of medicine, which he determined to make his life work, he entered the office of the late Dr. David Prince, the distinguished surgeon of Jacksonville, Illinois.
- ↑ 70466126, in Find A Grave
includes headstone photos, last accessed Mar 2024.
- Marshall Township, in History of Saline County, Missouri: including a history of its townships, cities, towns and villages. (St. Louis, Missouri: Missouri Historical, 1881)
756, 851.
Dr. C. Lester Hall, physician, P. O., Marshall. Was born in Arrow Rock, in this county, on the 10th day of March 1845, was raised on his father’s farm, and educated at the Kemper high school, Booneville, Missouri. He is a son of Dr. M. W. Hall, with whom he read medicine, attended one course of lectures at the St. Louis medical college, and graduated at the Jefferson medical college, Philadelphia, in 1867. Practiced with his father until 1873, when he located in Marshall, and has now a large and increasing practice. In 1869 he was married to Miss K. P. Sappington, daughter of E. D. Sappington, deceased, of this county, and has had three children, two of whom, Darwin W., and Penelope, are living.
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