Michael Medley Hall (1907 - 1988)

Born 31 May 1907 in Taylor, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Elizabeth (Shively) Hall — married 27 Jun 1933 in Taylor, Kentucky, United States

Died 23 Jan 1988 at age 80 in Taylor, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Michael Medley Hall was born 31 May 1907 in Taylor County, Kentucky. His parents were William Lee Hall and Anna Speer.^[1][2][3]

He married Sarah Elizabeth Shively on 27 June 1933 in Taylor County, Kentucky. They lived in Taylor County, Kentucky when the 1940 census was enumerated. Michael was a physican in private practice.^[4][1][5]

Michael died 23 January 1988 in Taylor County and was buried in Brookside Cemetery.^[6][7][8]

Obituary^[8]

A long standing Taylor County physician and former Campbellsville mayor is dead at the age of 80. Dr. Michael Medley Hall died Saturday, Jan. 23, 1988, at Metzmeier Nursing Home where he had been a resident for several years. Hall was mayor of Campbellsville for four years, from 1958 until 1961. "I remember his tenure," said Robert L. Miller, presently mayor of Campbellsville. "He served the city well." During Hall's term Campbellsville was able to enlarge the sewage treatment plant, initiate the first local housing program, install parking meters, first add flouride to drinking water, create garbage and rubbish disposal, create the position of building inspector and construct the City Hall building. Zoning was also begun in his administration. He began his general medicine practice in Campbellsville in 1933 and is remembered by some of his cohorts as a respected member of the medical community. "I remember him for his whistling more than anything else," joked Dr. Forest Shely, a fellow physician. "I remember him for the tremendous patient load that he carried," Shely went on to say on a more somber note. "He was much respected and you always knew where you stood with him. He was very straight-forward." "I liked him," commented Dr. Henry Chambers. "He said what was on his mind and was a good and caring physician." Chambers said Hall delivered "a lot of babies" during his early practice. Hall was born in a section of Taylor County between Pleasant Hill and Saloma. He was the son of William Lee and Annie Speer Hall. He received his early education at the former Taylor County High School and completed his pre-med work at Vanderbilt University and the University of Louisville. He graduated from U of L Medical College in 1933 and began his general practice in Campbellsville that same year. His brother, Dr. Lyman S. Hall, joined him in practice in 1936. During World War II, he volunteered to serve in the U. S. Army and spent 39 months principally in the European Theatre of War (1942-45) as a captain in the medical corps. He was a charter member of both the Campbellsville Rotary Club and the Taylor County Board of Health. He was a member and deacon of the Bethel First Presbyterian Church, was a Mason, a member of Sons of the American Revolution and the Taylor County Medical Association. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth Shively Hall; one son, and two daughters, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. The funeral was Monday at 2 p.m. at the Lyon-DeWitt Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ralph Weedon officiating. Burial was in the Brookside Cemetery. Pallbearers were members of the Taylor County Medical Association and the Rotary Club. ~Obituaries of Taylor County, Kentucky, Volume II, compiled by Eunice Montgomery Wright, April 14, 1990, p. 81

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Ancestry.com. U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011, Michael Medley Hall, birth, 31 May 1907, son of William L Hall and Annie Speer, husband of Sarah Elizabeth Shively, Ancestry Record 2204 #1067702
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch, accessed 5 August 2021, Michael Hall in the household of Will Hall, Campbellsville, Taylor, Kentucky, ED 146, FHL film #004965977, image 3 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch, accessed 5 August 2021, Michael M Hall in the household of William Hall, Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky, ED 3, FHL film #004950779, image 10 of 40; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002).
4. ↑ "Marriage records 1848-1973", database with images, Family Search, accessed 5 August, 2021, Marriage, Michael M Hall and Sarah Elizabeth Shively, 27 June 1933, Taylor County, Kentucky, FHL film #007731011, image 659 of 1235, Taylor County Court Clerk, Marriage records, Volumes 29-36, 1928-1936
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch, accessed 6 August 2021, Michael Hall, Magisterial District 6, Campbellsville, FHL film #005460817, image 21 of 36; citing Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.
6. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch, accessed 5 August 2021, Michael M Hall, birth, 31 May 1907, death, 23 Jan 1988; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
7. ↑ "Kentucky Death Index, 1911-2000", Ancestry.com, Online publication, Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000, Michael M Hall, 23 January 1988, Taylor County, Kentucky, Volume 4 Certificate 1949, citing Commonwealth of Kentucky, Health Data Branch, Divisision of Epidemiology and Health Planning. Kentucky Death Index, 1911-present. Frankfort, KY, USA: Kentucky Department of Information Systems Ancestry Record 3077 #1007208
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/105393813/michael-medley-hall : accessed 05 August 2021), memorial page for Dr Michael Medley Hall (31 May 1907–23 Jan 1988), Find A Grave: Memorial #105393813, citing Brookside Cemetery, Campbellsville, Taylor County, Kentucky, USA ; Maintained by Judy Lynn (contributor 47402250)

Acknowledgements

Hall-18917 was created by Rebecca Hall through the import of Hall Family Tree.ged on Oct 28, 2015.