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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York published by John M. Gresham & Co. in 1891. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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RICHARD A. HALL, a gentleman well versed in the statute law of the State of New York, is a son of Artemus and Almira (Mount) Hall, and was born in the town of Cherry Creek, Chautauqua county, New York, in 1864. The paternal grandfather, Abraham Hall, was a farmer. Artemus Hall was a republican in politics and a farmer by occupation. He came with his parents to Cherry Creek and still resides here.
Richard A. Hall received a public school education, attended the Ellington academy and the Fredonia State Normal school. After leaving the latter he read law with the Hon. George H. Trout, of Cherry Creek, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1889. About the same time he associated himself in partnership with his former preceptor, who resides in Buffalo and has a law office there. The firm now do legal business in both Erie and Chautauqua counties, and in the different courts throughout the State. Richard A. Hall is a member of Cherry Creek Lodge, No. 463, I. O. O. F., and is a republican in politics.
He united in marriage with Stella Ellsworth, and they have two children: Eugenia, and an infant. Mr. Hall is a bright and shrewd lawyer, careful and conscientious in his business, upright in his character and seems destined to make a mark.
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