Submitted by
Loyd Bishop

HALL – Died, Wednesday, April 17, 1907 at 10:45 p.m. Duane Hall. He was born at Shasbury Hollow, Vermont, Jan. 11, 1822, and was aged 85 years, 3 months and 6 days. His life up to young manhood was spent at Glen Falls, New York. At the age of 27 he was married to Miss Louisa Todd at Richmond, Kentucky. In 1854 he moved with his family to Kankakee County, Illinois, where they resided until 1877, when they moved to near Eureka, Kans. From there they came to Blackwell in April of 1903, where they have since resided. Some nine weeks ago he was taken with the then prevalent disease, la grippe, from which he never fully recovered, and this together with his advanced age resulted in his death. Surviving him are his aged wife and six sons and daughters as follows: Peter E. Hall, Mrs. Chris Bohn and Mrs. R. L. Laughlin, all of Blackwell; Mrs. Norman Hall, of Phoenix, Ariz.; Frank M. Hall, of Winfield, Kans., and Henry B. Hall, of Enid Okla. Garrett W. McQuiddy of the Christian church, and interment in Odd Fellows cemetery held the funeral services at the Christian church, at 2 o’clock Sunday afternoon, April 20.