Matthew W. Hall M. D. (1817 - 1894)

Born 15 May 1817 in Salt Fork Township, Washington, Kentucky

Ancestors

Husband of Agnes Jane (Lester) Hall — married 16 May 1839 (to 1883) in Salem, Marion, Illinois

Descendants

Died 19 Nov 1894 at age 77 in Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Dr. Matthew W. Hall was a physician and farmer in Salt Fork Township, Washington County, Kentucky. He was a son of Rev. Nathan Hall, a well known minister of that state. In 1820, his father moved near Lexington, Kentucky, and remained there until Matthew was twenty years of age. In the spring of 1837, Dr. Hall went to Salem, Illinois and lived there eight years. In February, 1845, he moved to Arrow Rock, Saline County where he lived and practiced medicine for twelve years. In 1857, he moved to his farm in Salt Fork township where he continued to reside. Dr. Hall was educated and graduated in medicine at the Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky.

In 1839, he was married at Salem, Illinois, to Miss Agnes Jane Lester of Charlotte County, Virginia. They had eleven children. Eight of them are known: Dr. C. Lester Hall of Marshall; William Ewing Hall, Esq. of Kansas City; Dr. John R. Hall of Marshall; Mrs. Louisa F. Hall Trigg of Booneville, Missouri, (wife of W. W. Trigg); Matthew W. Hall, Jr. of Saline County, Missouri; Dr. Thomas B. Hall, who practiced with his father; Miss Florida Lee Hall Shackleton, (wife of Judge D. W. Shackleton) of Booneville, Missouri; and Miss Effie B. Hall Glover, wife of Fred B. Glover) of Parkville, Missouri.

Dr. Matthew W. Hall is a member of the Old School Presbyterian Church with membership at Mt. Olivet, Kentucky. He is also a Free and Accepted Mason where he has been a member of the Arrow Rock Lodge for thirty-five years.

In 1860, Dr. Hall was elected to represent Saline county in the state legislature and was an uncompromising pro-slavery democrat and earnestly supported the war measures suggested by Gov. Jackson and attended the session at Neosho. In December, 1861, he was captured with a regiment of recruits at Blackwater, Missouri of which he was surgeon. He was taken to St. Louis, then to Alton, paroled to hospital duty and finally paroled to go home. His oldest son, Dr. C. Lester Hall, of Marshall, Missouri was captured at the same time.

His Greek revival style home, built in 1846 in Arrow Rock still stands today in a state of excellent preservation.

Dr. Hall is buried at Ridge Park Cemetery, Marshall, Saline, Missouri, plot: Grave # unknown, lot 58, section 10.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77306080/matthew-walton-hall: accessed 14 March 2023), memorial page for Dr Matthew Walton Hall Sr. (15 May 1817–19 Nov 1894), Find A Grave: Memorial #77306080, citing Ridge Park Cemetery, Marshall, Saline County, Missouri, USA; Maintained by Ann Salisbury (contributor 47359592).