My Family Tree

Narrative

My grandmother Mary Jane Hall said that J S Hall had read the bible thru several times and preached in numerous churches. He kept both a store and a farm. She said he fought in the Civil War and that "one day a bullet just whizzed by his ear almost got him, it was so close. Glad it didn't, aren't you?"

His grandson Willie Hall referred to him as "Si or J.S."

Dates from Butler Cemetery: http://files.usgwarchives.org/al/jackson/cemeteries/butler.txt
(but note spelling "Joesiah Hall")

In 1860 Census, called "Isaac"

U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 publ ancestry.com
5 Nov 1884 80.4 acres in Jackson County, AL

Could be him - enlisted as private for Confederacy, Company G, 23rd Infantry Regiment Alabama (1861-1865)
M374 roll 18. Lists him as "Josiah J Hall" , but could be transcription error. No other Josiah Hall's in 1860 census, but there is a Josiah T Hall b.1840 in Jackson Co 1870.
definitely him - http://www.archives.alabama.gov/civilwar/soldier.cfm?id=79407
"Home Guard" d.o.b Mar 8, 1847 enlisted 12/1864 ; discharged 1865. As recorded by Jackson Co Tax Assessor living in Larkin, 1907.

"Silas" from 1920 census - only possible match for Josiah in Jackson Co. He married Mrs. Dora Bean. Marriage license says he was 72 years old ( Dora was 59). 5'6" tall and 125 lbs.

JS Hall was paid $50 in father's probate for "care of the deceased"

Events

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Birth	1847-03-06	Jackson Co, AL

Occupation			farmer, store owner, minister

Death	1929-09-26	Paint Rock, Estillfork, Jackson Co., Alabama		1a
				1a
Burial		Paint Rock, Estillfork, Jackson Co., Alabama	Butler Cemetery
	Event Note curious - tombstone has "Joesiah Hall"

Parents

Relation to main person	Name	Birth date	Death date
Father	Hall, Thomas Washington Sr	1812-05-23	1897-10-02
Mother	Taylor, Sarah A	1813-07-06	1896-03-13
Sister	Hall, Nancy	1832-10-19	1886-12-02
Brother	Hall, Thomas Washington Jr	1837-03-19	1912-03-18
Brother	Hall, John Jackson	1840	1864
Sister	Hall, Martha J	about 1842	after 1850
Brother	Hall, William Henry	about 1845	1902-01-27
	Hall, Josiah Silas	1847-03-06	1929-09-26
Brother	Hall, Samuel Hurley Sr	1855-11-10	1883-09-07

Families

Family of Hall, Josiah Silas and Hinshaw, Martha Jane

Married

Wife

Hinshaw, Martha Jane ( * 1847-02-08 + 1918-09-05 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Marriage	1866-08-23	Jackson Co, AL	Marriage of Hall, Josiah S and Hinshaw, Martha Jane	2 3 4
				2 3 4

Narrative

Home in 1870: Township 1 Range 4, Jackson, Alabama (next door to brother Thomas & Eliza)
Home in 1880: Beat 14, Jackson, Alabama (as "Hawl", next door to Thomas & Sarah Hall)
(note - no Samuel and Henry in 1880 Census! Dates changed from STAFA)
Home in 1900: Larkin, Jackson, Alabama
Home in 1910: Bishop, Jackson, Alabama (with "cousin-in-law" Humphrey Erwin & grandchildren Erwin's)
(cannot find 1920)

Children

Name	Birth Date	Death Date
Hall, William Thomas	1868-10-00	1940-07-02
Hall, Sarah Elizabeth	1873-01-31	1898-06-18
Hall, James Robert	1876-02-08	1900-10-13
Hall, Nancy Ellen	1881-07-19	1909-12-16
Hall, Samuel	about 1883	about 1883
Hall, Joseph F	1885-01-07	1900-11-13
Hall, Henry Lee	1887-06-06	1963-03-03

Family of Hall, Josiah Silas and Grimmett, Isadora

Married

Wife

Grimmett, Isadora ( * 1860-08-14 + 1931-11-30 )

Event	Date	Place	Description	Sources
Marriage	1919-06-22	Jackson Co, AL	marriage of Josiah Hall and Dora Bean	5a
				5a

Narrative

1920: Bishop, Jackson Co, AL "Silas and Dorra Hall"
1930: Bishop, Jackson Co, AL "Aunt" in Ora Robertson's hh:
Ora L Robertson 35
Dora A Robertson 27
James L Robertson 9
Euldrice Robertson 5
Dora Hall 69 aunt
Octavie Trice 63 mother-in-law (Dora's sister, Octavia Grimmett)

confirmed this is Josiah S Hall's wife in AL Death Index, 1908-1959; says Dora wife of "J S Hall". She is buried next to him and his first wife in Butler Cemetery.