My Genealogy Hound

AARON HALL is one of the men to whom the city of Jamestown is greatly indebted for handsome structures, in which the citizens feel a just and honest pride. He is a son of Jacob and Eliza (Woodburn) Hall, and was born in Sharon, Otsego county, New York, March 9, 1830. His paternal grandfather, Aaron Hall, was a native of Connecticut, emigrated to Otsego county, this State, and thence to Chautauqua county. About 1832, he began farming on a large scale in the town of Charlotte, this county. He married a Miss Platner, by whom he had six daughters and two sons. Mr. Hall’s maternal grandfather, David Woodburn, was an early settler of Cherry Valley, this State, residing there during the Revolutionary war, being a farmer by occupation. He married a Miss Lewis, and had four sons and four daughters. The father of Mr. Hall was born in Otsego county, about 1800, and removed to Chautauqua county, in 1830, and located in Charlotte, where he resided until his death. He was a farmer and owned two hundred acres of land. In politics he was first a whig and then a democrat, and in religious matters was a member of the Methodist church. He married Eliza Woodburn and had twelve children, ten of whom reached maturity. Of the sons, Henry P., is a physician with a large and lucrative practice in Jamestown; Homer was an architect in Cairo, Illinois, where he was killed by a sunstroke, in July, 1890.

Aaron Hall is a contractor and builder, beginning in Westfield, this county. In 1862 he came to Jamestown and built some of the most costly and attractive buildings, among them being the residence of ex-Governor Fenton and the Central school. He always drew his own plans and has always been recognized as a very tasteful and competent architect. Politically he is a democrat, was highway commissioner in Ellicott for twelve years, and is a member of Ellicott Lodge, No. 169, I. O. O. F., of Jamestown.

Mr. Hall married Martha Parkhurst, a daughter of Hiram Parkhurst, of Chautauqua county. Their union has been blessed with one child, a son, Morgan W., who is in business with his father.