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JOHN AUSTIN HALL
| John Austin Hall chose law as his profession taking collegiate courses at Kansas University and at Ann Arbor Law School, and settled down in the old home county where success has come to him very substantially. He is frequently called into public service, having recently served on a commission appointed by Governor Paulen to hold public hearings over the state on the public roads question and is called on for commencement addresses and had that difficult job this year at the State School for the Deaf at Olathe. The greatest compliment to him has been an invitation to serve as a member of the American Law Institute which meets at Washington for a lengthy session each year. There are seven hundred members of this Institute, only five of whom are from Kansas. It is sustained by an endowment by Laura Spellman Rockefeller, and its purpose is by research and study to obtain correct interpretation of all laws and to aid in bringing about uniformity in the administration of justice throughout the United States, and to aid our citizens in foreign countries. John maintains a very good modern home at Pleasanton presided over by Zella Cannon Hall, a charming woman. They have a boy Carl Austin Hall. (History of Linnn County, by William Ansel Mitchell, 1928, Pages 364-365) By a second marriage to Edith Hill a fourth son was born to Austin W. Hall who was named Clyde. This boy has found his place in the world. He worked hard at his schooling, taking the full course and special studies at the Rolla school of Mines. He went into the employment of the United Clay Products Company whom he represented several years in Old Mexico. He is now at the main offices in Trenton, New Jersey. He married Fannie Mitchell of Rolla and they have one child, Marian Edith. (History of Linnn County, by William Ansel Mitchell, 1928, Page 365) |