David
Hallam
Born in Clinton, Ohio, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Hallam Sr
and Sarah (Van Voorhees) Hallam
Brother of
John Allen Hallam [half], Charles Hallam [half], William Hallam [half], Deborah Hallam [half], Nancy Hallam [half], Thomas Hallam Jr, Absolom B Hallam, Sophia E Hallam, Sarah Margaret Hallam, Sarah Elizabeth Hallam and Isabelle Goodrich Hallam
Husband of
Margaret Fleming (Sillick) Hallam
— married
21 Jun 1835 in Clinton, Ohio, United States
Father of
Sarah Mominia Hallam and Minerva (Hallam) Hamilton
Died
at age 71
in Indianola, Warren, Iowa, USA
Profile last modified
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Biography
David Hallam was born in Clinton county, Ohio on June 23, 1810, a son of Thomas Hallam, who was born in Maryland, in 1740 and died in Clinton county, in 1832. The family is of English origin and is mentioned in Domesday Book, which show the estates in lands belonged to them in the reign of William the Conqueror, in the eleventh century, when that book was created. In England, they were Jacobites, and left England to avoid religious persecution. David moved from Ohio to Indianola, Warren county, Iowa in 1857. He organized the First National Bank of Indianola, in 1865, and was its first President.
David married Margaret Fleming Sillik (or Sillich), born October 2, 1815, in Washington county, Pennsylvania, a daughter of Thomas Sillik and Sarah (Fleming) Sallik. They were married 21 Jun 1835 in Clinton, Ohio, United States.[1] Children of David and Margaret include:
- Minerva Hallam, born October 14, 1833, died June 5, 1889, married 1) John C. Ellis, and 2) James M. Hamilton
- Thomas W. Hallam, born October 14, 1835, died January 30, 1906 went into the banking business in Indianaola, under the firm name of Hallam and son. Died in Chicago, Illinois [2]
Margaret died August 21, 1840, in Clinton county, Ohio and was buried in the Sabina Cemetery. [3] David married, secondly, in Sabina, Ohio, to Jane Roberts. Children of David and Jane are:
- Rose Hallam
- Imogene Hallam
- May Hallam
- Artimsa Hallam
- Grafton Hallam
- Claude Hallam
David died July 18, 1881, in Indianola, and was buried by the Masonic Order, of which he had been a lifelong member. His wife, Jane, survived him. and was later buried with him in the Odd Fellows Cemetery (aka IOOF Cemetery) in Indianola.
Researcher's Notes
Margaret Fleming (Sillik) Hallam's Find A Grave mentions two more children: "Sarah Mominia Hallam and Sophia Hallam." It is not clear why these two daughters are not mentioned in David's biography.
Sources
- ↑ "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2013," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD47-63B : 26 August 2019), David Hallam and Margaret Sillich, 21 Jun 1835; citing Marriage, Clinton, Ohio, United States, P38, Franklin County Genealogical & Historical Society, Columbus; FHL microfilm.
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/28902744/thomas-w-hallam
- ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27075020/margaret-fleming-hallam
- Biography from History of Warren County, Iowa, by W.C. Martin, S.J. Clarke Publishing Comapny, 1908, page 906
Acknowledgments
- Hallam-229 was created by Timothy Tully through the import of Tully Family Tree.ged on Feb 2, 2014
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with David by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with David:
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~0.39%
Timothy Tully
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch 192 [compare], Ancestry member timtully41154
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~0.39%
Michael (Patterson) Palmer :
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The other is listed as Samuel David Hallam: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/35114504
DAR Records list this person as David Hallam. A decision should be made regarding his name, but they are the same person.