Illinois:  History of Cass County, Illinois, ed. William 
Henry Perrin. O. L. Baskin & Co. Historical Publishers, 
Chicago, 1882. Cass County.

HAMILTON HALL, farmer; P.O. Chandlerville, was born in East 
Tennessee, Nov. 23, 1823, to Squire and Lair (Lane) Hall. 
He was born in Wilkes County, N.C. March 6, 1791. He 
brought his family to Illinois in 1828, and settled in 
Menard County, and moved to Cass County in 1844. He was a 
farmer; he died June 11, 1871.  He was a soldier in the war 
of 1812. He was a son of Martin Hall, a native of North 
Carolina, of French and Irish descent.  The great-
grandfather of our subject was transported to America for 
taking three cherries.  The mother of our subject was born 
in East Tennessee, Dec. 9, 1779, and died August 19, 1861. 
She was the mother of eight children, of whom our subject 
was the fourth child. He was educated from the common 
schools of Menard County. He remained with his parents 
until he was twenty-seven years old, assisting his father 
at farming.  At the age of twenty-seven he began farming on 
his own account, on forty acres of land.  He is the owner 
of 167 1-6 acres of good land now; he met with good 
success. He commenced life poor and made all he has got.  
In Nov. 3, 1870, in Cass County, he married Parthenia E. 
Kee who has borne him nine children, six living, viz.:  
George, Caroline, Jefferson D., Benjamin, Robert Lee, and 
Samuel. Politically, he is a Greenbacker; formerly a 
Democrat.

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Wilkes-NC TN Menard-IL