[Published originally in the Glasgow Weekly Times, Barren county, in the 1870s.]
SKETCH OF JUDGE JOHN HALL. ... He was one of the Judges of the Quarter Session Court of this
County for ten or twelve years, showing by his good sense and strict integrity that he was worthy of his office. He resigned it and his son, Michael W. Hall, succeeded him and discharged the duties of Judge with approval of the presiding Judge and his associate Judge until the office was abolished. Father and son were strong minded, sensible and honest men, deservedly esteemed and respected. ... His son, Michael W. Hall, was a remarkable, discreet and temperate man. He was firm as a rock. He represented this county several years in the Kentucky Legislature. He was a member of the Baptist church, and clerk of its meetings and of the Green River Associations. ...