Obed Hall Explained

Obed Hall
State1:New Hampshire
District1:At-large
Term Start1:March 4, 1811
Term End1:March 3, 1813
Preceded1:William Hale
Succeeded1:William Hale
Office2:Member of the New Hampshire Senate
Term2:1819
Office3:Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Term3:1801-1802
Birth Date:23 December 1757
Birth Place:Raynham, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British America
Death Place:Bartlett, New Hampshire, U.S.
Resting Place:Garland Ridge Cemetery (first)
Evergreen Cemetery (second)
Portland, Cumberland County, Maine, U.S.
Spouse:Abigail Dean Hall
Eliza Fox Hall
Parents:Jonathan Hall
Lydia Hall
Profession:Farmer
Innkeeper
Surveyor
Politician
Judge
Party:Democratic-Republican

Obed Hall (December 23, 1757 – April 1, 1828) was an American politician and a United States representative from New Hampshire.

Early life

Born in Raynham in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, Hall later moved to Madbury and then to Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire and engaged in agricultural pursuits.

Career

Since travel at that time was hazardous, Hall became an innkeeper at his farm, which was considered benefactor to the traveling public rather than businessman. Mr Hall was one of two appointed as Surveyor of Highways petitioned the General Court in 1793 for a tax of one penney per acre to be used for the improvement of roads within the town.[1]

A member of the board of selectmen, Hall served as a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives. He was appointed judge of the court of common pleas by Governor John Taylor Gilman in 1805, solicitor and Sheriff in 1812.[2]

Elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Twelfth Congress, Hall served as United States Representative for the state of New Hampshire from (March 4, 1811 – March 3, 1813). He was a member of the New Hampshire Senate in 1819.

Death

Hall died in Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire, on April 1, 1828 (age 70 years, 100 days). Originally, he was interred at Garland Ridge Cemetery, Near Bartlett, Carroll County, New Hampshire. He was reinterred at Evergreen Cemetery, Portland, Maine.[3]

Family life

Son of Jonathan and Lydia Leonard Hall, he married Abigail Dean on May 6, 1784.[4] After her death on November 10, 1804, he married Eliza Fox on June 11, 1805. After Hall's death, Eliza married Richard Odell in November 1832 and moved to Portland, Maine.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Obed Hall. Bartlett Historical Society, Bartlett, New Hampshire. July 30, 2014.
  2. Book: Jenks. George E.. New Hampshire Register and Political Manual. 1870. McFarland & Jenks, 1870. 228. July 30, 2014.
  3. Web site: Obed Hall. 2014 Geni.com. July 30, 2014.
  4. Book: New-England Historic. The New England Historical and Genealogical Register,: Volume 51 1897, Volume 51. March 1998. Heritage Books, 1998. 290. 9780788408663. July 30, 2014.
  5. Web site: Obed Hall. 2008-2014 4 Hall Cousins. July 30, 2014.