JAMES HALL, farmer and stock raiser; P. O. Paris; is the owner and proprietor of “Huston Dale” stock farm. He is a native of the Blue Grass region, and identified with its interests since his birth. He first saw the light of day June 11, 1820, in Cynthiana, Harrison County. Mr. Hall has been a constant resident of this county since 1854, and during this time has been prominent in advancirig the interests that pertain to short horn cattle, of which he is a breeder and dealer. His farm is located on the Houston, one and a half miles from Paris, it being one among the first settled and well known farms in Bourbon County. January 1, 1850, he was united by marriage to Nancy A. Huston, a native of Fayette County, this State; she was a daughter of John and Elizabeth (Holliday) Huston. The former, native of Virginia; she of Clark Co., this State. The first year of Mr. Hall’s marriage he located in this county, afterwards removed to Fayette County, where he remained until 1854, when he returned to this county, locating on the farm he now owns, where he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has but one, child, Elizabeth H., now the wife of Irwin Taylor, who practiced law successfully several years at the bar in this county; now a resident of Topeka, Kansas, in the practice of his profession. Mr. Taylor has six children: Huston, Joseph L, Mary B., James H., Elizabeth C. and Lucy. Mr. Hall has been a lifelong Republican, and is a member of the Presbyterian Church North. The father of the above was Samuel Hall, born July 14, 1787, in the Old Dominion, and emigrated to this county, locating in Harrison County, where he died in 1835. His wife was Eliza, born Jan. 29, 1795, in this county, daughter of William and Ann (Southerland) Caldwell. William Caldwell was a native of Ireland, and emigrated to Pennsylvania at an early day, and joined the Colonial Army, where he was wounded, and died afterwards in consequence of injuries received in that struggle. He emigrated to Kentucky, arriving about the time the battle of the Blue Licks was fought, and located near Paris, on the farm now owned by Mr. Wilcox, near the cemetery. He had a family of one son and five daughters: Samuel, Elizabeth, Mrs. S. Hall; Margaret, wife of W. C. Lysle.; Lucretia, wife of Luther Smith; Sallie, Mrs. Ben. Warfield; Jane, Mrs. Dr. Joseph Holt.
