DAVID HALL

DAVID HALL, farmer and stock-raiser, Cass Township, has been a resident of Shelby County since 1869. He was born in Delaware, November 11, 1841, and is a son of Joel and Emily (Morton) Hall, natives of Delaware and Pennsylvania respectively. David was four years of age when his parents removed to St. Louis, Missouri. They remained there seven years and then went to Council Bluffs, where David spent seventeen years. He obtained his education in the public schools of that place. In 1869 he came to Shelby County and bought forty acres of prairie land and two and a half acres of timber, and began in a small way to make a home for himself. By industry and good management he has gained a farm of 400 acres, well improved; the place is well watered by springs, making it one of the best stock-farms in Shelby County. His dwelling, erected in 1886, is a large, substantial frame building, of modern style; it is situated on a natural building site and is surrounded by shade trees. He has a good barn, cribs and sheds, and everything convenient for the care of stock. Mr. Hall devoted considerable time to the raising of stock, and is one of the best judges of stock in the township. Mr. Hall was united in marriage November 28, 1867, to Miss Emeline Miller, of Galland's Grove, a daughter of Gilbert and Mary (Roundy) Miller. Mrs. Hall's mother is a sister of the Hon. Washington Roundy, of this county. She was born in Hancock County, Illinois, and was reared in Davis County, Iowa. Mr. and Mrs. Hall are the parents of three children -- Alva, Mabel and Nellie. Mr. Hall's politics is Democratic. He has filled many of the township offices with credit to himself. He is a member of the Latter-Day Saints church, and is a respected and worthy citizen of the county.

Source: 1889 Biographical History of Shelby County, Iowa, pp. 617. Transcribed by Marthann Kohl-Fuhs.