Jesse Dial Hall (1828 - 1917)

Born 11 Oct 1828 in Hixes Fork, Stokes County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Ann (Cornett) Hall — married 20 Jul 1858 in Cass County, Missouri

Descendants

Died 13 Jul 1917 at age 88 in Urich, Henry, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Jesse Dial Hall,^[1][2][3][4] son of William Hall and Rhoda Redford, was born on Oct 11, 1828 on Hixes Fork of Peter's Creek, Stokes County, North Carolina.^[5][4]

He appeared on the census of 1830 in the household of his father, William Hall, in Stokes County, North Carolina, as one of the males under 5 years of age.^[6]

Jesse was about 3 years old when his parents, William Hall and Rhoda Redford left Stokes County on Sep 1, 1831 and migrated to Cole County (later Moniteau County), Missouri.^[3][2] A large party of their relatives and neighbors joined the move.^[3]

Census near Jamestown, Moniteau County, Missouri

He appeared on the census of 1840 in the household of William Hall in Cole County, Missouri, as the male aged 10-15 years.^[7]

He appeared on the census of 1850 in the household of Rhoda Redford Hall in Moniteau County, Missouri, as Jesse Hall, age 22, male, farmer, born North Carolina.^[8]

He was apparently missed on the 1860 census, when he was living near Jamestown, Missouri.

Alexander Francis Clark Hall (his oldest brother) sold land to Jesse Dial Hall in a deed for land in Moniteau County, Missouri,^[9] where all but one of his children were born.^[10]

Marriage and Children

Jesse was married to Mary Ann Cornett on Jul 20, 1858 near Harrisonville, Cass County, Missouri, as Mary A. Cornett to Jesse D. Hall.^{[11][2][3][1]} They were the parents of the following children:

1. Walter Franklin Hall (30 November 1859-12 June 1925), married 27 August 1890 to Mary E "Mollie" Robinson
2. Orien Oranza Hall (4 February 1861-15 March 1915), married 18 April 1889 to Martha Susan Hendrick
3. Jesse Davis Hall (1 October 1862-2 June 1932), married 8 March 1899 to Nora L Blevins
4. Alice Cornett Hall (22 February 1864-13 September 1950), married 1903 to James Thomas Collins
5. Albert Harvy Hall (27 December 1865-4 February 1945), never married
6. Hickman Brisco Hall (13 December 1867-19 February 1942), never married
7. Carrie Belle Hall (21 December 1869-10 April 1930), married 25 October 1911 to Thomas D Stark

Religion

He united with the Baptist Church in the fall of 1862 and was baptized by Cager Duncan, Moniteau County, Missouri.^[1] He was also a member of the Masonic Order, AF&AM.

Civil War Years and Migration

During the Civil War, several of his relatives joined the Confederate cause, but Jesse did not. He had a wife and four young children to support. He also lived near his mother, who was elderly.^[10] When he found out the problems besetting Elizabeth (Davis) Cornett, his mother-in-law, in Linn County, Kansas, and in Cass and Jackson Counties, Missouri, he convinced her and the remainder of her family still living with her to join him and his family in Moniteau County, which they did.^[3]

After the Civil War ended, Jesse purchased land in Henry County, Missouri, where the war hadn't disturbed the residents very much, only skirmishes, and very few of those.^[10] He bought land, and the first year lived on Big Creek. They used this land as a woodlot and for lumber for their new home. When he wrote home about the good crops he was raising, others in the extended family moved to Bogard Township near his home.^[3]

Census in Henry County, Missouri

He and Mary Ann appeared on the census in 1870 in Bogard Township, Henry County, Missouri, as Jesse B. (sic) Hall, age 40, male, farmer, born North Carolina, citizen; and Mary A. Hall, age 38, keeping house, born in Missouri.^[12]

Jesse and Mary Ann appeared on the census in 1880 in Bogard Township, Henry County, Missouri, as Jesse D. Hall, age 51, male, married, farmer, born in North Carolina, both parents born in North Carolina; and Mary A. Hall, age 48, wife, keeps house, born in Missouri, father born in Virginia, mother born in Kentucky.^[13]

The census of 1900 shows him with his wife and 4 children still at home.^[14]In 1910, the couple have only two children living at home.^[15]

Later Life and Death

Jesse owned a large farm northeast of present-day Urich, Missouri. When the railroad was built in 1885, and the town of Urich moved south about 2 miles to the banks of Grand River, he became very prosperous with the larger markets available for his livestock and crops. He had a livestock weight scale built across from his house, to weigh his produce to ensure he was treated fairly, and possibly for sales to neighbors.^[10]

He died on Jul 13, 1917, at his home he had built in Bogard Township near Urich, Henry County, Missouri, at age 88.^[1][4] He was buried on Jul 15, 1917, in Urich Cemetery near Urich, Henry County, Missouri.^[4][16] His very large "Hall" marker for the family plot, plus more modest ones for each individual, reflects his wealth.^[10]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Family Bible of Hall, Jesse Dial, Family Bible Record (Philadelphia: William W. Harding, 1872); owned by Margaret A. Kerns, 729 NW 1101 Road, Urich, MO 64788
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Carter, Mittie Cornett (Hall) and Hall, Mattie Davis, family records; pages 31 and 32, copy owned by Margaret Ann (Kepner) Kerns, 729 NW 1101 Road, Urich, Missouri 64788-8121, 660 638-4639
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Hudson, Ida (Hall) manuscript notes; page 5, owned by Margaret Ann (Kepner) Kerns, 729 NW 1101 Road, Urich, Missouri 64788-8121
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} J. D. Hall Obituary, The Urich Herald, Henry County Library, Clinton, MO 64735; Volume 25 Number 13, Jul 19, 1917 page 8 columns 4-9
5. ↑ Stokes County, North Carolina Deed Books, Book 10 page 480
6. ↑ North Carolina, Stokes County, Federal Census Population Schedule 1830 Page: 243 line 22
7. ↑ Missouri, Cole County, Federal Census Population Schedule, 1840, page 74
8. ↑ Missouri, Moniteau County, Federal Census Population Schedule, 1850 page 48A District 58 dwelling 661 family 661
9. ↑ Moniteau County, Missouri, Deed Records, book E page 310 and 311
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4} Kerns, Margaret Ann (Kepner), 729 NW 1101 Road, Urich, Missouri 64788-8121
11. ↑ Cass County, Missouri Marriage Books, Book B page 314
12. ↑ Missouri, Henry County, Federal Census Population Schedule, 1870 page 219 dwelling 145 family 150
13. ↑ Missouri, Henry County, Federal Census Population Schedule, 1880, page 223 dwelling 5 family 5
14. ↑ Missouri, Henry County, Federal Census Population Schedule, Enumeration District 76 Sheet 11, 1900, Bogard Township, lines 52-57, house 233 family 234
15. ↑ Missouri, Henry County, Federal Census Population Schedule, 1910, Enumeration District 81 Sheet 5B lines 55-59 house 39 family 39
16. ↑ Urich Cemetery, Bogard Township near Urich, Henry County, Missouri, headstone