GEORGE W. HALL,for many years a member of the bar of the Jay Circuit Court, now living retired at Portland, has been a resident of that city for nearly forty years and has thus been a witness to and a participant in the development that has marked all phases of the city's activities during that period. Mr. HALL is a native son of Jay county and has lived in this county all his life. He was born on a farm in the Dunkirk neighborhood on March 4, 1862, son of Amos and Elizabeth (McKINNEY) HALL, who were substantial and influential residents of that community. ...
... George W. HALL was reared on the farm, completing his schooling in the schools at Redkey, and remained on the farm until his marriage in 1884 when he made his home at Portland and there took up the study of law under the preceptorship of Haynes and Cox. Upon his admission to the bar Mr. HALL became engaged in practice at Portland in association with S. W. Haynes, a mutually agreeable association which continued for eight years, after which Mr. HALL continued his practice alone until his retirement from active practice in 1920. Since his retirement Mr. HALL has continued to make his home at Portland, where he is very comfortably situated. He is a Democrat and he and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church.
It was on March 18, 1884, that George W. HALL was united in marriage to Helen Mar POOR, who also was born in this county, and to this union two children have been born,
a son, Donald Adair HALL, and
a daughter, Jean Johnston. ...
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[NOTE: Only four children lived to maturity - those mentioned in the bio. There were other children born, all of whom died young. Most of these children are buried in Mount Vernon Cemetery, Richland, Jay, Indiana, apart from their parents. See family page for more info.]
