M. C. HALL, farmer ; P. O. Georgetown ; was born in Bourbon County, Sept. 2, 1815, to Theophilus and Mary A. (Heathraan) Hall ; he was a native of England, and emigrated to America with his father, John Hall, and settled where now is the city of Louisville, Ky.; he died in 1850, aged eighty-four years ; she was born in Maryland, and died in Woodford County, Ky., in March, 1865, aged eighty-four years ; they were the parents of eleven children, M. C. Hall being the seventh child. His common school education was received in Bourbon County, and at the age of twenty-one attended the Bacon College, Georgetown ; he began business for himself by farming and trading in the South, the former he still continues. He is one of the largest land owners of Scott County, having 1,700 acres of land, 1,400 of which border Georgetown. Upon his farm he has a fine residence erected by his own design, situated in sight of Georgetown on the Lemon's Mill Pike; upon his farm he makes the breeding and raising of "Almont ' horses and short-horns a specialty.
He has been twice married ; in Woodford County, Aug 10, 1842, he married Mary Ann Sellers, who died in 1845 ; in Bourbon County, in 1858, he married a second time, Hannah E. Harris ; she died in 1879. By his first marriage they had two children, both of whom are dead ; and by his second marriage five children, -Joseph M., Mary A., Susie W., John T., and Charley.
Mr. Hall is a man of good moral character, and bears a name and reputation which is beyond reproach. He is a member of the order of A. F. & A. M.
