Mrs. F. Gregory Hall, wife of Professor Hall, of Milton College, died at the hospital of the Sisters of Mercy, in Janesville, on Monday, May 31st. of uraemic poisoning following the birth of a daughter on May 12th.
Mrs. Hall, whose maiden name was Beth Marie Davis, was the daughter of Mr. W. J. Davis, of Milton, and Mrs. Anna Goodrich Davis, daughter of the late Ezra Goodrich, of Milton Junction. Mrs. Hall was the third child of her parents, and was born September 22nd, 1895, in Janesville, where Mr. Davis was then engaged in business. During her early childhood her parents, who formerly lived in Milton, removed first to Colorado and then to California, after which they returned to Milton in 1905.
Mrs. Hall's early education, like that of her husband, was obtained in the public schools of Milton. She and her husband went to school together as children and were promoted at the same time from the graded school to the high school, and they attended the high school together for one year. Then her husband's family removed to Nebraska. Later, in 1913, they together entered Milton College and were graduated in the same class in 1917.
Mrs. Hall in early life united with the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Milton, having been baptized in 1909 by the late Rev. Dr. L. A. Platts.
Professor and Mrs. Hall were married at Adams Center, N. Y., on July 4th, 1918, during the time that Professor Hall was in the service of the United States Army, engaged in scientific research for the government. They lived in New York City a part of the time while Professor Hall was doing graduate work in Columbia University. Both before and after her marriage Mrs. Hall taught in the high schools in Wisconsin. In the spring of 1919 they came to live in Milton, and in the following autumn Professor Hall began his duties as the head of the department of Biology in Milton College, in which he had served as assistant before he entered the service.
Mrs. Hall was a woman of gentle and unassuming manners, of refined tastes, and possessed considerable literary and musical ability. Both connected with the college and otherwise she had a large circle of friends.
Early in May Mrs. Hall went to Janesville in order to receive care at the hospital where her death occurred quite unexpectedly after it seemed that she was likely to recover. Funeral services will be held at two o'clock this afternoon in the Seventh Day Baptist church in Milton, conducted by the Rev. Henry N. Jordan assisted by President Daland of Milton College. Interment will be in the village cemetery at Milton.
