Biography of James C Hall Jr, Scott Co, AR

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Submitted by: Charlene Holland <Char@presys.com>
        Date: 9 Sep 1998
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     	James C. Hall, Jr., farmer, Boles, Ark. All his life Mr. Hall has
followed, with substantial success, the occupation to which he was reared,
and in which he is now engaged - farming. The owner of a landed estate
of 490 acres, he is also one of the township's leading agriculturists,
and as a man, no less than as a citizen, he is highly esteemed. He was
originally from Alabama, was reared on a farm, and, owing to the breaking
out of the war, his education was rather limited. His father, James C.
Hall, Sr., was a cripple for many years, and as a result our subject was
compelled, at an early age, to take charge of the farm, where he remained
until twenty-one years of age. He served three years in the army, and on
this account he never obtained the education he wished, nor that his
father desired him to have. His mother, Jane (Oliver) Hall, was a native
of North Carolina, while his father was from South Carolina. The latter
was killed by bushwhackers, during the war, although a cripple and unable
to take an active part in the service. James C. Hall, Jr., enlisted in
Company H, Nineteenth Arkansas Regiment, under Capt. G.W. Featherston,
and was in the battles of Missionary Ridge, Arkansas Post, Chickamauga,
Tunnel Hill, Marietta, Franklin, Nashville and Bentonville, N.C. At
Arkansas Post he was taken prisoner, and conveyed to Camp Douglas, where
he was held for three months. After being exchanged he returned to his
command. At Marietta, Ga., he was wounded in the right hip, and was off
duty for six months. He was discharged at Greensboro, N.C. Previous to
the war, in the fall of 1860, his father, with his family, had moved to
Arkansas, and bought a farm near Waldron, in Scott County. Returning to
Waldron after the war, he remained and assisted his mother on the farm
for four years, and during that time he was married  (1868) to Miss Sarah
Hayes; of Waldron, who died in 1878, leaving two children - a son and a
daughter, the former named Robert M. and the latter Elizabeth J.; both
were married, the daughter in December, 1887. The son resides at Boles.
After his marriage Mr. Hall bought a tract of land and moved to this
township. This farm contained 160 acres, and to this he has added from
time to time until he now has 480 acres of good farming land, about 200
acres being under cultivation. He has a good house, all necessary farm
buildings, and the place is well fenced. His principal crops are corn and
cotton. He has good orchards of apples, peaches and pears, which are
doing well. Mr. Hall was born January 5, 1843 and was married in January
1880, to Miss Margaret Hollis, of this county. They have four children -
three sons and one daughter: James F., Dora R., Thomas J. and Oscar L.
Mr. Hall is a Democrat in politics, and he and wife are members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. Socially he is a member of the A. F. &
A.M.