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E. P. WILLIAMS, a native of Pendleton County, Ky., and a son of Pope and Elizabeth (Kirby) Williams, was born near where the town of Butler now stands August 8, 1815. Pope Williams, a farmer and stone-mason by trade, was a native of Virginia. Mrs. Elizabeth Williams was born in Maryland, and was a daughter of Enoch Kirby. E. P. Williams was educated in the Flour Creek Schoolhouse, in Pendleton County, and followed farming on his father's farm until the death of the latter, when he bought out the other heirs to the property, and became the owner of 500 acres, which he has divided among his children, reserving only 56 acres for his home, upon which he has large buildings; he has raised a great deal of stock. February 6, 1840, he married Miss Julia Ellis, a native of Pendleton County, born September 7, 1822, and a daughter of William Ellis, a farmer. Her mother was a Miss Rush before marriage, and her paternal grandparents were natives of Virginia. Of the eight children born to Mr. and Mrs. Williams four are living: Mary Jane, born December 22, 1840, who married Thomas Yelton, of Pendleton County, November 25, 1856; Sarah Elizabeth, born October 29, 1843, and married, December 24, 1860, Frank Bird, a native of Kenton County, who was born in 1836, a son of Thomas Bird; ;Nancy, born March 16, 1848, married, in 1866, William Yelton, a farmer, who was born in 1839, a son of John Yelton, of Pendleton County the fourth child of E. P. Williams was born December 26, 1862, and November 28, 1881, married A. J. Grant, son of Peter Grant, a farmer. Mr. Williams is a Democrat politically, and is a member of the Christian Church.
[Source: Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, &
Kniffin, 7th ed., 1887, Pendleton Co.; Submitted by Jerry Tarvin; July 2011]
WILLIAM
C. HALL.
Judge Hall was born in 1842 on a farm in Pendleton County, Kentucky. When
the Civil War broke out he immediately enlisted with the Southern forces,
serving in the Army of Virginia. Later he was a member of General John Morgan's
division. When General Morgan was captured, he joined General "Joe"
Wheeler's corps, and was with General Wheeler until the close of the war. At the
close of the war, Judge Hall returned to his
Kentucky
home and began the study of law in the offices of John W. Stephenson. In 1868
he commenced the practice of law in
Lexington
,
Ky.
Four years later he moved to
Salt Lake City
, where he immediately became prominent in public affairs.
He was an exceptionally brilliant lawyer and became known throughout the
west as a master of his profession. One of Judge Hall's early partnerships in
Utah
was with Judge John A. Marshall, under the firm name of Hall & Marshall. He
was a member of the Territorial Legislature for several terms, and served as
Secretary of the territory under President Cleveland. For two terms he was City
Attorney of Salt Lake City. In 1900 he was elected Judge of the Third Judicial
District.
During his four years on the bench Judge Hall made an enviable
reputation. His was the true judicial temperament, and his decisions showed his
scholarly wisdom and his careful judgment. Judge Hall made a specialty of mining
law, and was considered one of the best authorities on that subject. His opinion
involving technical points in mining law and procedure was eagerly sought. Judge
Hall was himself a mining operator, and had large interests in some of the big
mines of
Utah
and
Nevada
. He was married in 1890 to Marion T. Thornton of
Mississippi
. Judge Hall was rightly regarded as one of the big men of the west. All his
public actions were irreproachable, and his supporters were not confined to any
class or any party. His personal friends were only limited by the range of his
extensive acquaintance. Judge Hall died in
Los Angeles
,
Cal.
on May 7, 1909. [Source: History
of the bench and bar of Utah; By Interstate Press Association; Publ.
1913; Transcribed and submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack; September 2011]
DR.
WALTER S HALL-
a native of Pendleton
County, Kentucky,
was born August 02, 1846, a son of Jefferson Y and Cynthia Hall. He
was united in marriage to Emily F. Heryford, who died October 15, 1890. They had
six children: Walter; Irene (now dead; she was Mrs. George Richardson); Edell
(now dead, she was Mrs. Robert Burris); Maude, now Mrs. Pearl Catherton; Minnie,
now Mrs. Olin MacGuire; Frank, single. He was again married June 09, 1909,
to Mary E. Rodcay, who was accidentally burned to death March 1910. They
had no children. Dr. Hall was born in Kentucky but moved to Knox
County {Mo} with
his parents in 1856. He was reared in that county, attending the public
schools, and then studied medicine. He attended the College of Physicians
and Surgeons at Keokuk,
Iowa,
graduating in 1877, then entered the practice in this county at Sublette.
He remained there eight years, then went to Burlington junction, remaining two
years, then went to *Hugoton
Kansas for
two years, back to Burlington Junction for about one and one-half years.
He next went to Hurdland, then to Kirksville, remaining six years. In the
meantime he studied Osteopathy. He practiced in various places, and finally went
to Novinger in 1901, where he now resides and is engaged in practice.
[Source:
The
History of Adair County Missouri
by E.M. Violette, 1911;
Submitted by Desiree Rodcay]
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